DirecTV Dropping TWC

[weatherfan_2013]

I just saw that on facebook. Hope WN kick their  now. lol

What did you see? I for some reason can't read it.

[jrhtwc]

What's wrong with that response??? I totally agree wirh TWC! WN is taped that runs on a 3 hour cycle I think. WN doesn't have the experience or the talent. Plus when WN first got to Milwaukee, there were problems for like a year Even in the past two months, the channel froze and they showed a LF from like summer! Don't get me wrong I love WN, especially since I get TWC on DISH now. It's so nice to have a Local channel like TWC back again but I don't think it can top TWC When their both live or live to tape or whatever. WN should be the 2nd weather channel.

[jrhtwc]

TWC is still live! Still cant believe it! Saw on Twitter that DTV or TWC Wants A One Penney Increase. Is that for Sam's new show or for the whole network? I wouldn't think that Sam"s show would be any more than WCL, MR, or WUWA would it? If longform is not part of the issue, I will be shocked!!!!!!

[IceManNYR]

Sorry but I have to go into rant mode!

The channel that airs taped programming 2pm-5pm and 8pm-4am Weekdays and 2pm to 4:30am weekends is bashing
Weather Nation for being on tape? That's comical.
Who was not live in May 2013 when tornadoes were confirmed to be on the ground? TWC.

Lets also remember before TWC ended the 1am WCL that show was on live for the blocks at 1am and 1:30am all the other segments at 10, 20, 40 and 50 min after the hour were a rebroadcast of 10pm.

The fact that TWC now has to do segments talking about how they care about weather and stay live when reality shows would be on is comical.
Why do people need to be reminded of your commitment to weather? Because you run to many blocks of non weather related reality shows?

Thanks.

[Metarvo]

I wasn't sure where to put this...so I'll put it here.

This makes me downright mad and honestly made me lose any respect I had for TWC.

I agree, this lowers my opinion of TWC a lot too, and it only proves that they are playing a game IMHO.  It's about knocking out any potential competition and coercing providers (and by extension customers) to agree with that mission.  I notice they emphasize their live coverage, and the truth is that they have shown a lot of that lately, but I still believe it's only because of competition.

[Trevor]

So now they're airing Dr. Forbes' tornado coverage from Saturday to show how they cover storms. I tuned in and literally thought there were tornado warnings out...good job TWC

[Metarvo]

TWC's spinning like a tornado, it seems. 

[twcfan68]

I do agree TWC has more resources and experts, yet they don't use them to their full potential. The weather coverage has been "dumbed down" in recent years. I used to watch because I used to learn from the channel and it captivated my interests...so much so I wanted to make meteorology a career.

Networks get off TV. It's not the first time it's happened, but TWC is overreacting to this. They're providing the weather coverage they should be doing all the time, not just now.

No ads for long-form "weathertainment" lateley, either. If anything comes from this, they really need less long-form. I hope this is a wake-up call.

[Metarvo]

They're whining (  ) to Congress, too, or at least trying to get viewers to do it for them.  That's hardly any different than the old song "Summertime Blues" in which the protagonist calls Congress over having to work a summer job.

Networks get off TV. It's not the first time it's happened, but TWC is overreacting to this. They're providing the weather coverage they should be doing all the time, not just now.

Good point.    Maybe DirecTV (and Dish and a few other providers) need to hold this over TWC's head all the time.  If so, the network would be forced to do right all the time.

[jrhtwc]

I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing but, the more I watch TWC today, I feel like TWC is in some sort of Free Preview Weekend that Disney used to have ages ago. I kind of like it! They covered every season, every expert I think. A good overall look at what TWC does all year. They haven't touched the longform shows meaning they aren't promoting them on air.

[Trevor]

Yes...but I want my current weather. I don't want to hear a bunch of adults whining like kids essentially begging people to call DirecTV. That's all they've been talking about today. It's all a flub to try to get viewers to believe them.

[WeatherSTARIII]

I wasn't sure where to put this...so I'll put it here.

This makes me downright mad and honestly made me lose any respect I had for TWC.

That is the least classy response I have ever seen from a network. But hey, it takes one to know one, in regards to trashing others. Soo....

When they mentioned WN being taped with low-budget production values and claiming that they don't have experts, wasn't TWC like this 31 years ago?

[jrhtwc]

I wasn't sure where to put this...so I'll put it here.

This makes me downright mad and honestly made me lose any respect I had for TWC.

That is the least classy response I have ever seen from a network. But hey, it takes one to know one, in regards to trashing others. Soo....

When they mentioned WN being taped with low-budget production values and claiming that they don't have experts, wasn't TWC like this 31 years ago?

Wasn't TWC live all the way from Opening Day? I don't know as I wasn't alive.

[WeatherSTARIII]

Wasn't TWC live all the way from Opening Day? I don't know as I wasn't alive.

Yes they were, (I already saw the video from YouTube last year). It's possible that they might of still had some pre-recorded broadcasts back during TWC's early years. I know that they used to do pre-recorded broadcasts back in the late '80s that proceeded after the "O"/"N" flavored LFs. Yet, I wasn't even born yet in 1982 when they first went on the air.

[Metarvo]

There are these two DirecTV-related crawls on screen, including one fairly high up that detracts from the coverage a little.  Oh, and I just heard another one of their grovels going into the commercial.