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Title: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Spring Rubber on March 28, 2008, 08:05:22 PM
Amidst the other happenings at TWC today, Abrams & Bettes announced that TWC will be going dark for Earth Hour tomorrow, which falls during the final hour of PM Edition Weekend. As a little preview, they turned off the lights in the Abrams & Bettes studio and also showed the lights being turned off in Studio 1 in a recorded segment. They left the A&B studio pitch black for several seconds before turning the lights back on. After that, they omitted the check in with the EE team and went straight to the Photo Finish, after which they went to a wide shot of the studio and turned the lights back off as Steph waved goodbye.

It should be interesting to see what they to with PME Weekend tomorrow, as well as what studio they use for the show.

BTW: I can get a video of this segment later after my recording stops.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Localonthe8s on March 28, 2008, 09:55:57 PM
Wow i better record this :o
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: lfmusiclover on March 28, 2008, 10:00:50 PM
Will someone be able to furnish a clip for the site?
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Localonthe8s on March 28, 2008, 10:12:09 PM
Will someone be able to furnish a clip for the site?
I will.

They're going to show it tomorrow though?
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Spring Rubber on March 29, 2008, 12:19:39 AM
We don't know exactly what they'll do yet, but they are live during that hour, and they claim to be participating, so I'll record whatever it is that they do. IMO, they should set it up so that they go on the air at 7:59 PM ET and turn the lights off while they're on the air.

BTW, I don't know why they did this, but they left the lights for the TWC logo on the wall off after they did that example of going dark for the taped segment I mentioned earlier. They really should have turned that light back on for what might be the final broadcast from studio 1B.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Spring Rubber on March 29, 2008, 02:46:45 AM
Video of tonight's Earth Hour segment on A&B:

http://b.imagehost.org/download/0349/Earth_Hour.avi
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Localonthe8s on March 29, 2008, 11:44:06 AM
So they're showing it tonight at 8pm?
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: sonicdoommario on March 29, 2008, 11:55:39 AM
I hope they go dark for another 5 hours like they did for the January 22 outage. No music, and then let the Trammell Starks kick in. This time, the Intellistars DON'T come back on.  ;)
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Spring Rubber on March 29, 2008, 06:10:39 PM
This is already suspicious; they've turned off the secondary lighting for the first hour of PM Edition Weekend; normally if those lights are turned on for Weekend Weather Center, as they were today, they aren't turned off for PMEW. (never used that initialism before...)
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Localonthe8s on March 29, 2008, 06:23:59 PM
I saw that. Veyr interesting. I wonder how this turns out on PME later.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: tpirfan28 on March 29, 2008, 06:28:39 PM
I know exactly what TWC can do with $600 million....get a studio that doesn't leak.   :lol:
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: CookevilleWeatherGuy on March 29, 2008, 06:44:44 PM
Amidst the other happenings at TWC today, Abrams & Bettes announced that TWC will be going dark for Earth Hour tomorrow, which falls during the final hour of PM Edition Weekend. As a little preview, they turned off the lights in the Abrams & Bettes studio and also showed the lights being turned off in Studio 1 in a recorded segment. They left the A&B studio pitch black for several seconds before turning the lights back on. After that, they omitted the check in with the EE team and went straight to the Photo Finish, after which they went to a wide shot of the studio and turned the lights back off as Steph waved goodbye.

It should be interesting to see what they to with PME Weekend tomorrow, as well as what studio they use for the show.

BTW: I can get a video of this segment later after my recording stops.

Earth Hour?  I think I'll go cut down a tree or three...what a load of BS.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Localonthe8s on March 29, 2008, 07:18:01 PM
Are they going dark for the entire segment or at a certain time on PME?
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Spring Rubber on March 29, 2008, 07:33:07 PM
We don't know anything. Hopefully it's as profound as they make it sound.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: tpirfan28 on March 29, 2008, 07:58:42 PM
Folks...here we go!

(after this Local on the 8s).
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Stephen on March 29, 2008, 08:01:18 PM
It's 8 ET, and the lights are still on at TWC. :unsure:
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: beanboy89 on March 29, 2008, 08:02:03 PM
Everything looks normal on PME to me...

(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4610/pmesatmar292008oa0.jpg)
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Spring Rubber on March 29, 2008, 08:03:31 PM
They freakin' turned more lights on!

Have they lied to us?
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Stephen on March 29, 2008, 08:05:50 PM
They freakin' turned more lights on!

Have they lied to us?
Or perhaps they celebrated it an hour earlier? Who knows.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Spring Rubber on March 29, 2008, 08:07:36 PM
They shouldn't be able to pick and choose; if they're going to do it, do it during the actual Earth Hour!

I can understand leaving the key lights on, but other lights should be turned off in the background.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: beanboy89 on March 29, 2008, 08:09:11 PM
Maybe they turned out the lights in all their offices and other studios that they're not using right now. That would be my guess.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Spring Rubber on March 29, 2008, 08:12:33 PM
Probably, but that's just silly. All of the lights they have on in the studio are far less than essential. Nice example being set by the supposedly environmentally-conscious TWC.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: beanboy89 on March 29, 2008, 08:32:15 PM
Well, during the 8:30 PM ET segment, they mentioned the saving power for the Earth Hour, but it looks like they've still taken no visible action.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Spring Rubber on March 29, 2008, 08:37:24 PM
How ironic.

I hope TWC feels good about their credibility.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Alejandro on March 29, 2008, 08:48:30 PM
i think they celebrated earth hour during the re-air of forecast earth @ 7pm ET
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: beanboy89 on March 29, 2008, 08:50:56 PM
i think they celebrated earth hour during the re-air of forecast earth @ 7pm ET
Or if not then, they will during the 9:00 PM ET hour or long-form programming.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: wxmancanada on March 29, 2008, 09:08:06 PM
Wow, spazz over nothing much?

Up here, we broadcasted outsite (as all lights were off inside, and the key walls wouldnt work :P) all that was used was a Sony IMX camera on batteries and 1 (one) LED light.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Localonthe8s on March 29, 2008, 09:08:09 PM
I saw nothing!! :angry:

Oh well, I was in Atlantic City for 20 minutes doing some shopping :P. I just returned :)
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: beanboy89 on March 30, 2008, 12:46:34 AM
Is it just me, or does the set look extra dark for some reason tonight during EEWC?
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Spring Rubber on March 30, 2008, 12:50:57 AM
Same thing last night.

I know they did mess with the lights when they were shooting that farce of an Earth Hour video. They might have burnt out the lighting around the TWC logo, or they never turned those lights back on.

It actually creates the illusion that the big backdrop is properly lit since the logo wall is so dark!
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: LFMusicRocks on March 31, 2008, 07:41:22 PM
I didn't see this on TWC, but I have heard it on CNN that many countries were on Earth hour turning off their lights to conserve electricity.
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: wxmancanada on March 31, 2008, 07:42:32 PM
I went around the station unplugging things.... As a joke, I eventually got in to master and started unplugging things until someone notcied :P It's alright though, were all tight :P
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: LFMusicRocks on March 31, 2008, 08:38:40 PM
Which station?
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: Localonthe8s on March 31, 2008, 08:39:34 PM
Which station?
KSMI
Title: Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour
Post by: wxmancanada on March 31, 2008, 08:55:19 PM
No, my work work, Rogers.