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The Breaking News and the Daily Weather Forecast is a free service provided by WKRG.com however Your service provider may charge you to receive text messages (sms) in accordance with your calling plan.

Based on your carrier's calling plan standard message/data rates apply and will be charged to your wireless bill. If you are a prepay customer, any charges will be deducted from your prepaid wireless bill. Alerts may occasionally contain offers & ads from our partners, but NO separate ads will be sent to you.

To Start Service

For Breaking News Alerts text the word "news5" to "82672"
For Daily Weather Forecast text the word "forecast" to "82672"

Help

Text "help" to 82672 and you will receive more information on how to sign up for the services using your mobile phone.

To Stop Service

To stop service and unsubscribe from alerts: Text STOP to 82672 to unsubscribe from ALL alerts. If you choose this option, you will need to re-subscribe to receive any future alerts.

You may stop only specific alerts by sending STOP <Alert Name> to 82672. Example: STOP forecast. This will remove you only from the alert you specify.

About

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When and Where you want

Storm Alerts

Sign up here for free Severe Weather Watch and Warning emails for you computer, pager, PDA or cell phone, customized to your location.

iPhone / iPod Touch

iPhone users can now download the free WKRG iPhone App from the Apple AppStore, get your Weather, News, News Video and Traffic anytime.

Blackberry Mobile Phones

Blackberry Users To download the Blackberry 4.2+ Launcher Application (for Blackberry OS 4.2 and up) click here.

For BlackBerry devices with handheld software version 4.0.0 or 4.1.0, please click here.

Email Alerts

Get news updates and more - Sent to your your email.

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RSS Feeds

RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based.

Video Podcast

WKRG.com News PodCast is a Feed Specifically for Users With Apple I-Pods or Apple-TV Set-top boxes or for use in iTunes

Widgets

So what is a Widget? Put simply a "Widget" is a piece of the WKRG.com website which can be integrated within a third party website, such as your iGoogle homepage or your Website or Blog by the placement of a small snippet of code.