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Offline Tyler

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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #165 on: December 30, 2008, 10:56:53 PM »
Still local here, with almost no commercials as someone else stated.
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #166 on: December 30, 2008, 11:09:10 PM »
KPNX still has a running WX+ system, complete with commercials and local inserts, as well as national maps.

WX+ University was still around as it's for fulfilling FCC requirements.
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #167 on: December 31, 2008, 08:48:31 AM »
Well, according to the following article, today is the last day for the remaining staff of WxPlus:

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/nbc/weather_plus_minus_four_more_104596.asp
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #168 on: December 31, 2008, 09:41:25 AM »
oooh it feels like the counting down to the last days of the 3000, 4 years ago. :P

So which was in place first? WeatherScan (1999) or WeatherPlus (?) ?
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #169 on: December 31, 2008, 10:26:15 AM »
Weatherscan, It was launched in 5 years before WeatherPlus which was launched in 2004

They Really don't care about the final 14 hours of WX+ they are playing the same song over and over even through national commercials
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #170 on: December 31, 2008, 11:34:02 AM »
What the heck... WCAU's WeatherPlus has returned... with a new logo! :blink:
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #171 on: December 31, 2008, 11:59:50 AM »
Quote from: MikeM2010 on December 31, 2008, 11:34:02 AM
What the heck... WCAU's WeatherPlus has returned... with a new logo! :blink:
It's also using entirely new techno music, and it has national maps using the affiliate's own basemaps and title bars (they used to just show local maps). I wonder if this is WCAU's own new weather channel that replaced WeatherPlus. I don't see how they would waste their time developing this only to have it shut down a day later.
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #172 on: December 31, 2008, 12:17:53 PM »
A lot of affiliates are slightly redoing the Lbar and keeping the channel on-air. Some are more redesigned than others, and some more hideous than others. See examples below:

One of the nicer designs, WKYC/Cleveland



WTMJ/Milwaukee



KGW/Portland (OR)



An uglier design, simply by rebranding the channel "NBC Plus." Seeing as how this is an NBC O&O, it wouldn't surprise me if all the other NBC O&O's follow suit.
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #173 on: December 31, 2008, 12:26:22 PM »
WCAU's looks just like the last one, except it uses title bars closer to the national WeatherPlus (just a different font, and no WX+.com logo). I really like the new design and format of their new weather channel.
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #174 on: December 31, 2008, 01:17:27 PM »
i'll try to get a cap of mine later when I reconfigure Windows Media Center for the Antenna
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #175 on: December 31, 2008, 01:58:21 PM »
KPNX still running as normal WX+...no changes in the look whatsoever, but the national maps now seem to come from KPNX and not NBC - typefaces are slightly different and more like the local maps we've seen.
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #176 on: December 31, 2008, 03:20:32 PM »
Here's WCAU's design...
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #177 on: December 31, 2008, 04:34:09 PM »
WGAL's WeatherPlus still has all the local segments and still has the WeatherPlus branding.
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #178 on: December 31, 2008, 04:37:05 PM »
Quote from: beanboy89 on December 31, 2008, 04:34:09 PM
WGAL's WeatherPlus still has all the local segments and still has the WeatherPlus branding.

Same with WBAL's.  :yes:
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Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion
« Reply #179 on: December 31, 2008, 04:39:15 PM »
Quote from: lfmusiclover on December 31, 2008, 04:37:05 PM
Quote from: beanboy89 on December 31, 2008, 04:34:09 PM
WGAL's WeatherPlus still has all the local segments and still has the WeatherPlus branding.

Same with WBAL's.  :yes:
Makes sense considering both stations are owned by Hearst-Argyle. :yes:
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