# WCIA-3 News App — user reviews > 33 indexed App Store user reviews of WCIA by Nexstar Broadcasting, rated 4.60/5 from 2,268 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wcia-3-news-app/id641342271/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wcia-3-news-app/id641342271.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,702 · 4★ 352 · 3★ 113 · 2★ 35 · 1★ 66 ## What do users think of WCIA? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great local weather app - 👍 Awesome alerts - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Loving the new layout - 👍 Well one of the best stations **Cons** - 🐛 Needs to be updated more frequently - 🐛 Can't watch outside the viewing area without streaming - 🔍 Not enough news coverage for certain areas - 💸 Too many ads - 🔍 News not current - 🔍 Continuously pushes woke agendas and click baiting - 🔍 Disappointed with recent insensitive reporting **Commonly reported bugs** - Volume doesn't work on iPhone - App crashes frequently **Most requested features** - Newer app version - Ability to view daily positive rate for the state - Incorporate contests and deals instead of horoscopes ## Newest reviews (10 of 33) ### 4/5 — Can you send me new3 app *2026-01-25, version 503.0.1* 2026 ### 3/5 — Positive rate *2021-10-20* Why can we not get daily positive rate for our state. On our evening news cast. ### 3/5 — Objectivity of Mark Maxwell *2021-01-26* At the outset of covering the News from Springfield and Chicago, Maxwell maintained a relatively high degree of Objectivity. But as time has passed that Objectivity has diminished somewhat leaning toward the rest of Major Media softening on matters relating Democratic issues. Whether intentional to move on up to better Opportunities or just favoring the Democratic Party, either could be in play but Objectivity has diminished, sadly. ### 3/5 — Streaming *2019-10-02* Can’t watch outside the viewing area without streaming! ### 3/5 — Review I would rate this app higher if *2019-08-28* Why no news from Coles County? Never see anything about any cities/towns south of Champaign....Charleston/Mattoon are in your viewing area. Did you forget about us?!? ### 4/5 — Out of area not out of mind *2019-01-10* This is the best way to see area stuff like Sclarman girls BB , the towns of Georgetown & Westville plus are fighting Illini way to be near home when I want it . ### 2/5 — FulfBear *2018-04-23* Too many ads. News not current. ### 5/5 — Great news source *2016-06-03, version 3.3.0* Easy to use and lots of news and information ### 2/5 — Not great *2014-01-03, version 1.33.0* The app is alright but I find they don't update the stories very often. Usually when I see a story on the news, it doesn't show up on the app until 4 or 5 hours later. I would also like it to be easier to access school/business closings on the app. The weather isn't usually updated but once a day too. ### 5/5 — Great!! *2013-05-29, version 1.26.0* Loving the new layout for the iPhone update! It's so much cleaner, I deleted it because it kept crashing and such and now it's just better than ever! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — The volume doesn’t work on my I Phone *2024-05-22* I am not a lip reader and the volume doesn’t work on my I Phone I can find no settings to fix that. ### 1/5 — To Many Video Ads *2024-02-03* Forced to watch video ads before viewing news article. ### 1/5 — Continuously pushes woke agendas and click baiting *2023-03-28, version 41.17.1* Full of clickbait and pushes narratives based on woke agenda. Junk like their news casting. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2021-05-28* In light of the recent insensitive handling/reporting concerning the shooting death of Champaign Police Officer Chris Oberheim, I am deleting this app. Furthermore, I will not be supporting or watching WCIA news going forward. I encourage others to do the same. ### 1/5 — Disgusted with WCIA *2021-05-24, version 41.1.0* Can’t believe what this broadcasting network has come too... ### 1/5 — News is not very good *2020-12-17* I have been an avid wcia news watcher for 40 years and with the current dispute with Dish, I have found other alternatives that offer more outstanding news cast as well as broadcasters that cover local and state news. ### 1/5 — WCIA online *2020-03-27, version 4.35.290053081* It needs to be updated more frequently. ### 1/5 — Couldn't just do an update? *2013-05-22, version 1.26.0* Why couldn't you just update the app you already have? By the way, this is really hard to find in the App Store. ### 2/5 — Almost seen the important news *2026-03-31* And then 5 min of ads then something from somewhere nowhere around here then ads then weather Then ads then “we might see tonight “ love Kevin but then nothing. But seen there’s a casino I might be interested in but recovering gambling addiction figure I better pass. Can we just not watch the local news for 5 minutes or atleast the tornado warning would be good ### 2/5 — not enough adds *2022-12-22* I was hoping to get a lot of ads but unfortunately they only spam them all over. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Make sure you send me *2026-04-22* Make sure that you send me a new one ### 5/5 — The weather app *2024-11-18* When are you guys gonna come out with a newer app? ### 5/5 — Keep up the good work *2019-10-02* Well one of the best stations ### 5/5 — Great station *2019-01-29* Watch every morning and evening as they have great news coverage and accurate weather forecasts ### 5/5 — News review *2019-01-12* Great station ### 5/5 — Streaming *2019-01-11* I had hoped by downloading this app I would be able to stream the news broadcasts. But I haven’t been able to do that. Only stories after the news broadcast. Not what I was hoping for. I have had the weather app for awhile and use it often. ### 5/5 — Jen and Jess r the best I’ve seen in my 45 years in CMI. 😄. *2018-09-15* Jen and Jess r the best that I’ve seen in CMI in the past 45 years. ### 5/5 — Great local weather app *2018-02-06* I've always got to WCIA to watch my local news and weather. WCIA has a great weather team. ### 5/5 — Great Way to stay up on Everything love it *2017-11-08* So Good 😍😍😍Love It ### 5/5 — News-Lover89 *2017-08-20* Awesome!! Any alerts pop up on my phone is so fantastic!! --- *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 2026-08-26.*