WFMZ

I grew up in Allentown and watched WFMZ since day one on air. Moving to other areas including the Slate Belt and beyond I am able to stay abreast of news, weather and traffic. Watching WFMZ grow to its present status including your new studio from the PPL Center shows the compassion and credibility they have for all. Many years ago while at MusikFest I suggested weekend coverage. Today WFMZ is on everyday from morning to late night. Bringing the news to the Lehigh Valley and Berks County and Beyond. The Accuweather Channel is a valuable tool dedicated to keeping viewers abreast of pending weather conditions. Working various schedules at work I am able to stay up to date 24/7 using the apps. Thank you WFMZ for everything you do for all of us.

This app has improved immensely since they separated the local,national and sports from the BS news and nonsense of the entertainment scuz. I am no longer exposed to that dreck. I’ve gone from one star to four. That’s saying something. Just a quick update on my last review. I’m thinking this app has improved even more since my first review. They update the news a lot faster than before. It’s also separated into more categories now and there appears to be more stories. The news does, however, tend to slow down on the weekends.

My iPhone 6 used to have a alert tone specific to a 69 news alert which I couldn’t change, that was ok. Now some how it changed to the Tri- tone alert and still I can’t change it. I don’t like that because my text message tone is the Tri-tone, and always has been. I wish I could change the alert tone. Now I just took it out of my notifications.

I’m giving this one star because it pops up. Other than that I am not impressed. The weather closing updates come up 10 at a time. No more picking your favorites. The change button to show all entries doesn’t work. Where is the traffic map? Shouldn’t need to download separate apps for traffic, weather, entertainment and news. It was nice having a local news app with everything I was looking for but all the updates are not necessarily good. Thumbs down!

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#1 thing this app is missing: SEARCH. If I was looking at a story a few days ago and want to find it again, or see all the articles related to one I'm interested in, that's next to impossible. The menu is a huge, cumbersome, un-hierarchical mess. Navigating is painful. The notifications are one of the only things that make this app useful to me, and even those could use some improvement in customization options. Not impressed, but I like this better than local Patch news, so it gets to stay for now.