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Title: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: Mike M on January 13, 2008, 01:50:02 PM

Since a lot of us here seem to dislike the flavor lineups for the IntelliStar, post what you think the lineups you would like to see on the IntelliStar (and other STAR's too if you'd like).

Here's my ideas for the systems with traffic. Notice that my lineups are somewhat similar to how the IntelliStar was like during its early months.

:08/:38 (2 min)
:00 Current Conditions
:10 Regional Conditions
:18 Regional Doppler (2 cycles)
:26 Daypart Forecast
:34 Almanac
:42 Air Quality Forecast
:50 Regional Forecast (today or tonight)
:58 Regional Forecast (tonight or tomorrow)*
:66 36 Hour Forecast (12 seconds for each daypart)
:102 Daypart Forecast
:112 Traffic Overview

:18/:48 (1:30 min)
:00 Current Conditions
:08 2-page City Observations
:24 Regional Doppler (1 cycle)
:28 Daypart Forecast
:35 Getaway Forecast*
:42 Metro Forecast (today or tonight)
:49 36 Hour Forecast (11 seconds for each daypart)
:82 3-day Forecast

:28/:58 (2 min)
:00 Current Conditions
:10 Metro Conditions
:18 Regional Doppler (2 cycles)
:26 Radar/Satellite (2 cycles)
:34 Daypart Forecast
:42 Almanac
:50 Metro Forecast (today or tonight)
:58 Metro Forecast (tonight or tomorrow)*
:66 36 Hour Forecast (12 seconds for each daypart)
:102 Daypart Forecast
:112 Traffic Overview

1-minute forecast
:00 Current Conditions
:08 Metro Conditions
:14 Regional Doppler (2 loops)
:22 Daypart Forecast
:30 Metro Forecast
:38 7-day Forecast

*Traffic Incident screen will replace this screen when needed. It will show after traffic overview.

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: LFMusicFan on January 13, 2008, 02:05:10 PM

I like the flavor lineups the way they are now, except I'd like the regional forecast to be added during the :18/:48 LF.

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: beanboy89 on January 13, 2008, 02:27:00 PM

Here's how I'd make the IntelliStar flavor lineups (no Traffic, Marine, or Tides):

:08/:38 - Two Minutes
Current Conditions
Metro Observations
Regional Radar
Getaway Forecast
Almanac
Daypart Forecast
24-Hour Metro Conditions
48-Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead

:28/:58 - Two Minutes
Current Conditions
Regional Observations
Regional Radar
Radar Satellite
Almanac
Daypart Forecast
24-Hour Regional Forecast
48-Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead

:18/:48 - One Minute Thirty Seconds
Current Conditions
8-City Observations
Regional Radar
Almanac (replaced by Air Quality Forecast, where available)
Daypart Forecast
36 Hour Local Forecast
3-Day Extended Forecast

:29/:59 - One Minute (after special programming)
Current Conditions
Regional Observations
Regional Radar
12-Hour Regional Forecast
24 Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead

I'll post my lineups for other STARs later.

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: Localonthe8s on January 13, 2008, 04:58:06 PM

I want my Intellistar grape and cherry flavored, please!

:P :rofl2:

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: beanboy89 on January 13, 2008, 05:49:20 PM

XL:

:08/:38 - Two Minutes
Current Conditions
8-City Observations
Radar
Almanac
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast
36-Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead

:28/:58 - Two Minutes
Current Conditions
8-City Observations
Regional Observations
Radar
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast
36-Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead

:18/:48 - One Minute Thirty Seconds
Current Conditions
8-City Observations
Radar
Daypart Forecast
36 Hour Local Forecast
3-Day Extended Forecast

:29/:59 - One Minute (after special programming)
Current Conditions
24 Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead
Radar

4000:

:08/:38 - Two Minutes
Current Conditions
Latest Observations
Regional Forecast
Regional Observations
36-Hour Local Forecast
Extended Forecast
Almanac
Local Radar

:28/:58 - Two Minutes
Current Conditions
36-Hour Local Forecast
Travel Cities Forecast
Regional Forecast
Current Radar

(this is the L flavor from November 1992 through April 1995)

:18/:48 - One Minute Thirty Seconds
Current Conditions
Latest Observations
36-Hour Local Forecast
Extended Forecast
Local Radar

:29/:59 - One Minute (after special programming)
Current Conditions
36-Hour Local Forecast
Extended Forecast
Current Radar

