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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"

« on: January 15, 2015, 02:07:03 PM »

Is Anardis Rodriguez still on the program?

Yes.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"

« on: January 15, 2015, 11:59:30 AM »

Did anyone else see any of AMHQ today? Maria seemed like she was pissed off. Sam kept talking and trying to joke around with her, and she wasn't having it. After she interviewed some skier via Skype, Sam was standing at the desk with her and it looked like he was trying to say something to her, but she quickly tossed away to Mike. She seemed subdued, not like her normal self, and I wonder if she's unhappy about being moved to weekends.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"

« on: January 14, 2015, 07:39:33 PM »

Here's some more info from TWC management on the moves.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/weather-channel-to-pair-jim-cantore-sam-champion-in-new-morning-tv-mix-exclusive-1201404633

So, viewers are tuning in to AMHQ for a longer time than they did before, but it's interesting that TWC didn't say how many viewers there actually are. But it's pretty obvious that the ratings still haven't  been too good, since they're putting two of their most famous hosts on together.

Also, who will replace Jennifer on her daytime shift with Vivian? Mark Elliott? Alex Wallace?

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Live Show hosted by Mike Bettes

« on: January 09, 2015, 05:18:35 PM »

Here's the full press release from TWC...

http://www.theweathercompany.com/newsroom/2015/01/08/weather-channel-launch-new-live-program-hosted-mike-bettes

Sounds like it will be a pretty cool show. It'll be in The Lab, and it's name will be announced later. So I'm guessing it won't be Weather Center Live, since it seems that it will be formatted differently too. In fact, "Beyond the Forecast" would be an excellent name, based on the description.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Live Show hosted by Mike Bettes

« on: January 08, 2015, 11:40:20 PM »

Whoa!
I guess the other shoe has dropped regarding the demotion of Kelly and Nick. I'm just going to leave this right here...

Does this mean come 2015 they are done with live weather at 6pm and going to reality shows?

I hate to say it, but I think it's pretty certain that this is the case. Kelly has been the host of the 6-8pm edition. If they intend on keeping the show, why demote her? Does management just not like her as the host? That doesn't seem likely. So, unless they're doing something drastic like bringing back Abrams and Bettes: Beyond the Forecast , it's two more hours of longform. Amazing!

Seriously though, I didn't see this coming. A couple more thoughts...
1. This is awesome!
2. They really should bring Stephanie back down to Atlanta to be his co-host.
3. They better not name it Weather Center Live.
4. Don't think Mike will be replaced on AMHQ. It's basically turned into Morning Rush (with Sam instead of Mike) over the past couple of months, anyway.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 04, 2015, 01:49:15 PM »

Tornado warnings for GA and the national feed still on taped programming.

Reynolds Wolf said earlier that they'll break in at :18 every hour for updates. It's a shame that with so much bad weather this weekend and a lot more coming this week, they still didn't really extend coverage at all. I wonder what it would take for them to preempt longform on the weekend.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 02, 2015, 04:36:27 PM »

Instead of showing the rundown in the top right corner today, they have a list of "Today's Top Stories."

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Samantha Mohr is back.

« on: January 01, 2015, 11:48:15 PM »

What is going on at TWC these days? They keep bringing in new (or bringing back) OCMs, while they demote current employees like Kelly and Nick. Why bring in more OCMs if they're not adding more live programming? It seems that they're shifting to a strategy of having a whole bunch of part time OCMs who float to different shows randomly, and only have a few full time people. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

But... It's nice to see Samantha back.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Samantha Mohr is back.

« on: January 01, 2015, 03:35:23 PM »

Okay, then "we shall see."

By the way, I hope I'm not prying too much, but would she be full time or another freelance fill-in person?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Kelly Cass and Nick Walker moved from OCM to Contributor Role

« on: December 31, 2014, 02:00:19 PM »

Does this mean come 2015 they are done with live weather at 6pm and going to reality shows?

I hate to say it, but I think it's pretty certain that this is the case. Kelly has been the host of the 6-8pm edition. If they intend on keeping the show, why demote her? Does management just not like her as the host? That doesn't seem likely. So, unless they're doing something drastic like bringing back Abrams and Bettes: Beyond the Forecast , it's two more hours of longform. Amazing!

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Kelly Cass and Nick Walker moved from OCM to Contributor Role

« on: December 30, 2014, 08:32:50 PM »

Well, aside from hiring Dave Schwartz, this year has been an utter disaster at TWC. Kelly and Nick are pros, and TWC is treating them badly. And this comes after the channel spent a considerable account of money on a new expert studio, and the troubled morning show, AMHQ. They were apparently banking on the Sam Champion show being a hit, and that was a BIG mistake. Unfortunately, Kelly and Nick are just two of many victims of the bosses' mistakes.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Create your own TWC schedule

« on: December 27, 2014, 10:11:51 PM »

I'll give this another shot. I think this is a very realistic schedule, and it would be a big imorovemnt over the current one.
Weekdays
All times eastern.
Long form (unless major weather event)
12-5am

Wake Up with Al
5-7am
Hosts: Al Roker, Jennifer Delgado, Chris Warren (Atlanta), and Carl Parker (summer)/Tom Nizol (winter)

America's Morning Headquarters
7-10am
Hosts: Stephanie Abrams, Mike Bettes, Jen Carfagno, Paul Goodloe (sports), and Carl Parker (summer)/Tom Nizol (winter)

Weather Center Live
10-12pm
Hosts: Keith Carson and Alex Wilson

Weather Center Live
12-3pm
Hosts: Vivian Brown and Kelly Cass

Weather Center Live
3-6pm
Hosts: Dave Schwartz and Alexandra Steele

Beyond the Forecast
6-9pm
Hosts: Sam Champion, Jim Cantore, and Maria Larosa

Long form (unless major weather event)
9-12am


Weekends
Long form (unless major weather event)
12-5am

Weather Center Live
5-7am
Host: Alex Wallace

Your Weekend
7-11am
Hosts: Kait Parker, Reynolds Wolf, and Alex Wallace

Weather Center Live
11-12pm
Host: Mark Elliott and Paul Goodloe

Weather Roundup
12-1pm Saturdays
Host: Nick Walker

WxGeeks
12-1pm Sundays
Host: Dr. Marshall Shepard

Weather Center Live
1-3pm
Host: Mark Elliott and Paul Goodloe

Long form (unless major weather event)
3-12am

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: December 11, 2014, 11:29:22 PM »

But, strangely, they only did one hour, which is baffling. They hype it up as a "Monster Storm" but can't be bothered to preempt more than one hour of reality reruns. It's ridiculous.

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: Elmhurst, IL Intellistar Broken

« on: December 08, 2014, 07:45:14 PM »

Well, everything seems normal now.

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Elmhurst, IL Intellistar Broken

« on: December 08, 2014, 05:58:07 PM »

For at least the past couple of hours, there have been major problems with the Comcast intellistar based in Elmhurst, IL (60126). I don't know the ID number. The video is almost always garbled during the LOT8s and regular programming, and it frequently freezes. The blank green screen has also been showing up a lot. Now, it appears the intellistar is off since the LDL is showing national info, but the freezing problems persist.