Name: NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth News
Rating: 4.5 (3549 reviews)
Author: NBCUniversal Media, LLC

3.5K Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

News
Developer

NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

182.6
MB

Get the the latest Dallas-Fort Worth breaking news, local weather forecasts and customized news alerts. Watch NBC DFW's news stream free, 24/7, wherever you are. The NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth news and weather app connects you with your local news, local weather and a free, 24/7 streaming news channel. Free to download and to use, the app delivers North Texas breaking news alerts and weather alerts for your location that can be customized and easily managed in the app settings. The app gives you access to DFW local news from the award-winning NBC 5 DFW news team, covering the issues and concerns most important to residents in North Texas. The NBC 5 Weather Experts deliver accurate local forecasts that keep app users safe and informed while on the go. Access a powerful weather radar and customize the weather screen based on your preferences. Dallas-Fort Worth Weather + Customizable weather home screen with weather modules you can rearrange + Upgraded location hub to add new locations and set up weather alerts + The only live S-Band weather radar in North Texas +Exclusive weather coverage from Texas Thunder Truck and Texas StormRanger’s X Band radar + 10-day forecasts from the NBC 5 Weather Experts for your region of North Texas + Hourly forecasts featuring a customizable graph + Detailed forecast data that includes UV index and air quality in North Texas + Weather alerts for every location you save in the app + Hurricane warnings and storm tracker + Complete weather closings for DFW schools + Weather news videos from your local meteorologists DFW News Alerts + Alerts for DFW local news, national headlines and world news that can be personalized and managed in the app settings Top news of the day, covering breaking news, politics, weather and urgent product recalls + Latest news feed that shows all articles and videos published in reverse chronological order + Alerts center that shows you the most urgent DFW stories of the day that you might’ve missed if you didn’t click on push notifications +Trending section where you can discover daily, buzz-worthy topics in DFW local news and pop culture NBC DFW News 24/7 Streaming Channel + Free 24/7 streaming channel for nonstop local North Texas news, weather and special coverage around the clock, wherever you are + Live NBC 5 DFW newscasts + Breaking news live coverage of news briefings and other urgent news events in North Texas + Dedicated video page with the latest video feed Create an NBC DFW Account + Save articles and videos to view later + Sync preferences and newsletter subscriptions across NBC platforms NBC 5 DFW I-Team Investigations & More + Award-winning NBC 5 investigative stories that get results + NBC 5 Responds reports on recovering your money + Submission platform for your news and weather photos + Sports news from NBC Sports Regional Sports Networks + Business news and financial insights from CNBC + Entertainment news from E! Online + Lifestyle and entertainment news from NBC TODAY Show The NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth news and weather app features Nielsen’s proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research, like Nielsen’s TV Ratings. Please see www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information. Your Privacy Choices: https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy/notrtoo?brandA=Owned_Stations&intake=NBC_5_Dallas-Fort_Worth/ CA Notice: https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy/california-consumer-privacy-act?intake=NBC_5_Dallas_Fort_Worth

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

3.5K Ratings

Keeping up with the metroplex
06/25/2020

D. Vicki

I wrote this months ago and thought I had posted it then, but found I had not. My opinion of this app has not changed. It is great, easy to use, and still has excellent videos, alerts, remote footage, etc. I am sorry I failed to post this at that time: After living in Arlington for 10 years, we moved back to Wichita Falls. As we still have family in the DFW area, when severe weather broke out right above our grand-daughter’s apartment, I went right to live feed of the area on the local NBC app. Felt much better after watching the live feed for awhile and put the app on my phone. Thanks to this great, clear app, we have peace of mind as we check it quite often, especially when something’s amiss in her area. Up til now, we’ve never had any issues when using this app and commend them for the live feed, esp the good quality of the video within minutes of the severe tornado in the past year that caused quite a lot of destruction. Their chopper’s fly-overs while checking the destruction in the days following was always very clear and commend their chopper pilot for the steady flying.
Keeping up with the metroplex
06/25/2020

D. Vicki

I wrote this months ago and thought I had posted it then, but found I had not. My opinion of this app has not changed. It is great, easy to use, and still has excellent videos, alerts, remote footage, etc. I am sorry I failed to post this at that time: After living in Arlington for 10 years, we moved back to Wichita Falls. As we still have family in the DFW area, when severe weather broke out right above our grand-daughter’s apartment, I went right to live feed of the area on the local NBC app. Felt much better after watching the live feed for awhile and put the app on my phone. Thanks to this great, clear app, we have peace of mind as we check it quite often, especially when something’s amiss in her area. Up til now, we’ve never had any issues when using this app and commend them for the live feed, esp the good quality of the video within minutes of the severe tornado in the past year that caused quite a lot of destruction. Their chopper’s fly-overs while checking the destruction in the days following was always very clear and commend their chopper pilot for the steady flying.
This app is almost perfect but not quite
01/31/2019

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I love the idea behind this app but the execution is just not there. You can’t do anything without the live stream of NBC freaking out! I wanted to adjust my screens light so I pulled down the utilities menu on my phone. When I slid up it sent me straight back to the home page of the app. I went back to watch the stream and it came up with a service error, which always happens. I refresh it and it normally will work but it’s more than just trying to adjust something and the app reopening. I like to rotate and expand my videos but it is so fidgety!! There is no place to rotate the screen or zoom in/ out, therefore you can’t see the titles on news broadcasts, almost all of the time. It is so frustrating that I can’t manually press a rotation button. I’m left with it broadcasted tiny on the upper part of my screen because even when it does rotate to be bigger it almost always will go back to its small size on the upper half of my phone, even when in a horizontal position. Oh and when it falls flat on a surface it does the same thing. As I have said previously, the idea is great but the little errors get super frustrating and the videos don’t load 80% of the time... I’ll still keep this app but with a little frustration. It could all be due to maybe a new update needed or something.
This app is almost perfect but not quite
01/31/2019



