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

« on: August 03, 2015, 06:29:09 PM »

Is this still Studio 1C?  I can't make out the finished version from the "in progress" version that was posted earlier this month: http://360.io/ma4gze.

Look closely at the reflection in the monitor in this picture... It appears the new WUTV area was constructed on the opposite side from the existing setup.

https://twitter.com/twc_prteam/status/628304860644028416

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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC Updates Graphics

« on: August 03, 2015, 01:19:51 PM »

Looking at the videos online, it doesn't appear that AMHQ or WUWA got the refreshed graphics.

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Programming and Graphics / TWC Updates Graphics

« on: August 03, 2015, 11:39:12 AM »

TWC rolled out some new graphics this morning: updated bugs and lower thirds.

IMO it looks a little sloppily done, but the font is way better, and it's nice that they can fit more information into the lower thirds.

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

« on: July 29, 2015, 08:31:43 PM »

Is this still Studio 1C?  I can't make out the finished version from the "in progress" version that was posted earlier this month: http://360.io/ma4gze.

I think it has to be 1C. Hopefully he'll post another one of those when it's done.

Meanwhile, Stephanie Abrams tweeted that she'll be contributing to the show... In her pajamas.
https://twitter.com/stephanieabrams/status/626366083000348672

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

« on: July 28, 2015, 07:40:18 PM »

Yikes. The graphics are not much better.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Is TWC dying?

« on: July 26, 2015, 02:50:32 PM »

Also, remember TWC is much more than the TV network. Their website and mobile apps are big money-makers.

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

« on: July 25, 2015, 11:59:13 AM »

Here's a picture of part of the studio from @Wunderground on Twitter. Notice the radar map on that screen... I wonder if they'll be using the older-style maps on this show.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Is Vivian Brown still on?

« on: July 22, 2015, 09:09:44 PM »

Yes. Early afternoons, I believe.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: July 16, 2015, 11:02:38 PM »

Sarah Dillingham (she's been the producer for Dr Forbes for years) is on air tonight covering severe weather with Bettes. I'm surprised they haven't used her on air before, and I have a feeling she'll be seen on air more with the new evening show.

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

« on: July 09, 2015, 05:13:01 PM »

I'm guessing these will be used as decorations in the new studio.
https://www.facebook.com/twcmikebettes/photos/a.273762558442.140897.249767823442/10153002148758443/?type=1

I really hope this show works, I barely watch the network anymore.

Me too. Aside from Weekend Recharge sometimes, and an occasional evening when Dave and Alex are on, I haven't been watching either. However, I am really interested to see how this turns out, and that's not something I've said about TWC in a while.

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

« on: July 08, 2015, 10:39:50 AM »

Apparently this is going to be unlike anything TWC has ever done before. The studio will be a "casual clubhouse." The article says 3-5 PM pacific time, so I guess it's going to be geared towards Wunderground fans especially on the west coast. If so, I wonder if it's on a little too early.

IMO, this could either be really really good, or absolutely awful.

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

« on: July 06, 2015, 11:22:11 PM »

Hmmmmm....

@mikebettes: 360 degree view of Studio 1C at TWC. It's about to transform into something VERY COOL. Stay tuned http://t.co/zBVrXlDyol

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Samantha Mohr is back.

« on: June 05, 2015, 07:49:54 PM »

Looks like we might have seen the last of Sam on TWC... she has joined 11Alive in Atlanta full-time.

http://www.11alive.com/story/homepage/2015/06/04/samantha-mohr-11-alive-storm-trackers/28498605/

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: June 02, 2015, 06:09:11 PM »

TWC has apparently made some changes to their daytime schedule. Alex Wilson posted on Facebook that she and Dave will be on 4-7pm every week "due to severe weather. "
https://www.facebook.com/twcalexwilson/posts/910749808968420

So, it seems that the new Weather Center Live shifts are 10-1, 1-4, 4-7, and 7-8 PM eastern. I have no idea why they would do this; it doesn't make sense to have another team (usually Alex Wallace and Keith Carson) come in for just one hour, unless they're planning to regularly extend live programming into the primetime hours. Another possibility is that this is setting up for the supposedly forthcoming Bettes show: maybe they decided to make it one hour at 7:00?

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: VZ FiOS dropped TWC

« on: June 02, 2015, 02:24:59 PM »

Well, this is... odd.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-prepared-to-weather-the-storm-this-hurricane-season-300092025.html

"With the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina looming and a total of nine named storms expected this season by The Weather Channel, Verizon is prepared to help consumers weather any storm and stay connected."