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: IntelliStar on February 12, 2008, 08:00:19 PM

Intellistar:

:08/:38 - Two Minutes
Current Conditions
Latest Observations
Radar
Radar/Satellite
Almanac (non-coastal areas only)
Tides (coastal areas only)
Getaway Forecast (non-coastal areas only)
Marine Forecast (coastal areas only)
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast
36-Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead
Traffic Overview

:18/:48 - 1 minute 30 seconds
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Radar
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
36-Hour Local Forecast
3-Day Extended Forecast

:28/:58 - 3 (yes, 3) minutes
Current Conditions
Latest Observations
Metro Conditions
Regional Conditions (non-coastal areas only)
Radar
Radar/Satellite
Almanac
Tides (coastal areas only)
Air Quality Forecast (non-coastal areas only)
Marine Forecast (coastal areas only)
Daypart Forecast
Getaway Forecast
Metro Forecast
Regional Forecast
48-Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead
Traffic Overview

One-minute flavor
Current Conditions
Radar
Daypart Forecast
24-Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead[/list]

XL:
:08/:38 (M, 2 minutes)
Current Conditions
Latest Observations
Radar
Almanac (non-coastal areas only)
Tides (coastal areas only)
Marine Forecast (where available)
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast
36-Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead

:18/:48 (K, 1 minute 30 seconds)
Current Conditions
Latest Observations
Radar
Regional Forecast
36-Hour Local Forecast
3-Day Extended Forecast

:28/:58 (J, 3 minutes)
Current Conditions
Latest Observations
Regional Conditions
Radar
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast
36-Hour Local Forecast
3-Day Extended Forecast
Week Ahead

1-minute (D/E)
Current Conditions
Radar
36-Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead

4000 and Junior:
:08/:28 (M, 2 minutes)
Current Conditions
Latest Observations
Regional Forecast
Regional Conditions
36-Hour Local Forecast
Extended Forecast
Almanac (non-coastal areas only)
Tides (coastal areas only)
Local Radar (4000 only)

:18/:48 (K, 1 minute 30 seconds)
Current Conditions
Latest Observations
Regional Forecast
36-Hour Local Forecast
Extended Forecast
Local Radar (4000 only)

:28/:58 (J, 3 minutes)
Current Conditions
Latest Observations
Regional Forecast
Regional Conditions
36-Hour Local Forecast
Extended Forecast
Almanac (non-coastal areas only)
Tides (coastal areas only)
Local Radar (4000 only)
Travel Cities Forecast

1-minute (D/E) flavor
Current Conditions
36-Hour Local Forecast
Extended Forecast
Local Radar

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: CartoonJazzLover on April 24, 2008, 08:30:29 PM

Here's my lineups for the IntelliStar. This features no Marine, Tides and Traffic forecast. :yes:

:08/38-2 minutes flavor:
Current Conditions
Lateset Observations
Radar
Radar/Satillle
Alamac
Getaway Forecast
Daily Planner
Merto Forecast
36 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

:18/48-2 minutes flavor (of corse :yes:)
Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Radar
School Day/Outdoor Forecast (without local radar)
Daily planner
Regional Forecast (x2)
Merto Forecast (x2)
36 hour forecast
Week ahead

:28/58-2 minute flavor
Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Merto Conditions
Radar
Radar/Satilte (no radar/Satllie for IntelliStar in Flordia and Maine)
Daily planner
Metro Forecast
Regional forecast (x2)
48 hour forecast
Week ahead

:29/59-1 minute flavor
Merto Conditions
Morning/Afternoon Commute
24 hour forecast
3 Day forecast

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: Mike M on November 16, 2009, 09:47:37 PM

No precipitation:

:08/:38 - 2 min
Current Conditions
8-city obs
Radar/Satellite
Almanac
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
24-Hour Metro Forecast
12-Hour Regional Forecast
24-36 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead
Traffic Overview
Traffic Flow

:28/:58 - 2 min
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Regional Radar
Radar/Satellite
Almanac
Getaway Forecast
Daypart Forecast
24-Hour Metro Forecast
36-48 Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead

:18/:48 - 1:30
Metro Conditions
Regional Conditions
Radar/Satellite
Air Quality Forecast
Outdoor Activity/Schoolday Forecast
Daypart Forecast
24-Hour Regional Forecast
24 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead
Traffic Overview

