How to watch local news without cable on Roku devices

Having the ability to watch local news is always a top request from Roku customers. It’s definitely important to me too. I wake up to my local Bay Area news every morning to keep me up-to-date on the community, weather, traffic and more. My family even knows all the newscasters by name!

To get your local channels, there are free options as well as subscriptions to popular streaming services –  so check out the list below. If you’re an antenna user, click here for some additional tips.

Free local news channels:

• NewsON offers live and on-demand local newscasts from in 170+ markets. You can even check out newscasts from different locations around the country. If you’re missing your hometown newscasters, this is the channel for you!
• Haystack TV brings you 200+ trusted channels local and world news channels including a personalized view of your weather and trending topics you may be interested in – for free!
• Browse the “News & Weather” category of the Roku Channel Store and look for your local affiliates. Today there are 100+ free local news channels including WGN Chicago, KHOU Houston, FOX25 Boston and WSB Atlanta.

Access local news with a subscription:

• For local CBS channels: CBS All Access offers live TV in 196 markets in addition to the 10,000+ episodes available on-demand.
• Local ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC is available in select markets on: DIRECTV NOW, Hulu with Live TV, PlayStation Vue, Sling TV and YouTube TV.*

*All these services have free trials! Add the channels above to get started.

Stream on!