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New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« on: January 31, 2014, 01:13:22 PM »
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/31/sam-champion-announces-new-amhq-morning-show-for-the-weather-channel/233543/

This will be launching in mid-March, running from 7-10 AM ET.

Apparently this stands for "America's Morning Headquarters".


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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2014, 05:10:49 PM »
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/31/sam-champion-announces-new-amhq-morning-show-for-the-weather-channel/233543/

This will be launching in mid-March, running from 7-10 AM ET.

Apparently this stands for "America's Morning Headquarters".




It sounds.. so "weather-y"...

/sarcasm

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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2014, 05:42:32 PM »
That is a weak name and it looks like it was copied because FNC has  "America's News Headquarters" and "America's Election Headquarters". They should of brought back "Your Weather Today"

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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2014, 07:19:42 PM »
Weird name...like the logo......kinda...uh maybe not... :ermm:

Off-topic, but still to this day I'm trying to figure out why a 10am hour of WUWA is important or relevant. Al and Steph's appearances are taped from what I've gathered. So what's the point? :dunno: They could have moved MR in this slot instead of giving it the boot but whatever...
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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2014, 01:46:44 PM »
Off-topic, but still to this day I'm trying to figure out why a 10am hour of WUWA is important or relevant. Al and Steph's appearances are taped from what I've gathered. So what's the point? :dunno: They could have moved MR in this slot instead of giving it the boot but whatever...
Pacific time zone is at 7AM.

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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2014, 02:03:16 PM »
Off-topic, but still to this day I'm trying to figure out why a 10am hour of WUWA is important or relevant. Al and Steph's appearances are taped from what I've gathered. So what's the point? :dunno: They could have moved MR in this slot instead of giving it the boot but whatever...
Pacific time zone is at 7AM.

Well aware of that, that isn't my problem. My problem is the fact that Al and Stephanie's appearances are obviously taped and edited in between live updates from TWC HQ. It's basically Morning Rush with taped WUWA news headlines/lifestyle/entertainment segments. It's useless imo and has never made sense since the show's existence. If they're gonna have an hour of WUWA for West Coast viewers, it should be live just like 5:30am edition or get rid of it altogether at 10am. Again that's jmo.
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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2014, 08:14:42 AM »
So, AMHO begins March 17th. Saw it on twitter.  Quick question,  why is David Clark giving us a link to ABC NEWS????  Unable to copy the tweet here, sorry.

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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2014, 08:31:17 PM »
TWC aired an Ad of this program today and it confirmed that Mike Bettes and Maria LaRosa will stay and contribute to the new program.

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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2014, 04:12:07 PM »
TWC aired an Ad of this program today and it confirmed that Mike Bettes and Maria LaRosa will stay and contribute to the new program.

I don't know why, but I feel like Mike Bettes would only be an unfortunate third wheel on Champion's show. I hope not, but we'll see.


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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2014, 04:24:47 PM »
My guess is Sam is going to more of an anchor for the show and doing the interviews while Maria and Sam do the forecast segments.

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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2014, 09:29:04 AM »
So now we have two TWC broadcaters who have their own show but don't have an actual meteorology degree. Perfect!  :biggrin: (Sarcasm)

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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2014, 09:50:44 AM »
So now we have two TWC broadcaters who have their own show but don't have an actual meteorology degree. Perfect!  :biggrin: (Sarcasm)

That begs the Question: Why did WABC/GMA & WNBC/Today Hire them?

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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2014, 11:52:54 AM »
You don't need a degree to be a weather person. Hell, you don't even actually need a teaching degree to be a teacher in most states. No big deal.

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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2014, 12:21:57 PM »
There's plenty of local mets weather presenters here and around the country that don't have a meteorological degree. As long you know how to read a teleprompter, point accurately at the map, have good charm and charisma  you can work as a "on air meteorologist". I personally don't like that. I think if you're going to work in a certain profession, it would be nice if you knew the ins and outs of it. Then again when you work in the broadcasting field, it makes sense why stations don't give a rat's red butt if you have a degree or not because you're considered talent anyway, like an actor I guess.


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Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2014, 05:04:29 PM »
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/31/sam-champion-announces-new-amhq-morning-show-for-the-weather-channel/233543/

This will be launching in mid-March, running from 7-10 AM ET.

Apparently this stands for "America's Morning Headquarters".



They've revamped the AMHQ logo to orange and has a 3d look and flares to it.