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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2670 on: April 28, 2010, 08:21:39 PM »
It should still be posted there just so they know its happening again. The similar issue I mentioned (warning crawl) was also very sporadic, but they were able to fix the problem.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2671 on: April 29, 2010, 04:58:32 PM »
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2672 on: April 30, 2010, 03:08:37 PM »
Not long ago, I saw a severe thunderstorm warning and a flood advisory scroll on top of the new LDL that covered the lower third of the screen...and I thought a new warning system would accompany the new LDLs.
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2673 on: April 30, 2010, 05:02:27 PM »
Not long ago, I saw a severe thunderstorm warning and a flood advisory scroll on top of the new LDL that covered the lower third of the screen...and I thought a new warning system would accompany the new LDLs.
That's how the warning crawl works right now with the expanded LDL.  Whether something will change in the future, I have no idea, though, to be honest, I don't know what kind of change is possible, short of creating a THIRD size of LDL to fit within the larger window, but shrunk a little to fit the warning crawl.  Sounds like a good idea, in my opinion, but the amount of programming work sounds too absurd for such a thing to happen.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2674 on: April 30, 2010, 07:45:05 PM »
I'm a little sick of this horribly configured regional map...

Also, any particular reason they are airing overnight music on the local forecasts? :blink:
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2675 on: April 30, 2010, 08:29:42 PM »
Also, any particular reason they are airing overnight music on the local forecasts? :blink:
Probably a glitch in the system since it's usually not configured to air regular playlist music on Friday evenings.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2676 on: April 30, 2010, 08:35:14 PM »
Also, any particular reason they are airing overnight music on the local forecasts? :blink:
Probably a glitch in the system since it's usually not configured to air regular playlist music on Friday evenings.
On a positive note, if I catch the overnight songs I wanted, I might be able to get some sleep tonight :P
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2677 on: April 30, 2010, 08:43:46 PM »
Most Likely to counteract  the time missing because of the severe coverage and no movie.

Makes alot of sense to put Overnight on right now.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2678 on: April 30, 2010, 09:15:44 PM »
I'm a little sick of this horribly configured regional map...

Also, any particular reason they are airing overnight music on the local forecasts? :blink:
That map disgusts me, IMO. :wacko:
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2679 on: April 30, 2010, 09:18:12 PM »
I'm a little sick of this horribly configured regional map...

Also, any particular reason they are airing overnight music on the local forecasts? :blink:

They must don't like putting Canadian cities on there.


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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2680 on: April 30, 2010, 09:44:46 PM »
Canadian and Mexican cities don't show up on current maps, only forecast maps.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2681 on: April 30, 2010, 09:54:37 PM »
Canadian and Mexican cities don't show up on current maps, only forecast maps.
Lansing shows London, ON on the current map...

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2682 on: April 30, 2010, 10:04:06 PM »
Canadian and Mexican cities don't show up on current maps, only forecast maps.
Lansing shows London, ON on the current map...
As Does BUffalo NY (IIRC from a YT video)

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2683 on: April 30, 2010, 10:10:28 PM »
As Does Buffalo NY (IIRC from a YT video)
That's actually Toronto. Many upstate NY Intellistars have Toronto on their regional maps.

They must not like putting Canadian cities on there.
I doubt it's intentional... judging from how quickly Intellistars were configured years ago.

But also, look at this metro map. Mount Pleasant is placed where Clare actually is, Shepherd is placed where Mount Pleasant is actually located, and Shepherd is placed where Alma is actually located. It's beyond me why Shepherd... a town of about 1400... should be on any Intellistar map.
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #2684 on: April 30, 2010, 10:20:54 PM »
Canadian and Mexican cities don't show up on current maps, only forecast maps.
Lansing shows London, ON on the current map...

As Does BUffalo NY (IIRC from a YT video)

I think some major foreign cities, such as London, do appear, but most don't. See Anahauc, Mexico in this video:
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