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Local Forecast / Re: New Leon Ayers Jr (Yvonne Ayers) CD, Frank Josephs (CC Gilmore) on Amazon

« on: March 09, 2018, 05:47:31 PM »

Which albums? Latest albums I've found there were from 2010. Did you happen to find Rainy Day from June 2012?

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The Game Room / Re: "In my pants" Game

« on: February 15, 2018, 12:54:48 PM »

This forum has been dead in my pants 

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: When will all Xfinity Weatherscan units be back?

« on: December 24, 2017, 04:22:46 AM »

They won't... there has to be a LOT of demand for it, and as much as we're seeing it's not nearly enough when you compare to all television viewers. Plus, its future overall is grim in the coming years, it hasn't been maintained, is powered by old, obsolete equipment, uses outdated graphics, the overall switch to mobile devices -- all reasons why a lot of affiliates have been dropping it.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: October 24, 2017, 10:42:08 AM »

Figured it's worth mentioning, yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of the debut of the "v2 IntelliStar." Time sure does fly...

Some videos from the launch week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3L1n7XLH6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84mTcfG6pE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SylcZhqknCY

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: September 27, 2017, 10:58:05 PM »

I saw it coming... to be honest, I don't really care anymore... I'll be switching to Verizon soon, and plus isn't that what the emulator's for?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Production Music Identification Thread

« on: August 15, 2017, 11:40:34 AM »

Anyone been able to find out what track this open used?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px8Eyviz9oQ

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General Discussion / Re: This forum seems to be very quiet anymore.

« on: May 13, 2017, 06:51:08 PM »

You guys should have seen the old TWCC boards during the "meltdown" back in 2008... there would be hundreds of posts just during that overnight period. It's like what you see on your Facebook feed if you're friends with like a thousand people.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Report: Sinclair Broadcast Group interested in aquiring TWC

« on: August 05, 2016, 06:09:12 PM »

$100 million? That's pretty depressing (this + digital assets bought last year totals over a billion less than in 2008).

I think Sinclair would be a decent buyer to be honest. I like how their affiliates operate, anyway.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Paid subscription service for web? Verizon dropped us still want TWC

« on: July 29, 2016, 12:08:19 PM »

1) Verizon is on an exclusivity clause with Accuweather for weather info. Whether or not TWC changes their mission I wouldn't expect it anytime in the foreseeable future.

2) The fact people get their weather "elsewhere" is in fact true since the advent of mobile devices/online streaming etc. Television ratings are at all time lows right now.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: July 26, 2016, 07:21:25 AM »

In a monumentally stupid decision, TWC seems to have disabled straight passthrough of NWS warnings to the unit. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued just west of here and the ticker just says "a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for a portion of the viewing area. Remember if a severe thunderstorm threatens; take shelter indoors. Stay away from windows." The alert tone has been updated to match the IS2 while Cantore narrates the text. Why was this in any way necessary?

This is part of the new FCC regulation requiring emergency messages to be read out loud.

I don't think this is true as far as cable networks go because on the domestic Istars the warnings are still passed through and are not narrated. Nothing happens when I switch over to SAP either so if the new regulation is true I smell lawsuits coming.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: July 19, 2016, 05:19:35 PM »

Another change: The soil moisture/palmer drought severity map on the Garden segment has been replaced by the USDA drought monitor.

Also, the reason for the Weather Group and weloveweather.tv referencing is due to weather.com being owned by IBM now. weloveweather is still owned by the television division, so they went with that.

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Local Forecast / Re: What lf songs do you wish to have?

« on: July 18, 2016, 11:32:22 PM »

I have Distanza, Greg emailed me the song in 2011

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: July 16, 2016, 10:49:04 PM »

Just wondering, when did they get rid of the airports on the ticker? You know: "Louisville Airport: 80° Cloudy, No Delay"

They're still there, at least I saw it this morning. You're probably not seeing it because the delay information isn't available, as it seems to be half the time with this new source.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: July 15, 2016, 11:57:15 PM »

This is very much welcome news! I should have thought to check last night when we were under a severe thunderstorm warning? Was it on the main audio feed or the DVS/SAP feed?

It was on the main audio feed. I also believe they switched to the same feed the IS2 uses, as the weather bulletins are phrased the exact way as the IS2 now. The "F"'s are still omitted on the 36-48 hour forecast, however.

Also, Airport Delays now come from Flightaware.com instead of the FAA. While I don't mind the change it would be nice if half the delay info wasn't blank.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Local Now - The Weather Channel's New Over-The-Top Network

« on: July 15, 2016, 12:46:12 AM »

Does anyone know who does the music for this channel, particular the News & Sports segment? Is it by the same company that made the LOT8s music?

Looks awful to me. Having just switched off my cable, this isn't going to be a TWC alternative for me. I'll stick to WeatherNation. If they make this look more professional, then maybe I'll consider using this.