WUWA/YWT :18/:48 flavor - 1:30
Traffic Overview
Traffic Flow
Current Conditions
8-city obs
Radar/Satellite
Air Quality Forecast
Outdoor Activity/Schoolday Forecast
24-36 Hour Forecast
The Week Ahead


:29/:59 (during long-form)
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Radar/Satellite
Daypart Forecast
24-Hour Metro Forecast
The Week Ahead
Traffic Overview

With precipitation:

:08/:38 - 2 min
8-city obs
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Radar/Satellite
Almanac
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
12-Hour Metro Forecast
24-36 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead
Traffic Overview
Traffic Flow

:28/:58 - 2 min
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Radar/Satellite
Getaway Forecast
Daypart Forecast
12-Hour Metro Forecast
36-48 Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead

:18/:48 - 1:30
Metro Conditions
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Daypart Forecast
24-Hour Regional Forecast
24-36 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead
Traffic Overview

WUWA/YWT :18/:48 flavor - 1:30
Traffic Overview
Traffic Flow
Current Conditions
8-city obs
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Air Quality Forecast
24-36 Hour Forecast
The Week Ahead

:29/:59 (during long-form)
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Daypart Forecast
12-Hour Metro Forecast
The Week Ahead
Traffic Overview

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: wxntrafficfan on November 25, 2009, 07:26:55 AM

lol Mike, I feel so left out not having traffic data on either of my STARs :P

Anyway, as long as the front page CC, sat/rad, almanac, and daypart appear on the LF (emphasis on the front page CC), I'm good with whatever else displays (except for the getaway forecast, not needed for me lol).

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: Mike M on November 25, 2009, 08:34:16 AM

The Getaway is useless to me. I'm sure the main reason why that's still there is for the fact that it uses sponsored locations (meaning more $$$ for TWC).

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: wxntrafficfan on November 25, 2009, 04:17:06 PM

Quote from: Mike M on November 25, 2009, 08:34:16 AM

The Getaway is useless to me. I'm sure the main reason why that's still there is for the fact that it uses sponsored locations (meaning more $$$ for TWC).

That's possible  :thinking:
I never see much worth to it either, but it is neat to see the forecast for Gaylord up north and contrast it to Orlando lol. :P

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: WeatherSTARIII on December 09, 2009, 11:42:33 PM

No precipitation:

:08/:38 - 2 min
Current Conditions
8-city obs
Air Quality Forecast
24-Hour Metro Forecast
12-Hour Regional Forecast
24-36 Hour Local Forecast
Daypart Forecast
The Week Ahead
Almanac
Traffic Overview
Traffic Flow
Radar/Satellite
 
:28/:58 - 2 min
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Getaway Forecast
24-Hour Metro Forecast
36-48 Hour Local Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Week Ahead
Almanac
Regional Radar
Radar/Satellite

:18/:48 - 1:30
Metro Conditions
Regional Conditions
Air Quality Forecast
Outdoor Activity/Schoolday Forecast
24-Hour Regional Forecast
24 Hour Local Forecast
Daypart Forecast
The Week Ahead
Traffic Overview
Radar/Satellite

:29/:59 (during long-form)
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Daypart Forecast
24-Hour Metro Forecast
The Week Ahead
Traffic Overview
Radar/Satellite
 
With precipitation:

:08/:38 - 2 min
8-city obs
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
24-36 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead
Traffic Overview
Traffic Flow
12-Hour Metro Forecast
Almanac
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Radar/Satellite


:28/:58 - 2 min
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
12-Hour Metro Forecast
Getaway Forecast
Daypart Forecast
36-48 Hour Local Forecast
Week Ahead
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Radar/Satellite

:18/:48 - 1:30
Metro Conditions
Daypart Forecast
24-Hour Regional Forecast
24-36 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead
Traffic Overview
Regional Radar
Local Radar

My favor lineup is mostly based off from the WeatherSTAR 4000 as well as version 1 of the XL.

