Independent Music Removal

[imin]

Yep, they've decided to remove the independent music from TWC completely.

Here's the email that they sent to me as a courtesy:
'The Weather Channel has set a goal to maintain its current audience base, while attracting new audiences, and would like for the network’s music and sound to complement this goal.  Towards this end, we are seeking a composer or music production company to develop an overall sound for the entire network.    We are looking for an individual or group that is innovative, highly creative and has an understanding of programming music for television.'

     So that's it.  You know they're going to choose a company because no individual has the time to put-out that much music on a daily basis.  They probably already have a production house lined-up.
It's a shame.
-JR

[toxictwister00]

I couldn't agree more, it truly is a shame. The one thing NBC could have left alone and they still can't seem to take a hint that they're making too many changes and not all of them are good. That fact that they're basically giving you the boot is even worse. Smooth Jazz has been apart of TWC's roots for over 25 years, you can't just decide to throw that away out of the blue for rock, something I don't care that much about listening to.

[gt1racerlHDl]

I can't Believe they did that to you 

The only thing i can say is there are many other channels to play your breathtaking music and you will get many more fans than TWC will ever get.

This will mark the fallout of TWC and how many viewers turn away from them.

They already lost me as a fan due to this change.

[Localonthe8s]

I am just speechless...I could say a thousand things right now that could get me warned/banned so I'll keep my mouth shut. All I can say at the moment is wow....can you say EPIC fail? I feel so angry but not surprised about this. Just AIM or Google Talk me and you'll see how mad I am about this.

[Mike M]

Okay, TWC better sell themselves out soon. I'm sure no one at TWC likes what NBC is doing to them.

I'm just  about this now.

[toxictwister00]

Okay, TWC better sell themselves out soon. I'm sure no one at TWC likes what NBC is doing to them.

That's not gonna happen anytime soon, I'm not a legal expert on these kind of things, but wouldn't TWC be in a nasty lawsuit with NBC for breaking their management contract with them?

[Localonthe8s]

Okay, TWC better sell themselves out soon. I'm sure no one at TWC likes what NBC is doing to them.

That's not gonna happen anytime soon, I'm not a legal expert on these kind of things, but wouldn't TWC be in a nasty lawsuit with NBC for breaking their management contract with them?

It's a free country, TWC has every right to break away from NBC if they feel their actions are harming them. Yes there are consequences but it depends with the situation.

[gt1racerlHDl]

Okay, TWC better sell themselves out soon. I'm sure no one at TWC likes what NBC is doing to them.

That's not gonna happen anytime soon, I'm not a legal expert on these kind of things, but wouldn't TWC be in a nasty lawsuit with NBC for breaking their management contract with them?

It's a free country, TWC has every right to break away from NBC if they feel their actions are harming them. Yes there are consequences but it depends with the situation.

Yes i would like to see that but, you never know if TWC wanted this direction in the 1st place?

[toxictwister00]

Okay, TWC better sell themselves out soon. I'm sure no one at TWC likes what NBC is doing to them.

That's not gonna happen anytime soon, I'm not a legal expert on these kind of things, but wouldn't TWC be in a nasty lawsuit with NBC for breaking their management contract with them?

It's a free country, TWC has every right to break away from NBC if they feel their actions are harming them. Yes there are consequences but it depends with the situation.

Yeah, I agree, I just always wondered if there would be a backlash to it since NBC poured so much money into buying the network and they suddenly decide to break away from them so soon. I wish all the best for Ms. Ricks, she deserves better than to be with this new image of TWC anyway.

[Localonthe8s]

I wouldn't be surprised to hear vocals at this point. TWC and NBC won't care then.

[Lightning86]

I feel like I wanna cry right now 

[WeatherWitness]

I am very sorry to hear about this.

But I am a little confused. Does this mean Smooth Jazz is gone from the Local Forecast, or just certain artists? Either way, .

[Mike M]

Yes i would like to see that but, you never know if TWC wanted this direction in the 1st place?

Matt mentioned that according to TWC's book from 2002, Landmark didn't like the ideas NBC had planned for TWC when they made an offer to buy it back in the 1980's. Last year I guess they didn't have a choice who to sell it to because by the end of June 2008 NBC was the only company interested in buying it when Landmark put TWC up for sale.

[CartoonJazzLover]

I am very sorry to hear about this.

But I am a little confused. Does this mean Smooth Jazz is gone from the Local Forecast, or just certain artists? Either way, .

I hope not. Rock Music is OK, but without Smooth jazz music is  .

They already lost me as a fan due to this change.

Same here, as well as the new suckish Weather Center, the BBOD, and some changes in March 2009.

[imin]

Hi Guys,
     Thanks as always for the support.  As for what kind of music it sounds like they're either going for theme based music - to presumably give them a consistent identity or a package of specific music from a company like the Satellite music stations pre-programmed selections (possibly still Smooth Jazz although they've expressed a desire to have more variety). 
     Either way it's just one less outlet for independent music exposure - and more specifically independent Jazz.