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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: DirecTV Dropping TWC

« on: December 27, 2013, 12:09:45 PM »

The professionalism of the OCM's has really went through the basement floor. In my opinion, a major television network like TWC should make sure their broadcasters maintain a large degree of professionalism, and don't crack unnecessary jokes and stupid comments. 10+ years ago, the TWC mets were more serious, and gave you the forecast and the facts, without all the side bullcrap. TWC is not a sitcom, it's an informational network.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: December 18, 2013, 07:16:41 PM »

In addition to the narrations being back, the text forecast audio clips that the IS used of rain/wind/etc...in '07-'08 are back as well.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 17, 2013, 07:12:10 PM »

I was under a couple Severe Thunderstorm Warnings earlier, so I got to see/hear the warning scroll on TWC. There actually is a warning tone, it's the same one that was used on the IntelliStar from 2004-2013, with Allen Jackson's narration: "A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for your area."

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: November 16, 2013, 07:19:34 PM »

54°F and Cloudy. We're under a Moderate Risk of severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2013

« on: November 16, 2013, 07:17:16 PM »

The Storm Prediction Center has placed much of the Lower Great Lakes and Ohio Valley under a Moderate Risk of severe weather for Sunday. Things may definitely get interesting.

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Local Forecast / Re: Do you have WeatherSTAR XL V1 clips from early 2002?

« on: November 15, 2013, 08:08:11 PM »

The v1 graphics of the Weather Star XL were upgraded to v2 in late 2001, so I doubt you'll find any clips of XL's running v1 graphics in early 2002.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 13, 2013, 03:49:38 PM »

1 addition they should do to the SD intelliStar, where the time is over the TWC logo on the LDL add the current temp and rotate it with the clock.

and i caught this yesterday during the graphics conversion

I like that basemap much, much better. The only think they could do is change the text color on the cities from transparent gray to white.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 09:29:22 PM »

Overall, I like the concept of the graphics.

However, I have one complaint. In my opinion, the solid gray/white basemaps are too bland. I think it would be more appealling to use topographic basemaps. In addition, it's harder to see snowfall (color coded in either blue or white) depicted on those light-colored maps.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 06:58:11 PM »

This might have already been asked or stated, but what are the XL/4000/Jr. viewers seeing during the LOT8's? Was the graphics update expanded to the legacy STAR's as well, or are they just receiving the national/satellite feed?

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 12, 2013, 04:31:17 PM »

Happy 11/12/13 Everyone! Here's a song that fits the date!

11, 12, 13 - David Holmes

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: November 11, 2013, 09:44:57 PM »

30°F and Cloudy.

We picked up 0.6" of snowfall earlier this evening, making that our first accumulating snow event of the season! 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: October 29, 2013, 04:44:52 PM »

I live in Monroe, MI and was also impacted by Sandy, since it had such a massive wind field. I remember standing at the Lake Erie shoreline during the evening (probably October 28 or 29) while getting blasted with 30-50 mph winds. Leaving the shore, I saw blue power flashes/transformers blowing, likely due to the high winds.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: October 26, 2013, 08:56:28 PM »

39° and Partly Cloudy.

We've been experiencing a stretch of below normal temperatures lately. To add to that, we saw our first snowflakes of the season earlier this week!

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Local Forecast / Re: Joe Sample Hospitalized

« on: October 25, 2013, 11:30:49 PM »

My thoughts and prayers go out to him for a speedy recovery.
I love many of his songs, such as Carmel, Brother Can You Spare Your Car, Black is the Color, etc...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: October 24, 2013, 11:46:49 AM »

I don't mind the WUWA music as much as I do the Morning Rush programming music. The stuff they play for Morning Rush doesn't even sound like production music, but more like disgusting heavy metal/alternative noise. I wish they would bring back any of the YWT production used anytime between 2000-2011.