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: Mike M on December 24, 2010, 11:09:10 AM

No precip

Longform (:28):

Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Radar/Satellite
School Day/Outdoor Activity
Metro Forecast (24 hour)
Week Ahead
Getaway Forecast

Longform (:58):

Metro Conditions
Regional Conditions
Radar/Satellite
Schoolday/Outdoor Activity
24 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

:08/:38

Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
8-cities
Regional Radar
Almanac
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast (24-hour)
48 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

:18/:48

Current Conditions
8-cities
Regional Radar
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (24-hour)
24 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

:28/:58

Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Regional Radar
Radar/Satellite
Almanac
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (24-hour)
Regional Forecast (12-hour)
48 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead
Getaway Forecast


Precip

Longform (:28):

Current Conditions
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Schoolday/Outdoor Activity
Metro Forecast (12 hour)
Week Ahead
Getaway Forecast

Longform (:58):

Metro Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Radar
Local Radar
24 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

:08/:38

Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Almanac
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast (24-hour)
36 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

:18/:48

8-cities
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (12-hour)
36 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

:28/:58

Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Regional Radar
Local Radar
Radar/Satellite
Almanac
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (24-hour)
36 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead
Getaway Forecast

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: mattregozo1987 on December 27, 2010, 07:46:07 AM

For future flavors, I wanna make something a little different, although some things change, some things always stay the same.

:08/:38 (with coastal areas without precip.)
Current Conditions
8-City Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Doppler
Almanac
Marine Forecast
Tides
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:18/:48 (without precip.)
Metro Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Doppler
Air Quality Forecast
Metro Forecast (2x)
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:28/:58 (with coastal areas)
Current Conditions
8-City Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Doppler
Almanac
Getaway Forecast
Marine Forecast
Tides
Regional Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:08/:38 (with precip detected and with coastal areas)
Current Conditions
8-City Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Doppler
Local Doppler
Almanac
Marine Forecast
Tides
Regional Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:18/:48 (with precip. detected)
Metro Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Doppler
Local Doppler
Air Quality Forecast
Metro Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:28/:58 (with precip detected and with coastal areas)
Current Conditions
8-City Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Doppler
Local Doppler
Getaway Forecast
Marine Forecast
Tides
Regional Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:08/:38 (without precip. and without coastal areas)
Current Conditions
8-City Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Doppler
Radar Satellite/Satellite (West Coast Areas only)
Almanac
School Day Weather/Outdoor Activity Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:18/:48 (without precip. during Wake Up with Al and Your Weather Today)
Metro Conditions
Regional Doppler
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (2x)
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:18/:48 (with precip. detected during Wake Up with Al and Your Weather Today)
Metro Conditions
Regional Doppler
Local Doppler
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:28/:58 (without precip. detected and without coastal areas)
Current Conditions
8-City Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Doppler
Radar Satellite/Satellite (West Coast Areas only)
Almanac
Getaway Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:08/:38 (with precip detected and without coastal areas)
Current Conditions
8-City Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Doppler
Local Doppler
Almanac
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:28/:58 (with precip. detected and without coastal areas)
Current Conditions
8-City Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Doppler
Local Doppler
Almanac
Getaway Forecast
Regional Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: Mike M on May 07, 2011, 01:24:25 PM

Another list since TWC has made their :08/:38 LFs 90 seconds. Comments?

Longform:

Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Radar/Satellite
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (24 hour)
Week Ahead
Getaway Forecast

:08/:38

Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Radar/Satellite
Almanac
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (24 hour)
24-hour Forecast
Week Ahead

:18/:48

Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Regional Radar
Getaway Forecast
Air Quality Forecast
Metro Forecast (24-hour)
36 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

:28

Current Conditions
8-cities
Regional Radar
Radar/Satellite
Almanac
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast (24-hour)
48 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

:58

Current Conditions
8-cities
Regional Conditions
Regional Radar
Radar/Satellite
Almanac
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast (12-hour)
48 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: mattregozo1987 on May 08, 2011, 10:32:27 AM

I Have an idea

:08/:38 - 90 seconds
8-City Conditions
Regional Radar
Radar Satellite
Almanac
Air Quality Forecast
Daypart Forecast
48-Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:18/:48 - 90 seconds
Metro Conditions
Regional Radar
Radar Satellite
Schoolday Weather/Outdoor Activity Forecast
Metro Forecast (x2)
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:28 - 2 minutes
Current Conditions
8-City Conditions
Regional Radar
Radar Satellite
Almanac
Getaway Forecast
Schoolday Weather/Outdoor Activity Forecast
Daypart Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

:58 - 2 minutes
Current Conditions
8-City Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Radar
Almanac
Getaway Forecast
Daypart Forecast
Regional Forecast
48 Hour Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: Mike M on June 07, 2012, 12:23:14 PM

With the 2 minute flavors pretty much axed for now...

