WCVB NewsCenter 5

4.6
3.51K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Get real-time access to Boston, Massachusetts local news, national news, sports, traffic, politics, entertainment stories and much more. Download the WCVB NewsCenter 5 app for free today.

With our Boston local news app, you can:
- Be alerted to breaking local news with push notifications.
- Watch live streaming breaking news when it happens and get live updates from our reporters.
- Submit breaking news, news tips or email your news photos and videos right to our newsroom and it could be featured on air.
- Share stories via email or on your social media pages.
- Check out current Boston weather conditions, hourly and 7 day forecasts wherever you might be.
- Our interactive radar lets you zoom in and out to street level and watch storms as they approach. Move the map around to see major weather activity.
- See weather alerts and updates, watch videocasts from your favorite meteorologists and more.

No matter where you are in the Boston local area, you can stay up to date on the latest news and weather information with the WCVB NewsCenter 5 app.
Updated on
Nov 11, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
3.24K reviews
Jen Machado
January 7, 2023
Great source for news & weather! I've had this app for a while including on other phones, but since I switched over to this phone about a month ago I haven't been able to receive notifications from WCVB Channel 5. I've looked at the app settings & notifications etc on my phone but I'm not seeing anything that is blocking the phone from allowing notifications & other things to come through. I like this app, as I don't have to always watch the news and you can read the news instead of watching it.
34 people found this review helpful
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Jaime Silver
October 26, 2020
Great app, but the Widget is no longer working. It stopped working about 1 month ago. The Widget is what I refer to, most often, to view Updates on "Breaking News" (Local & National) , so it's been extremely aggravating that, it's stopped working. I've uninstalled and reinstalled, both the widget & the app numerous times, but the Widget still doesn't work. Please fix ASAP and I'll change my rating to 5 stars.
47 people found this review helpful
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JOJO JOJO
November 10, 2024
great app and I love the way they keep you up-to-date with weather, politics, and especially everything that's happening around the world and then some keep it up channel 5 great work..
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What's new

We update the app regularly to keep things working smoothly for you!

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