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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4560 on: December 04, 2012, 02:47:33 PM »
Somebody questioned about the recent elimination of the 2-minute LF flavors on one of my recent YouTube videos, apparently in a pissed-off mood:

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Can't those sons of bitches at least put the :58 LFs back to 2 minutes, so people can see their marine/tides and the daypart forecast?

This was probably answered already, but was there a reason behind the elimination of the 2-minute LF flavors?  :dunno:
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4561 on: December 04, 2012, 03:02:31 PM »
Somebody questioned about the recent elimination of the 2-minute LF flavors on one of my recent YouTube videos, apparently in a pissed-off mood:

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Can't those sons of bitches at least put the :58 LFs back to 2 minutes, so people can see their marine/tides and the daypart forecast?

This was probably answered already, but was there a reason behind the elimination of the 2-minute LF flavors?  :dunno:
More time for commercials (they're in need of extra ad revenue)

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4562 on: December 04, 2012, 03:44:11 PM »
More ads=more irritation.

I'd cut back more live programming before I cut out time in the LF. While TWC hates to believe it, most people watch for the LF.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4563 on: December 12, 2012, 10:07:31 PM »
Has the Tides screen been completely removed from the IntelliStar lineups? All I see nowadays on 24629 (on both 1:00's and 1:30's) is the Marine Forecast :unsure:
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4564 on: December 12, 2012, 10:27:29 PM »
Has the Tides screen been completely removed from the IntelliStar lineups? All I see nowadays on 24629 (on both 1:00's and 1:30's) is the Marine Forecast :unsure:

The 2-minute LFs still air at 4:28AM ET on Saturday and Sunday mornings, so the tides product is still around.
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4565 on: December 12, 2012, 10:56:23 PM »
Has the Tides screen been completely removed from the IntelliStar lineups? All I see nowadays on 24629 (on both 1:00's and 1:30's) is the Marine Forecast :unsure:

The 2-minute LFs still air at 4:28AM ET on Saturday and Sunday mornings, so the tides product is still around.
That doesnt explain why they cant just move the product around though.. :unsure:
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4566 on: December 12, 2012, 11:04:35 PM »
Air quality also doesn't show on the shorter LFs. They really should consider modifying the product playlists.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4567 on: December 17, 2012, 12:08:47 AM »
Is it true that the overnight playlist only runs from 1-2am now? :blink:

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4568 on: December 17, 2012, 12:20:31 AM »
Yes Mike where have you been :P I think it's a fluke though one of you should contact twc about this. The morning list starts at 4am now too but the other daypart times are unchanged :huh:

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4569 on: December 17, 2012, 05:03:10 AM »
The morning list starts at 4am now too but the other daypart times are unchanged :huh:
It does? :huh:
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4570 on: December 17, 2012, 11:23:53 AM »
Yes Mike where have you been :P I think it's a fluke though one of you should contact twc about this. The morning list starts at 4am now too but the other daypart times are unchanged :huh:
Even on weekends? During the week I understand with the new morning show format.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4571 on: December 17, 2012, 12:51:27 PM »
Yeah. The overnight playlist stops when FO starts at 4 and all I hear then is the vocals from morning

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4572 on: December 21, 2012, 04:17:30 PM »
The LDL is in holiday mode,  on during taped programming.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4573 on: December 21, 2012, 07:41:03 PM »
I noticed a new IS corner bug for "Deadliest Space Weather" at the 7:38pm ET LF just now, and it's the animated one on the DirecTV IntelliStar... :blink:
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4574 on: December 22, 2012, 10:59:20 AM »
A new ID screen premiered today, and it's using the same music from last year's Winter ID screens. It's stock footage of snow-covered grounds with a person running across it at the top (you can only see the feet of the person)
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