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Local Forecast / Re: Smooth Jazz returns? August 2025

« on: August 31, 2025, 11:12:31 PM »

I did capture what sounded like a Smooth Jazz track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXLVC4hv984

Per YouTube's content ID system, that one's called "End Of The Rainbow", and it appears to come from the Transition Music library, which The Weather Channel has been using the music from on the LFs for the last couple of years or so.

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General Discussion / Re: Recent music purchases

« on: June 14, 2025, 06:57:52 PM »

Bumping this topic because I thought I'd share what I've bought musically within the last year or two, and a little hint: all have to do with instrumentals and vocal tracks that aired during LOT8s years and years ago.   

CDs

- Gooding - Winter's Return
- Pylon - Chain
- Timothy Drury & Corridor - The Crossing
- The Timeout Drawer - Record Of Small Histories
- Phish - The Story Of The Ghost

Individual tracks from online music services

- Trance Fury - Yet Unknown (Weeping Guitar Mix)
- Trance Fury - Fly Away (Bird's Eye View Mix)
- Trance Fury - February (Mid-Winter Night Mix)
- Explosions In The Sky - Your Hand In Mine
- Physical Therapy - Wishbone
- DC Talk - In The Light (Instrumental)
- Claudio Fiore - Event Horizon
- Gooding - For Love
- Phish - If I Could (Live Columbus 6/22/1994)
- Johnny Ramone - Viva Las Vegas
- Wheeler Brothers - My Time
- Cary Brothers - Ride

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General Discussion / Re: This is a test

« on: June 26, 2023, 09:10:08 AM »

I come by this site from time to time to see what's up if anything, but other than that, not much else.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jeanetta Jones

« on: August 19, 2021, 12:17:46 PM »

Just found out about this. Very sad news! Jeanetta was one of my favorite OCMs from the pre-2006 time period. May she rest in peace. Condolences go out to her family, friends, and the entire TWC staff and community, past and present.

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Local Forecast / Re: YouTube Clips

« on: July 23, 2021, 10:25:00 AM »

Hey Guys,
1st you have to know that I am sincerely honored and grateful that folks have enjoyed my music on The Weather Channel but, please understand Songwriters get paid less than a penny for YouTube streams and I’m not get paid at all.

You see, YouTube AI doesn't recognize my music that's being used in the videos that have been posted over the years as YouTube clips from the Weather Channel broadcasts, because my song title isn't included in that person's video clip title. Most are including my information only as a part of their description underneath the video clip from The Weather Channel (thank you for that) but, they did not include it as a part of the title on YouTube...so YouTube doesn't pick it up.

Actually need a way to ask everyone with my music in their clips to please, please edit their video attributions. Don’t want them to take them down because then I won’t be paid for the number of plays they have accumulated to date.  Just need the titles edited.

Will you please ask any folks whom you may know who have vid clips from The Weather Channel which happen to use my music to PLEASE edit your YouTube titles to include my name and song title too?

Can you think of a way to get this request out to others?

Thank you again for all your support,
~Jeanne Ricks

Hey Jeanne, I just updated the titles of my LF vids on my YouTube channel that include your songs "Simple Pleasure" and "Winter Heat". I found about nine clips total that I've captured with those songs, recorded between December 6, 2004 and August 5, 2017.

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Emulator Videos / Re: My own emulator

« on: October 01, 2020, 07:26:49 PM »

Another WxSTAR Jr emulation for my hometown of Astoria... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUq3MM2AIHE

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General Discussion / Re: Recent music purchases

« on: July 10, 2020, 11:17:53 AM »

Love Tractor - "'Til The Cows Come Home" EP (vinyl record). I actually ordered a CD of Love Tractor's self-titled album combined with said EP from Amazon for $8, and the seller clearly listed the product as Audio CD, but instead what I got was the original EP on vinyl. I probably got ripped off but I think I'll keep the vinyl anyway. 

Update: I got in touch with a friend of mine who happens to have the Love Tractor CD so I'll just get a copy of it from them. I'll still keep the "Cows" EP though. 

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Emulator Videos / Re: My own emulator

« on: July 04, 2020, 05:43:49 PM »

WxSTAR Jr emulation with a custom fireworks background for the 4th of July:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H9FkzU7LiA

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Emulator Videos / Re: My own emulator

« on: June 20, 2020, 08:34:43 PM »

Made another WxSTAR Jr emulation this afternoon and added three new products to it: the regional conditions, regional forecasts and the almanac, all of which are Photoshop recreations based on the real Jr products. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEaJeheF4OQ

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TWC Fan Art / Re: TWCJim's Artwork

« on: June 03, 2020, 10:09:08 PM »

Here are my concepts of what the local weather ID on the LDL and the TWC station ID would look like with the current graphics if they were brought back today. All STAR ID numbers shown below are of course made up.


Station ID

IntelliSTAR 2 XD



IntelliSTAR 2 Jr




Local Weather ID

IntelliSTAR 2 XD



IntelliSTAR 2 Jr

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Local Forecast / Re: Regional Forecast Map - Appeared at 12:48PM 5/18/2020

« on: May 19, 2020, 01:57:37 PM »

Given luesjo12's assessments about the map product still using the old Akko font rather than the current Roboto font and also the maps being removed this morning, I guess TWC didn't intend on using said product and it was likely just glitching. Or, TWC could have been testing out the maps and they plan on updating it with Roboto in the future, perhaps even roll it out to the IS2 Jrs as well. Guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens next. 

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Local Forecast / Re: Regional Forecast Map - Appeared at 12:48PM 5/18/2020

« on: May 19, 2020, 09:54:33 AM »

Checked the Astoria IS2 Jr again and we still do not have the map product as of this morning. I wonder if the map is exclusive to the IS2 HDs and XDs, or if any other Jrs out there have it as well. 

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Local Forecast / Re: Regional Forecast Map - Appeared at 12:48PM 5/18/2020

« on: May 18, 2020, 08:00:24 PM »

Haven't seen the new map product on the Astoria IS2 Jr yet. I've looked all day and still no sign of it on my end.

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Emulator Videos / Re: My own emulator

« on: May 08, 2020, 07:14:52 PM »

Brought my custom-made WxSTAR Jr emulator back from underneath the daisies and posted this emulation on my YT today. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNTHM65C6xg

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General Discussion / Re: Charles Abel-Lear 1980-2019

« on: November 10, 2019, 01:32:12 AM »

So sad to hear of Chazz's passing! I never knew him personally, but I do know he has left his mark in the TWC fan community, and of course those WxSTAR 4000 emulations he did were always fun to watch.

Condolences to his family and friends. R.I.P. Chazz.