# Salem News Channel — user reviews > 67 indexed App Store user reviews of Salem News Channel by Salem Communications, rated 4.80/5 from 4,549 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/salem-news-channel/id1535823163/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/salem-news-channel/id1535823163.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,915 · 4★ 390 · 3★ 122 · 2★ 36 · 1★ 86 ## What do users think of Salem News Channel? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Upgrade the app - 👍 Fantastic - 👍 FINALLY!!! - 👍 Awesome ! - 👍 Salem News - 👍 Program line up - 👍 I use the Salem media ap for news - 👍 Love it - 👍 Love this channel - 👍 Officer Tatum show! - 👍 Conservatism rocks! - 👍 Glad I found Wilkow - 👍 A Treasure Found ! **Cons** - 🐛 Finding 96.9 keys radio station. Cant find. Yes too - 🐛 Ads are over the top - 🐛 App issues - 🐛 Doesn't work half the time - 🐛 Navigation from Live to On-Demand - 🐛 Bad bad. - 🐛 Cannot check into anything else on my iPhone while I'm on this app - 🐛 Great Channel. Terrible Streaming. - 🐛 Drops - 🐛 NO AIR PLAY SUPPORT - 🐛 Videos won't play - 🐛 Picture in Picture/play in background gone after last update - 🐛 Great content, awful app - 🐛 Unwatchable - 🐛 Can't get the sound to play on my iPhone. - 🐛 Shows don't play consistently - 🐛 Where did the live show go - 🐛 App update - 🐛 Crashes - 🐛 Didn't work so I deleted it - 🐛 Worthless news alerts - 🐛 Missing feature - 🐛 Who runs this stuff - 🐛 Too much buffering and freezing. - 🐛 Something wrong with the latest version of this app **Commonly reported bugs** - Full screen landscape turns into a black screen after being open for a minute. - This app only freezes up when I'm very interested in something. It never freezes during the commercials. Waste of my time!!!! **Most requested features** - Play in background option? - I would like to see program on my widescreen TV ## Newest reviews (15 of 67) ### 5/5 — Big fan *2025-08-07, version 6.0* Listen to talk radio every day from 7:00am to 2:00 out of Chicago. Big fan. 560 am ### 5/5 — Not on tv right now? *2025-07-07, version 6.0* Get your up-to-date news by counting on Salem News by listening to whatever news story you’re interested in at the moment. You can’t go wrong! ### 5/5 — Truth *2025-06-15, version 6.0* The Skinny ### 3/5 — Bad Connection? *2025-04-18, version 5.0* First, I do enjoy watching the hosts and seeing their guests. I like the hosts and the programming. My primary issue is with the technical aspects. This morning, Good Friday, I’ve just muted the channel because the news was being repeated for the third time, same recording, three times in a row. I know the offices are probably closed for the holiday but the machine messed up. I am aware that when the live show cuts away for a national commercial - most of those are also repeats - that’s usually the time for the local radio hosts to do their news, weather and traffic spots. I still will watch the Salem News Channel and I commend you for attempting to meld the two technologies of radio and television, national and local channels. ### 5/5 — Upgrade the app *2025-04-10, version 5.0* Firstly, I love the content and try to listen live whenever can. Unfortunately, it freezes occasionally on my Samsung TV and I have change channels and go back. However, the best thing that could be done on the mobile app would be to make it where you can open other apps while Salem plays in the background. Currently, that is not an option. Can’t wait for Dennis Prager to come back! ### 2/5 — Finding 96.9 keys radio station. Cant find. Yes too *2025-02-26, version 5.0* I'm trying to find the new station in Key Largo Tavineer Florida and it's absolutely hard to find anything you want. They advertise that on 96.9 FM in the keys you have a lot of good stuff but it's very cluttered that needs to be more organized. I'm gonna delete the. The app Key Largo resident. ### 3/5 — App issues *2025-02-04, version 5.0* Full screen landscape turns into a black screen after being open for a minute. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t work half the time *2025-02-03, version 5.0* This app would be great if it would work. Sometimes it doesn’t even give me the live option, it only has the home tile on the bottom. Looking forward to an update. ### 5/5 — Hugh Hewitt *2025-01-21, version 4.1* Miss your morning show on the radio, but glad you told everyone about your Salem News Channel now I have it and I’ll never miss you again. Recommend the show to everyone. ### 5/5 — Chris Stigall and More *2025-01-15, version 4.1* I downloaded the app so that I could check out Chris Stigall in the mornings. So nice to be able to enjoy his show live since I don’t live in the Pennsylvania area. Also, app works great and I’ve discovered some other entertaining shows as well. Keep up the good work Chris et all! ### 2/5 — Navigation from Live to On-Demand *2025-01-07, version 4.1* I love getting the Hugh Hewitt show on this app, both live and on-demand. But there appears to be no way to navigate from the live feed to the on-demand options. I have to shut down the app and re-launch it to make that switch. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2024-12-30, version 4.1* Salem news channel ### 5/5 — FINALLY!!! *2024-12-20, version 4.1* News…and opinions that I can rely on as truthful, honest, and helpful! Why isn’t a “broadcast network” like Salem Network available to me on TV??? You’d steal the entire FOX NEWS audience, I’m sure!!! Way to go! ### 5/5 — Awesome ! *2024-12-09, version 4.0* Awesome !! ### 5/5 — Salem News *2024-11-15, version 4.0* I recently discovered this channel and app. I missed Rush Limbaugh for his analysis; Larry Elder gives me almost the same insight. I wasn’t familiar with Stacy Washington but really like her show as well. