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Everything Else TWC / Studio 9 upgrades

« on: December 06, 2023, 12:41:46 PM »

The large video wall in Studio 9, which was made from 16 monitors and was in need of replacing, has been upgraded with a new video wall.
I believe they might also be replacing the older smaller video walls made up of mutiple monitors, as they were not using that part of the studio today.

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Local Forecast / Your Local Weather added during live programming

« on: October 23, 2023, 01:53:18 PM »

I noticed starting last week, The Weather Channel is showing "Your Local Weather" during live programming at :59, :29, :39. This is what it looks like on FIOS:

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OCMs & Personalities / New OCM Felicia Combs

« on: July 23, 2019, 01:48:13 PM »

Meet TWC’s Newest Meteorologist, Felicia Combs!
https://weloveweather.tv/meteorologist-felicia-combs/

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Everything Else TWC / WCL Changes and new OCM schedules

« on: November 16, 2014, 10:00:47 PM »

TWC is making more changes to the schedule.

The 10am edition of Wake Up With Al is going away in place of WCL and there is new OCM pairing for the new shift.

"Jen Carfagno @JenCarfagno  ·  9 minutes ago
Starting tmrw! Join @TWCChrisWarren & me for a new live show on @weatherchannel 10a-12p eastern/7a-9a"

10am-12pm Jen Carfagno & Chris Warren.
If the other OCM pairs stay the same it should be
12am-3pm Vivian Brown & Jennifer Delgado.
3pm-6pm Alex Wilson &  Dave Schwartz.
6pm-8pm Kelly Cass & Paul Goodloe.

This a much better schedule.
I never understood the point of reairing Wake Up With Al for an hour at 10am ET when most of the weather content was outdated.
Also it was odd having Chris only do one hour of WCL at 7pm ET.

Jen C. mentioned on Twitter she is on M-F so that means someone else is going to take over her 5am-9am weekend shift.

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OCMs & Personalities / New OCM David Neal

« on: October 30, 2013, 10:50:16 PM »

David Neal was just on doing a forecast segment.

His LinkedIn page says,
Contractor and Special Projects Manager
The Weather Channel
March 2013 – Present (8 months) Atlanta, Ga
Working daily with an enormous staff of talented people to try and develop new technologies for keeping people safe during life threatening weather.

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OCMs & Personalities / Crystal Egger Leaving TWC

« on: September 04, 2013, 04:03:50 PM »

FTV Live reports via a TWC memo that she is moving for a job back home in CA and her last official day is Friday, September 6th.

http://ftvlive.squarespace.com/todays-news/2013/9/4/leaving-the-weather-channel

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Local Forecast / August Playlist 2013

« on: July 24, 2013, 05:50:50 PM »

Noticing a couple songs I've not heard recently I decided to make a new playlist from today's songs.
Let me know if any are holdovers from June & July.

5:08am "Neon Stars" Ryan Farish
5:18am "11, 12 & 13" David Holmes
5:38am "Can't Hide Love" Earth Wind & Fire
5:58am "This Dance" Five For Fighting
6:08am "Nothing Else I Can Say" Lady Gaga
6:18am "Early In The Morning" The Gap Band
6:28am "Under The Weather" KT Tunstall
6:38am "Won't Let You Down" Keith Urban

1:08pm "Someday" Mariah Carey
1:18pm "Let It Go" Tim McGraw

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Local Forecast / May 2013 Playlist

« on: April 26, 2013, 06:29:46 PM »

Songs were added to the evening playlist.

5:28pm Howie Day "Be There"
5:48pm Timothy Drury "Night Drive" (Instrumental)
5:58pm David Holmes "Yen On a Carousel" (Instrumental)
6:10pm Ryan Farish "Come into My world"
6:18pm The Smiths "Oscillate Wildly" (Instrumental)

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Programming and Graphics / New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: April 03, 2013, 04:20:47 PM »

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/weather-channel-planning-major-programming-technical-revamp-this-year_b173529

An interesting note from the TWC Upfront today,
"Aside from the programming, the biggest change viewers will see is the graphics packages, which are being redesigned to be consistent across all of the Weather Company platforms, including Weather.com and the Weather app. The new TV graphics bear a striking resemblance to the graphics found on the website and app. Local weather and information will always be on-screen, at least in the morning, when so many viewers tune in to the channel."

