WBAL-TV 11 News - Baltimore

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.6 6342 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Ease up on the push notifications

   I like getting news stories and things as notifications, so I can just look at the banner to see if I’m interested. I do that for several news apps. I dislike that this is the only news app that then leaves the little ‘1’ next to the app. The only way to get rid of it is to go into the app and find the specific story, then open it. This happens once or twice a day too and is quite annoying. Others may not be as annoyed by it though. Another thing that would help is some kind of filter by topic. The search function is usually decent at this, but it’s not as great at letting you browse a topic. This is just a potential improvement though.

   Ptpee · 31 Jul 2026

2. 3/5Inappropriate “breaking news” notifications

   I like this app, for the most part. But the alert notifications are driving me crazy. I have my settings limited to “breaking news” (locally and otherwise) but the notifications that come through are, in large part, completely unnecessary. I absolutely want/need to know about traffic issues, security incidents, and local/city/state/country/worldwide URGENT events and happenings. I do not need to know RIGHT NOW about strange colored grasshoppers in Texas, childhood obesity statistics, and other random human interest stories that you decide to push out for no reason. That’s not “breaking news”. It’s not worth interrupting someone’s job or life to stop and see if there is a problem that needs their immediate attention. If you want to push human interest articles then there should be two levels of “breaking news” options for people to choose. Because I’m about finished rolling my eyes when my phone alerts for the tenth time in a day with unnecessary stories - I’m just going to find a different news app to use.

   UserK2222 · 31 Jul 2026

3. 4/5Review

   I really like the app and I use it just about every day. There are two things that I don’t like. The first is that some stories stay on the app for days or even months and the space could be used for other stories. The second issue is that often times you read a headline and open the story and it has nothing to do with the headline. You really want to read the story that the headline was leading up to but the story that you open has nothing to do with it. A big let down.

   Corsoman03 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 3/5WBAL-TV missing point of NEWS alerts

   100% agree with user K2222. I do not want “didja know?” curiosity or human interest stories as news alerts. By overusing news alerts, it’s like WBAL is crying wolf. If something more urgent does happen, I might be dismissive to the sound of the alert. My suggestion is to reduce the number of alerts. Ask yourselves, would you want to be interrupted in YOUR job to find out about something that’s interesting but irrelevant to you at the moment? Does this news impact the local community or nation right now? Is it serious enough that schools might close and roads shut down? Is it of life and death importance for another state or country? If the news is about Prince/notPrince Harry, might be interesting to many, but not worthy of an alert. For improved subscriber service, develop options for the news about which they want to be notified immediately. For example, an interest in politics doesn’t necessarily mean the person wants to track primary results as they come in. Or maybe they do. Creating personalized customer services is the best way to keep current subscribers and to bring new ones in.

   jws1110 · 31 Jul 2026

5. 2/5Comment:

   There are so many ads that the BS and other News Channels attempt to load into the narratives of a news story that it challenges any reader to keep on track other than just ignore the interruptions. Of particular annoyance is the inexcusable insertion of a photo ad that covers up part of a paragraph of a news item. If you place an ad in the middle of an article please ensure that you have not blocked from sight, the text of the article from the reader. This is an insult to your readers and an insult to your consideration of your customers. Simple formatting would allow your staff to properly insert an ad in an area separate from the text of the news story. There is no excuse for continuing to overlay an ad on top of news text and infuriating to the reader.

   PatALynch · 31 Jul 2026

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