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Programming and Graphics / Re: 2012 Tornado Hunt

« on: April 27, 2012, 09:19:04 PM »

So are they still doing this for science or just to catch video of a tornado?

Just to catch video of a Tornado and show it Live.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 27, 2012, 09:18:04 PM »

Here is what TWC Studios look like during Severe Weather Coverage with RED in the background.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=405454472805634&set=a.160448867306197.34186.152813984736352&type=1&theater

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 27, 2012, 01:01:56 AM »

Ryan Goswick solo at WCL 1AM ET.   

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Programming and Graphics / Re: 2012 Tornado Hunt

« on: April 26, 2012, 10:30:32 PM »

Tornado hunt? Vortex2 ended two years ago

They did it last year but it was a TWC Project, not a Vortex 2 peoject. It was the project that made Mike Bettes cover the Joplin, MO tornado minutes after it happened.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: 2012 Tornado Hunt

« on: April 26, 2012, 06:37:59 PM »

Here is a picture of the truck they are using for the chase on Mike Bettes' Facebook. He said that more announcements to come:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150703189588443&set=a.273762558442.140897.249767823442&type=1&theater

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Programming and Graphics / 2012 Tornado Hunt

« on: April 26, 2012, 01:15:40 AM »

On WCL, they announced that the annual tornado hunt will start on April 30 and will continue for 4 weeks. I think Mike Bettes will still be the host.

Here is a preview screenshot from Crystal Egger's Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=403561279661620&set=a.160448867306197.34186.152813984736352&type=1&theater

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Wake Up With Al

« on: April 25, 2012, 06:34:59 PM »

As of today, they have replaced the big touchscreen video wall in the NYC Studio with a smaller touchscreen LCD TV. It looks better but I wish they would use a green screen in NYC.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 23, 2012, 09:30:49 PM »

Day Planner 11am-3pm Vivian Brown and Carl Parker.
Weather Center Live 3pm Todd Santos and Alex Wallice.
If they are going to be live all day then I would expect Todd and Alex to be on to 7pm and Crystal and Chris on 7pm-11pm.

They went to Long-Form at 8PM ET. Also, Chris Warren is on vacation for a few weeks according to his Facebook so Paul Goodloe and Crystal Egger did WCL.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 23, 2012, 01:01:42 AM »

Noticed the IntelliStar LDL logo error happened yet again at 1 AM ET this morning

Also, Crystal and Todd on WN today?!

It happened again today!! I think everyday, the IS LDL resets at 1AM ET.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 20, 2012, 10:35:36 PM »

According to Kelly Cass' Facebook:

"And here's Sunday's outlook. We have already made the call to pre-empt with live programming due to severe threat, and chance for heavy wet snow in parts of the northeast!"


Looks like TWC will be all live on Sunday.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: YWT Relaunch

« on: April 20, 2012, 05:04:40 PM »

According to Mike Bettes' Facebook:

"Last morning for me in NYC. It's been a fun time! Back home this afternoon."

So, it looks like Mike Bettes is just visiting Stephanie in NYC. So I'm guessing now is that the "virtual host" format will be on YWT

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 17, 2012, 10:31:56 PM »

From a TWC press release,
The "Braving the Elements" anthology will feature multiple miniseries, each comprised of four 30-minute episodes, including: "Lights Out," following crews who are the first ones on the scene to restore power during inclement - and often severe - weather; "Turbine Cowboys," featuring the men and women who are pushed to the limit both physically and emotionally as they  brave extreme heights and every conceivable weather condition to work on wind turbines; and "Iron Men" (working title), profiling the iron workers who spend their days hundreds of feet above New York City. Additional titles in the anthology will be added throughout the year.

The "Braving the Elements" anthology might be the most boring barely weather related shows on The Weather Channel.
Wow a show about people restoring power, skip.
Wow a show about people fixing wind Turbines, skip.
Wow a show about iron workers building in NYC, skip.
From the short preview of "Iron Men" it's like that show on TruTV about the guys who work on oil rigs that fight and curse all day.

While I have respect for the people who do those jobs I have no interest in reality shows about them.

    

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Programming and Graphics / Re: YWT Relaunch

« on: April 17, 2012, 06:02:04 PM »

Just going by yesterday, I'm assuming A&B do the first two hours (7 and 8am) while whoever is at TWC HD studios does the last hour at 9am (which in that case was Maria and Jen). So I guess essentially there's 4 hosts and they use the opener that doesn't include A&B for the other two hosts which doesn't make sense because they've made it clearly obvious that YWT is an A&B show now and have been for almost 3 years.

Today  7am-10am ET  Jen did all the 7 Day Forecast segments and Maria did the Weather Headline segments.
So even though Mike and Stephanie are in NYC they are doing some segments from Atlanta.
9am was Jen and Maria only and the studio was very dark. From the desk, to the video wall to the green screen they were all under lit today.

So I assume now that:

6AM-7AM: WUWA - Al Roker & Stephanie Abrams (NYC)
7AM-9AM: YWT - Stephanie Abrams & Mike Bettes (NYC)
9AM-10AM: YWT - Maria LaRosa and Jen Carfagno (Mon-Wed)/Eric Fisher (Th-Fri)   (Atlanta)
10AM-11AM: WUWA Repeat - Al Roker, Stephanie Abrams and Jen Carfagno/Eric Fisher with Live Weather Update. (NYC/Atlanta)

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: IS 21945 starting late again

« on: April 17, 2012, 10:19:43 AM »

Now, the Intellistar is glitching AGAIN and now made the TWC Feed black now. Please fix it!

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: IS 21945 starting late again

« on: April 16, 2012, 07:00:07 PM »

You kind of fix it. It's starts the LF at the correct time now but It's still making "pixels" , pausing the audio and glitches during the LF and the TWC Feed. I think it is deteriorating

EDIT: As of 10:00PM PT, the glitches stopped and everything is back to normal. Thanks for fixing the Intellistar. I let you know if it starts glitching again.