1 minute A
Metro Conditions
*Regional Conditions
Regional Radar (if precip) or Radar/Satellite
Daypart Forecast
24 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

1 minute B
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
*8-city obs
Regional Radar (if precip) or Radar/Satellite
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (x1)
Week Ahead

1:30 A
Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Radar
*Radar/Satellite
Air Quality Forecast
Regional Forecast (x2)
36 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

1:30 B
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Regional Radar
*Almanac
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (x2)
36 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

2:00
8-city obs
Regional Conditions
Regional Radar
Radar/Satellite
Getaway Forecast
Air Quality Forecast*
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (x2)
Regional Forecast (x1)*
36-48 Hour Forecast
Week Ahead

*replaced with local radar if needed.

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: toxictwister00 on June 07, 2012, 02:01:29 PM

IntelliSTAR STAR Unit

DE Flavor
(1 minute forecast/No Precip within coverage area 10 second intervals = 60 seconds of airtime)
Now CC Screen
Metro Conditions
Metro Forecast
Almanac (Moon Almanac)
Almanac (Daily Temperatures/Records)
The Week Ahead

DE Flavor #2
Now CC Screen
Local Forecast
The Week Ahead

DE Flavor #3
(This would air during longform if they were still doing that which I honestly don't know anyway)
Local Forecast
The Week Ahead
Radar (Regional and/or Local)

*In #1, the almanac and air quality screen would be dropped for the regional/local radar. In #2, The CC screen, Local Forecast, and The Week Ahead would be reduced from 10 to 8 seconds, giving the regional/local radar 20 seconds of airtime in the flavor lineup.

K Flavor (10 second intervals = 90 seconds of airtime)
Airs at :28/:58 past the hour
Now CC screen
Regional Conditions
Metro Condtions
8 City Observations
Radar (Regional and/or Local)
Regional Forecast
Metro Forecast
The Week Ahead

K Flavor #2
Now CC Screen
Metro Conditions
Metro Forecast
8 City Observations
Radar (Regional and/or Local)
Air Quality
Moon Almanac
The Week Ahead

I'll come up with some LM flavors along with some more DE and K flavors another time. ;)

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: Patricius Maximus on June 08, 2012, 11:15:08 AM

Oooh...I wonder how I could've missed this topic before. TWC's local forecast flavors could use a lot of improvement. Although I would have tweaked them a lot more, the lineups that debuted in December 2010 were very good; with the current conditions, 8-city, regional map, and almanacs having priority, it looked like a "meatier" local forecast.

While I'm temporarily in charge of everything Weather Channel-related  :P, I'd first cancel all long-form programming and have local forecasts airing on the 8s of every hour (:08, :18, :28, :38, :48, and :58). All local forecasts will be 120 seconds long (2 mins), except for the :58 flavor which will be 150 seconds long (2m 30s). Thus, no 90 or 60 second flavors exist under my system. All of these flavors assume it is an interior STAR (no marine forecast or tides), there are no traffic products, no record temperature screens, and that there are no NWS alerts. It also assumes that there is precipitation detected, so that the local doppler comes on. I've also added the satellite product as a regular feature on all STARS (it would be much more zoomed-out than the radar/satellite, like the current Satellite products on the West Coast).

The product and any additional notes are as follows. The time each product is on is in parentheses with (8s) meaning 8 seconds for example.

The :58 flavor (150 seconds):

Current Conditions (8s)
Latest Observations (12s)
Regional Doppler (8s)
Local Doppler (8s)
Satellite (8s)
Almanac (7s)
Second Almanac Screen (7s) (displaying moon phases, actual and average precip and snow for month to date)
Getaway Forecast (10s)
Daypart Forecast (8s)
Today's Forecast Regional Map (6s)
Tonight's Forecast Regional Map (6s)
Travel Cities Forecast (18s) (displaying three consecutive screens each containing 4 travel destinations in the STAR's general region (12 cities in total))
Local Forecast (48 hours) (32s)
The Week Ahead (12s)

The :08 flavor (120 seconds):

Current Conditions (8s)
Metro Current Conditions (6s)
Regional Current Conditions (6s)
Regional Doppler (8s)
Local Doppler (8s)
Almanac (7s)
Air Quality Forecast* (6s)
Getaway Forecast (10s)
Daypart Forecast (7s)
Today's Forecast Regional Map (5s)
Tonight's Forecast Regional Map (5s)
Local Forecast (48 hours) (32s)
The Week Ahead (12s)

