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Title: New Personality
Post by: Lightning on December 19, 2010, 10:27:52 PM
I saw a new OCM on today with Jeff Morrow, her name is Danielle, I can't remember her last name.
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: Donovan on December 19, 2010, 10:33:04 PM
I saw a new OCM on today with Jeff Morrow, her name is Danielle, I can't remember her last name.
Danielle Banks? She is not really new. She's been @ twc for a few months now and has done on camera work occasionally.
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: gt1racerlHDl on December 19, 2010, 10:33:44 PM
her name is Danielle Banks

She is a current Radio Meteorologist with TWC but has been on-air for a short while.
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: Lightning on December 19, 2010, 10:46:41 PM
It was the first time I've seen her on. I don't remember her being on before.
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: TWCToday on December 19, 2010, 11:46:38 PM
https://twctodayforums.com/forums/ocms/danielle-banks/ (https://twctodayforums.com/forums/ocms/danielle-banks/)
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: beanboy89 on December 19, 2010, 11:53:13 PM
She's been making very sporadic appearances on air for at least the past year or so. Before that, she made frequent appearances on weather.com forecasts.
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: Anistorm on December 20, 2010, 12:17:10 AM
She's also a radio OCM. She's like a freelancer, appearing on TV not as often. I like her, though. :)
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: TWCToday on December 20, 2010, 12:57:56 AM
I thought she wasn't a meteorologist?
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: jtmal0723 on December 20, 2010, 02:43:08 AM
I thought she wasn't a meteorologist?
she's not.
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: Donovan on December 20, 2010, 02:55:13 AM
I thought she wasn't a meteorologist?
she's not.
So to be an fill-in OCM, you don't have to have a degree?  :o
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: Al on December 20, 2010, 03:19:36 AM
absolutely not. you just gotta know people... :P

wait on her lowerthirds, does it still say "meteorologst"?
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: Mike M on December 20, 2010, 06:28:38 AM
absolutely not. you just gotta know people... :P

wait on her lowerthirds, does it still say "meteorologst"?
No I think it just says "the weather channel"
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: JBC on December 20, 2010, 09:39:18 AM
I remember seeing her on a Saturday afternoon for a wild day of tornadoes in Yazoo City, MS. She was on with Adam Berg, and she did a very credible job on-air that afternoon. I haven't seen her since, but others on the forums have on occasions. 
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: twcclassics on December 20, 2010, 10:30:48 AM
Well I'm certainly glad they fired all those old-timers a while back. I mean, who wants to get their forecast from an expert they know and trust. Let's fire all the experts and hire nobody's off the street. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: beanboy89 on December 20, 2010, 01:23:44 PM
Former  "OCMs" like Dave Schwartz and Jeanetta Jones weren't meteorologists, but nobody seemed to complain when they were on the air. I don't see how this is any different.

Danielle Banks did complete (http://www.weather.com/aboutus/radio/personnel/Danielle-Banks.html) the Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University; this is the same program that Dave Schwartz completed.
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: Lightning on December 20, 2010, 02:26:01 PM
Former  "OCMs" like Dave Schwartz and Jeanetta Jones weren't meteorologists, but nobody seemed to complain when they were on the air. I don't see how this is any different.

Danielle Banks did complete ([url]http://www.weather.com/aboutus/radio/personnel/Danielle-Banks.html[/url]) the Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University; this is the same program that Dave Schwartz completed.
That school has an excellent broadcast meteorology program. They have an event there once a year in September called the Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, that I attend. It's real fun for weather enthusiasts.
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: phw115wvwx on December 21, 2010, 04:59:59 PM
So to be an fill-in OCM, you don't have to have a degree?  :o
You don't need a Meteorology degree if you're good enough as an OCM.  All it takes are presentation and people skills.  It does look better if you have the degree, but it's not a requirement for a lot of media stations.
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: toxictwister00 on December 21, 2010, 05:57:07 PM
Danielle is a good weather presenter, but anyone notices that she has a habit of rocking back and forth towards and away from the camera when she's standing in front of the green screen?
Title: Re: New OCM
Post by: Mike M on December 21, 2010, 06:01:29 PM
Danielle Banks did complete ([url]http://www.weather.com/aboutus/radio/personnel/Danielle-Banks.html[/url]) the Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University; this is the same program that Dave Schwartz completed.
Marshall Seese and Kristen Dodd also took a similar route, as well as some others.