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OCMs & Personalities / New weather.com Meteorologist?

« on: March 03, 2013, 04:59:58 AM »

Checked the video forecasts on weather.com and noticed a new person doing the forecasts.
Here's a forecast video http://bcove.me/bf6qeohy
Hard to make out her first name, anyone know who she is? 

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Local Forecast / January 2013 Playlist

« on: January 01, 2013, 06:29:03 PM »

Songs added this week,

5:10am Counting Crows "Mr. Jones"
5:58am Toby Lightman "Better"
6:38am The Broken West "Auctioneer"
9:28am The Who "Baba O'riley"
5:18pm Two Door Cinema Club "Something Good Can Work"

I could not ID this instrumental,

TWCHD 2013 01 01 17pm

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Local Forecast / December 2012 Playlist

« on: December 08, 2012, 12:07:52 PM »

The songs changed today. Checking 5am-12pm  no Christmas songs added.
I don't like the playlist so far as it's similar to the October/November with to many slow tempo mellow songs mixed in with a few pop and rock songs.

4:58am Blues Traveler "Hook"
5:08am Sarah McLachlan "Sweet Surrender"
5:10am 3 Doors Down "Race for the Sun"
5:28am Taylor Swift "I go back to December"
5:38am The Police "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (1983 Concert version)
5:58am Joshua Radin "Winter"
9:28am The Who "Who Are You"
9:38am Foster the People "Houdini"
10:38am Andy Grammer "Keep Your Head Up"
10:58am Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories "Stay"
11:08am Ryan Farish "Northern Lights"
11:18am Los Lonely Boys "How far is heaven"
11:28am Mat Kearney "Learning To Love Again"
11:38an Lady GaGa "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"
1148am The four tops "I can't help myself"
11:58am James Blunt "Billy"
12:18pm Daughtry "Home"
12:28pm Keith Urban "I Told You So"
12:38pm Joshua Sinclair "Circles"

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OCMs & Personalities / Michael Lowry - Hurricane Specialist

« on: October 25, 2012, 05:37:23 PM »

Noticed a new person on TWC this week, Michael Lowry, Hurricane Specialist.

A Google search finds this,
"COAPS alumnus Michael Lowry can now be seen on The Weather Channel! Michael joined The Weather Channel’s tropical team in September after working at the National Hurricane Center. He received his MS in meteorology also under the guidance of Dr. O’Brien. You can read a 2011 interview with Michael here."
http://innovation-park.com/center-for-ocean-atmospheric-prediction-studies/
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/qa/201111_michael_lowry.php

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Local Forecast / October/November 2012 Playlist

« on: October 19, 2012, 06:41:11 PM »

Here's the songs added songs to the playlist using 5am to 5pm LOT8s.
I'll update the list with any songs added during WCL.

4:58am Daft Punk "Armory" (Instrumental)
5:08am Seal "Kiss from a Rose"
5:28am Guitar instrumental (Could not ID song)
5:48am Josh Rouse "Dressed Up Like Nebraska"
5:58am Piano instrumental (Could not ID song)
6:18am Police "Message in a Bottle"
6:28am Earth, Wind & Fire "Can't Hide Love"
6:38am Passion Pit "Take a Walk"
6:48am Wilco "The Thanks I Get"
7:08am Sheryl Crow "I Know Why"
7:18am Country Dance Kings "Every Day"
7:28am Taylor Swift "The Best Day"
7:58am The Broken West "Perfect Games"
8:08am Instrumental (Could not ID song)
12:58pm 3 Doors Down "Let Me Go" (Acoustic Version)
1:08pm Imagine Dragons "It's Time"
1:18pm Collective Soul & Elton John "Perfect Day"
1:28pm Counting Crows "A Long December"
1:38pm The Spinners "Rubberband Man"
1:48pm R.E.M. "Pop Song 89"
4:28pm Eddie Money "Two Tickets to Paradise"

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OCMs & Personalities / Reynolds Wolf Freelancing for TWC

« on: August 25, 2012, 05:52:04 PM »

From his FB page,
The Weather Channel
Freelance Meteorologist/Correspondent · Atlanta, Georgia