The :18 flavor (120 seconds):

Current Conditions (8s)
Latest Observations (12s)
Regional Doppler (8s)
Local Doppler (8s)
Radar/Satellite* (8s)
Almanac (7s)
Second Almanac Screen (7s) (displaying moon phases, actual and average precip and snow for month to date)
Travel Cities Forecast (18s) (displaying three consecutive screens each containing 4 travel destinations in the STAR's general region (12 cities in total))
Local Forecast (48 hours) (32s)
The Week Ahead (12s)

The :28 flavor (120 seconds):

Current Conditions (8s)
Latest Observations (8-city) (12s)
Regional Current Conditions (6s)
Regional Doppler* (8s)
Local Doppler (8s)
Satellite (8s)
Almanac (8s)
Today's* Forecast Metro Map (6s)
Tonight's Forecast Metro Map (6s)
Today's Forecast Regional Map (6s)
Local Forecast (48 hours) (32s)
The Week Ahead (12s)

The :38 flavor (120 seconds):

Current Conditions (8s)
Metro Current Conditions (6s)
Regional Current Conditions (6s)
Regional Doppler (8s)
Local Doppler (8s)
Satellite (8s)
Outdoor Activity Forecast (8s) (replaced by the School Day Forecast in mornings when schools are in)
Today's Forecast Metro Map (6s)
Tonight's Forecast Metro Map (6s)
Today's Forecast Regional Map (6s)
Tonight's Forecast Regional Map (6s)
Local Forecast (48 hours) (32s)
The Week Ahead (12s)

The :48 flavor (120 seconds):

Current Conditions (8s)
Latest Observations (8-city) (12s)
Regional Current Conditions (6s)
Regional Doppler (8s)
Local Doppler (8s)
Almanac (7s)
Radar/Satellite (8s)
Daypart Forecast (7s)
Today's Forecast Metro Map (6s)
Today's Forecast Regional Map (6s)
Local Forecast (48 hours) (32s)
The Week Ahead (12s)


*Today's Forecast or the first forecast period available, i.e. if it's evening the Tonight's Forecast would appear first followed by the next day
*All radars have two loops, with a total runtime of 8 seconds
*All radar/satellite and satellite products display a 10-hour loop
*All air quality forecasts display three cities like West Coast STARS do today

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: gt1racerlHDl on April 22, 2013, 04:52:30 AM

:08/:38
IntelliStar Local for Top of the Hour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c-HSLmU7FQ#)

:18/:48
IntelliStar Local for the Middle of the Hour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mqz0tBMaps#)

:28/:58
IntelliStar Local for the Bottom of the Hour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfIEZI2H1tI#)

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: Mike M on April 30, 2013, 11:18:33 PM

All 1 min:

:08/:28/:48
Current Conditions
Metro Conditions
Radar/Satellite**
Daypart Forecast
Metro Forecast (x2)
Regional Forecast*
The Week Ahead

:18/:38/:58
Current Conditions
Radar/Satellite*
Almanac**
Air Quality Forecast
Metro Forecast**
24-36 Hour Forecast
The Week Ahead

*Replaced with Regional Radar when needed
**Replaced with Local Radar when needed

Title: Re: Your Ideas for Flavor Lineups
Post by: TWCJim on June 07, 2013, 11:43:20 AM

Here are my ideas. All flavor lineups are 60 seconds.

:08/:38

Current Conditions
Regional Conditions
Regional Radar
Satellite or Radar/Satellite
Metro Forecast
Regional Forecast*
The Week Ahead

*If precip is detected, then the Local Radar will be used after the Regional one and the regional forecast won't display because of it.

:18/:48

Metro Conditions
Regional Radar
Almanac (Marine Forecast for coastal STARs)
Daypart Forecast (Tides for coastal STARs)
24 Hour Forecast
The Week Ahead

:28/:58

Current Conditions
Satellite or Radar/Satellite*
Air Quality Forecast (Daypart Forecast for coastal STARs)
Metro Forecast (2)
Regional Forecast**
The Week Ahead

*This product will be replaced with the local radar if precip is detected.
**For coastal STARs, the Almanac will be used before the Daypart Forecast product, instead of the regional forecast.