General TWC Discussion

[toxictwister00]

Anybody think TWC will go commercial/LF free today? My gut tells me they will considering today could potentially be the worst outbreak we have seen since April 27, 2011 and definitely for 2012.

Don't know about commercial free, but reduced LFs definitely isn't out of the question here.

Looks like you're right about that, there was no LF at 1:18, the bug on the lower left changed to Extended Live Coverage and the IS/HD LDL is off.

[tpirfan28]

Yep, looks like they are doing it live.

Scary stuff - stay safe out there.

[IceManNYR]

In the late afternoon they were doing commercial free coverage. The LDL would go away as if they were going to break then come back on screen.
The LDL has been switched to storm coverage colors.
Ad graphic on the bottom left is showing radar maps.

[Zach]

Not sure how the nat LDL was during the late morning hours (was seeing 24629 then ) but the radar insert was there then

Also local forecasts have been reduced to the top/bottom of the hour as of 7 pm est

[Adrian]

Tonight on WCL, they are in the expert desk. They are avoiding HD Studio and the DMC Studio tonight. No Green screens are used.

Edit: Adam and Kelly at 11PM ET. They are back to using the HD Studio and Green Screen.

[IceManNYR]

They opened the 11pm hour with a wide studio view avoiding the video wall area.
Local On The 8's returned at 12:08am.

[Adrian]

There using Titan HD Radar at 1:24AM ET because Max Radar has an radar outage.

Edit: There back to TruVu Max at 1:43AM ET.

[Adrian]

Weekend View began at 3AM ET with Jeff and Danielle.

[Mike M]

Weekend View began at 3AM ET with Jeff and Danielle.

[Adrian]

TWC is pre-empting long form today. Vivan and Ryan at 2PM ET for PM Edition.

[Adrian]

Long form is back at 8PM ET.

[IceManNYR]

The desk has been turned so video wall area which is being upgraded is no longer in back of it with the green screen in front of the desk
Here's the old and new placement, now the video wall is on the left and the green screen is to the right of the desk.
 

For 11am-5pm they are using the DMC today.

[WeatherWitness]

I know we've been briefly talking about this, but are they replacing the video wall, or perhaps just upgrading it (since it always seemed so washed-out or dark)?   If they are indeed replacing it, it seems like that was a complete waste of money, since they only used it for about 2 1/2 years or so.

[Donovan]

Didn't they just fix/replace it b/c it was dull a few months ago? If they have to fix it this many times a year they just should get rid of it. That's got to be costly if they replace it every time.

[Eric]

I can't imagine the video wall would last terribly long each time, since it has to be turned up very brightly in order to be seen on camera underneath all the bright studio lights.  Even then, at its best, it will never appear as sharp or as bright as a map on chroma key.

It was a nice idea they had about the video wall, but putting it into practice has shown that maybe it's not the best way to do things after all.  They realized that the maps just looked too murky on the wall, so they started using chroma key again.  They realized that the wall has to be maintained far too often (and usually at great cost) in order to keep using it.

I think it's time to just abandon it altogether.  Unless NBC is giving money for them to burn... with the provision that they don't spend it on payroll (referring to the many recent layoffs of longtime staff).