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Why even have an app *2026-06-26, version 7.0* The app sends notifications, and when you click on the notifications, it opens the app which immediately redirects you to social media. Just show the story on your app, or get rid of the app. This is absurd. ### 1/5 — App never works! *2026-05-01, version 6.8* I love listening to The Mike Gallagher show but it never works on this app. I will click the app, click his show and it’s just a black screen with a white arrow and it NEVER plays. Doesn’t even deserve the one star in my opinion!! ### 1/5 — Ads *2026-02-25, version 6.7* Too many ### 1/5 — Ads are over the top *2025-02-16, version 5.0* The content and it interviews are good when they are playing. The ads are insane. 2 to 3 minutes, repetitive music, no idea how long it will last or when it will end. Watch another three minute segment with good content, and then three minutes more of ads. Often the breaks for the ads don’t even contain any advertising. The viewer watches and waits during an advertising break whether ads are being displayed or not. I understand the advertisements pay the bills, but there has to be a better user/viewer experience than this. Can you not do anything to improve viewer experience? ### 1/5 — Bad bad. *2024-12-05, version 4.0* This app only freezes up when I’m very interested in something. It never freezes during the commercials. Waste of my time!!!! ### 1/5 — Great Channel. Terrible Streaming. *2024-09-13, version 4.0* I have been using the app for about 12 months. Love the app streaming live shows. Within the last month or two the streaming stability is terrible. Very often the stream stops and inconsistently restarts. I know it is not my ISP or cell service because the local radio station app continues to stream the Salem shows. Please fix the data streaming stability. ### 1/5 — Drops *2024-08-12, version 3.2* New app is not as easily navigable. Also, the app keeps dropping. Individual apps of the broadcasters don’t drop as frequently as this newer version. ### 1/5 — Live *2024-06-22, version 3.1* Play in background option? ### 1/5 — NO AIR PLAY SUPPORT *2024-05-02, version 3.1* I would like to see program on my widescreen TV ### 1/5 — Videos won’t play *2024-04-02, version 3.1* When I first downloaded the app to my iPhone, I was able to watch Officer Tatum, the main reason why I downloaded the app. Then the video stopped mid-play. Thought maybe I lost connection, but since then, I cannot get the videos to play. I tried turning cell phone off and on, reinstalling the app and nothing! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good media! *2026-08-09, version 7.0* Aside from their recent turn slightly to the Left, Salem News Channel remains the most solid Godly, conservative, truthful network on the planet. ### 5/5 — Recommend *2026-06-13, version 7.0* Love it! ### 5/5 — 'If a nation expects to be ignorant & free...it expects what never was & never will be"-Jefferson *2026-05-27, version 6.9* 💥 Rare source of ENLIGHTENED REASON in Progressively polluted milieu . ### 5/5 — Thank You *2026-04-05, version 6.7* I tried your streaming channel today. I watched for two hours. Pleasantly surprised. Breaking News, Live TV, Video On Demand, TV guide, and Chromecast to HD TV. Every show is rated PG-13. News, current events, panel discussions, topics that matter to normal people. (So I recommended SNC to all my siblings. Even the libs.) ### 5/5 — Ms *2026-02-22, version 6.7* Excellent!!! The others should learn from SNC, you are the only one that I can go on any time and watch any show I missed! Thank you so much!!! ### 5/5 — Program line up *2025-11-06, version 6.4* Second to none. Keep up the good work!🇺🇸✝️✡️🙏 Salem news network. Excellent line up of hosts Thank you 🇺🇸‼️❤️ ### 5/5 — A unique viewpoint *2025-10-23, version 6.4* I have just added the Salem News app to a new iPad I acquired, and am enjoying catching up with Mr. Hewitt daily on YouTube. The mix of current events, fascinating interviews, and book reviews provides me with all I need to feel competent about a conservative political philosophy in our modern world. For example, I was very excited about Hugh’s interview and review of Leland Vittert’s autobiography, “Born Lucky”. I proceeded to order the book from Amazon, and being a retired school teacher, plan to share multiple copies with friends and family because that is now my calling. To promote reading as a way of enriching life is my burning passion. This week Hugh interviewed Bret Baier about his new book about Theodore Roosevelt, “To Rescue the American Spirit”. My son, Zeb, is working in Fargo, ND at North Dakota State University, and he very excited about the museum that will opened in honor of Theodore Roosevelt’s life in 2O26. I could not have had a better recommendation for a book to share than the enthusiastic interview and review by Hugh. I immediately ordered a copy for myself and sent a copy to my son. I, as many others, view Hugh as a national treasure, that daily provides a positive alternative to the progressive spin of the legacy media. I feel honored to share my review. Gerry L. Watkins October 22nd, 2025 ### 5/5 — Best show I’ve ever seen *2025-10-09, version 6.3* Is great is to the point and I pray for Charlie’s family They have courage and faith ### 5/5 — Speaking the truth *2025-09-18, version 6.3* This is a great station where people present the truth. I thoroughly enjoy it. God bless Charlie Kirk. Yeah ### 5/5 — Phenomenal content *2025-09-15, version 6.2* Thank you Salem Media for Leading the way in communicating the word!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*