I love the idea behind this app but the execution is just not there. You can’t do anything without the live stream of NBC freaking out! I wanted to adjust my screens light so I pulled down the utilities menu on my phone. When I slid up it sent me straight back to the home page of the app. I went back to watch the stream and it came up with a service error, which always happens. I refresh it and it normally will work but it’s more than just trying to adjust something and the app reopening. I like to rotate and expand my videos but it is so fidgety!! There is no place to rotate the screen or zoom in/ out, therefore you can’t see the titles on news broadcasts, almost all of the time. It is so frustrating that I can’t manually press a rotation button. I’m left with it broadcasted tiny on the upper part of my screen because even when it does rotate to be bigger it almost always will go back to its small size on the upper half of my phone, even when in a horizontal position. Oh and when it falls flat on a surface it does the same thing. As I have said previously, the idea is great but the little errors get super frustrating and the videos don’t load 80% of the time... I’ll still keep this app but with a little frustration. It could all be due to maybe a new update needed or something.
Staff and news coverage
12/27/2019

Dr. R Edwards

This is the only news channel we watch every a.m every evening we have watched it for years. I like everyone on the news. After a.m news we never miss the today show either. Some anchors left some retired and some passed still miss them. Really miss Cathy Gifford. The staff keeps the news interesting and informs you of many things. Love how the today show always brings new things like training the puppy until it leaves for a forever home. Will continue with channel 5 when you have the best why change?Thank you to all staff for all you do to keep the news interesting and us well informed.I also have the app on my phone and if I am away from home I go the app I love itOnly thing I would like changed is to be able to make comments but, for whatever reason it always says this site is not available.
Staff and news coverage
12/27/2019

Dr. R Edwards

This is the only news channel we watch every a.m every evening we have watched it for years. I like everyone on the news. After a.m news we never miss the today show either. Some anchors left some retired and some passed still miss them. Really miss Cathy Gifford. The staff keeps the news interesting and informs you of many things. Love how the today show always brings new things like training the puppy until it leaves for a forever home. Will continue with channel 5 when you have the best why change?Thank you to all staff for all you do to keep the news interesting and us well informed.I also have the app on my phone and if I am away from home I go the app I love itOnly thing I would like changed is to be able to make comments but, for whatever reason it always says this site is not available.
Failing to Load, devs trying to kill an app?? 🤔
04/12/2022

Cirikkati

The last 2-3 updates have completely made the app unusable. For pretext I set up my app to load in the weather section with what used to be a “live radar,” the NBC 5 radar. Since NBC DFW owns and operates their own radar it means that they are able to directly publish new radar data every minute. This is what brought me to the app, as nbc’s data will be the most updated and reliable source. About one or two updates ago some change made the radar almost unusable and seemed to inhibit the app refreshing and loading new data. The most recent update has actually made the app unusable, nothing is loading in! I constantly get a “URLSessionTask failed with error: The request timed out.” on my screen before the app can even load in one piece of data. I’ve forced the app closed multiple times to reopen it to no avail and have uninstalled twice now as well. NBC 5 your app just kept getting worse over time and you finally have tried to kill it. Hopefully your dev team can get stuff back on track.P.s. like lots of other comments, GET RID OF THE ADS DURING BREAKING NEWS OR WEATHER EVENTS. K thx byeee.

Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback! We’re sorry you’ve experienced issues with our app and radar. We just released a new version, which includes fixes for the problems you’ve flagged. We hope you will update the app and continue to use it. Thanks again!😊
Failing to Load, devs trying to kill an app?? 🤔
04/12/2022

Cirikkati

The last 2-3 updates have completely made the app unusable. For pretext I set up my app to load in the weather section with what used to be a “live radar,” the NBC 5 radar. Since NBC DFW owns and operates their own radar it means that they are able to directly publish new radar data every minute. This is what brought me to the app, as nbc’s data will be the most updated and reliable source. About one or two updates ago some change made the radar almost unusable and seemed to inhibit the app refreshing and loading new data. The most recent update has actually made the app unusable, nothing is loading in! I constantly get a “URLSessionTask failed with error: The request timed out.” on my screen before the app can even load in one piece of data. I’ve forced the app closed multiple times to reopen it to no avail and have uninstalled twice now as well. NBC 5 your app just kept getting worse over time and you finally have tried to kill it. Hopefully your dev team can get stuff back on track.P.s. like lots of other comments, GET RID OF THE ADS DURING BREAKING NEWS OR WEATHER EVENTS. K thx byeee.
Developer Response 06/01/2022
Thank you for your feedback! We’re sorry you’ve experienced issues with our app and radar. We just released a new version, which includes fixes for the problems you’ve flagged. We hope you will update the app and continue to use it. Thanks again!😊

- You can now create a free account in the app. By signing in with your NBCUniversal Profile, you’ll be able to save articles and videos to view later, and manage your newsletter subscriptions across NBCUniversal platforms. - This update also includes bug fixes and performance improvements. Please rate our app in the App Store and send your feedback to [email protected].

Version 8.5.1

Oct 30

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