WVTM 13 - Birmingham

This is the only App I have on my phone and iPad for any news and weather related updates during the day and week. I had it before ya’ll started advertising it. As a matter of fact Taylor was just on. I also like the way everyone interacts with each other in between the stories and News as well as all the fun y’all have. My husband especially loves Sheri Falk so a big shout out to Sheri and everyone at WVTM! Everyone should have this app!

I have always liked the content and diversity of this app, but must give it only one star because of an issue that is absolutely inexcusable. It has to do with notifications. Normal notification behavior in iOS is this: if a number of notifications from a particular app has gone into Notification Center, and one of them is activated, the remaining notifications from that app stay in Notification Center until opened. In this app, if one notification is opened, all other notifications from WVTM disappear! This has been the case for a long time, and is especially problematic if one of these notifications is opened by mistake. While it is true that a thread of articles frequently comes up when a notification is opened, not all of the articles in the thread will be the ones that appeared as notifications, especially if one has saved a notification for several days. I have sent numerous reviews over the past few years concerning this, and feel that they have been ignored. In addition, it is inconceivable that I am the only person having this problem. The only workaround I have found is to copy the notifications, without opening them, and paste them into the Notes app; then, when ready to read an article, I copy the title from the note, return to the WVTM app, and attempt a search for the article—which doesn’t always work. This desperately needs to be fixed!

On some mornings it shows commercials and then go blank and back to commercials especially on weekends.

Bug fixes did not work! It still crashes!

Update on Aug. 13, 2023. Despite another update to the app, all previously-mentioned issues still exist. Nothing has changed. App Support is still a joke, and I never received a response from the developer. Other users out there: if you are encountering the same issues, please write a review. My previous reviews follow, more or less from newest to oldest. Update: 05/16/2023: The notification bug persists, and is driving me crazier by the day—or week! A few minutes ago, I was again in notifications, and clicked one from an unrelated app; but, just as I did so, another notification came in, causing the cursor to jump, causing a notification from WVTM (which I would have read later) to open. Because I didn’t want to lose that article, I went ahead and read it, along with the rest of the thread of articles that comes up by default when one opens a WVTM notification. But, again, I just lost several _days’ worth of WVTM notifications, which I would have acted on in the next day or so, but only _after copying the unopened notifications into a note so as not to lose them entirely. I am sure I’m not the only person fuming over this notification bug. Extremely busy people can’t always get to a notification as soon as it comes up; and, if one receives notifications in a variety of categories (weather, breaking news, national and world, etc.), notifications can accumulate in a hurry! It’s ridiculous that opening one notification from a specific app should cause all other notifications from that app to disappear. I have one other app that behaves in the same mannner, and its developer is about to hear from me again as well. Meanwhile, if anyone else out there is dealing with the same issue, please make your voice heard; or, if you have found a way to prevent this from happening, please write a review. What is labeled as “app support” for this app is a joke, so please write a review! This would receive 5 stars, except for an annoying bug that appeared with the most recent update. It has to do with notifications. During the course of a few very busy days, a number of notifications from WVTM accumulated; but now, as I am ready to catch up, I am faced with a dilemma. When one clicks on a notification from WVTM, _all of the notifications from this app now disappear! Therefore, one must either choose one article to read, letting all of the others vanish unread, or one must attempt to copy the links to all of the articles in notifications in order to save them—a laborio

I am very grateful to all of you for being such a trustworthy team. You’re the only station I go to for news, weather, and such. God bless all of you for your hard dedicated work and thank you, Deb McGough.

Good for weather updates, but I finally decided to delete the app because of its insistence on sending push notifications for the most mundane human interest stories despite me having my filters set to “breaking news” only.

I’m always in the know, because of the professionals at WVTM! Keep up the great work!

Brittany Decker is so fine. I could lick her from the tips of her toenails to longest hair on her head… that includes all the places in between that supposed to have hair that don’t. Damnit she is yummy!

This would receive 5 stars, except for an annoying bug that appeared with the most recent update. It has to do with notifications. During the course of a few very busy days, a number of notifications from WVTM accumulated; but now, as I am ready to catch up, I am faced with a dilemma. When one clicks on a notification from WVTM, _all of the notifications from this app now disappear! Therefore, one must either choose one article to read, letting all of the others vanish unread, or one must attempt to copy the links to all of the articles in notifications in order to save them—a laborious process if there are numerous notifications. Please fix! Update: Even after deleting and reinstalling the app, the issue persists. The issue with the notifications is driving me crazy! I had about 15 of them, which had accumulated over several days, in my notifications center. I normally deal with notifications from oldest to newest. For this app, I copy the notification and enter it into a note, hoping that I can eventually find all of the articles when I open the WVTM app. Sometimes that works, and sometimes it doesn’t. The problem is that I managed to open one of those 15 or so notifications, and _all _of _them _disappeared, as I hadn’t had a chance to copy them into a note. Now, I’ll never be able to find them! With all of my other news apps, if a number of notifications have accumulated and I act on one of them, the others remain in the notifications center, awaiting action on them. _Please _fix _this _annoying _bug! It’s _maddening! Update: Another update to the app has occurred, but the same bug is still here. It happened again today: I accidentally tapped an article, and all other notifications from WVTM disappeared, without me being able to make a note of all of them. PLEASE FIX!!! At one time, I would have given the app five stars; but, with the aforementioned bug, my rating dropped to four, an then three. Now, it’s down to one! That’s not because of the content; it’s great! It’s because of what still happens with notifications! Perhaps I need to explain something. When one is in Notification Center, about to click an item, and then another notification comes in just as you are clicking it, the cursor will jump, and a totally different item will open. This especially seems to be the case as of late for VoiceOver users, and may also be the case with other screen readers. Minutes ago, I tapped an urgent item from Apple News; but, another notification came in