Messages

1

Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 22, 2019, 08:35:08 AM »

The full-screen LF has officially been removed. With this change, I am officially done with TWC. It was already bad enough that they were reduced to two per hour, but I am not watching anymore and will not support this network.

It was a pleasure to meet all of you. Even 10 years ago, TWC still had a lot of good about it, smooth jazz, etc. Everything I loved about it is gone. I know most of you feel the same way. Martin would be ashamed of what happened to this network.

Wish all of you the best. I may come back if they decide to reverse these horrible changes. Otherwise, I am getting my weather elsewhere.

2

Programming and Graphics / Re: Local on the 8s Major Change Beginning Tomorrow

« on: May 03, 2018, 09:46:25 AM »

I still think the change sucks and was completely unnecessary. Fortunately, plenty of people have been complaining on the topic on weloveweather.tv, so hopefully they will reconsider their "reimagining" of the Local on the 8s.

3

Programming and Graphics / Re: Local on the 8s Major Change Beginning Tomorrow

« on: April 03, 2018, 03:01:22 PM »

I will agree that Weather Geeks and Weather Underground are interesting programs. Max, I'll give you that one. I just think overall we've given up as fans on this network. We have no choice but to accept all the crappy changes.

Andy, I completely agree with you. The Local on the 8s logo isn't even an accurate statement anymore. Now it's just "Local all the time, but in a tiny, lazy corner."

I just wish someone that has any care of the charm that made TWC once great was running the show. If it were me, I would never get rid of the Local on the 8s, but I would have possibly kept the longer 2-minute forecasts at the :28 and :58 and have maybe reduced the others, if ad money was an issue.

Jazz is just a nice appropriate music choice for a display such as the local forecast. The vocals were cheesy with corny weather references, but I would take it back over what has been playing for nearly 5 years.

I'm just disgusted.

4

Programming and Graphics / Re: Local on the 8s Major Change Beginning Tomorrow

« on: April 03, 2018, 10:45:31 AM »

This morning, the Weather Channel logo is being replaced with a constant Local on the 8s on the lower bottom corner. Only one I've seen is at the :18 and :48 on the hour (at least on the morning shows so far).

There hasn't been one positive change to this network in the last 7 years. It's a shame, because this forum was once so lively with passion. It has died along with the network.

They appear to only care about ad revenue, and they will cut anything that gets in the way, even royalty rights to jazz artists.

I'm sick of the same production music they've been playing for five years. It is completely stale, and it's awful they've gotten away with it for so long. However, I guess it doesn't matter, because they're just trying to phase out the local forecast anyway.

Damn shame what has happened to this once great network. The good days were when we'd complain about them keeping a music playlist longer than a month and getting rid of the XL icons.

5

Local Forecast / Re: Smooth Jazz Return!

« on: May 14, 2017, 03:19:19 PM »

At any rate, I am happy to hear the smooth jazz again. It makes me happy to hear it, but it would be nice to hear a different selection of jazzy songs for this year.

What others have said earlier is true. A lot of us here liked the way the shows were run, the meteorologists that many of were since let go, longer local forecasts, and diversity in the music selection each month or every other month (they even used to post the songs and albums on their main website). As someone who watched a lot in the past, I hated how I've now gone nearly 4 years hearing the same production music because it's so repetitive and is not like how they used to do it.

6

Local Forecast / Re: Smooth Jazz Return!

« on: February 23, 2017, 10:20:49 PM »

Jazz day must be over. I haven't heard it in weeks

7

Local Forecast / Re: Smooth Jazz Return!

« on: January 19, 2017, 07:19:19 PM »

I haven't heard any new songs, but I'm glad the jazz is back this year (even if it's just for one day).

8

Local Forecast / Re: Smooth Jazz Return!

« on: January 07, 2017, 10:12:29 AM »

I have a feeling the jazz days are over. Nobody at TWC cares about the music on a 1-minute local forecast, even though I think it's silly to keep the same music indefinitely when it's been playing for almost 4 years.

9

Local Forecast / Re: Christmas Music on TWC

« on: December 21, 2016, 05:51:27 PM »

Not impressed with anything so far. Just a bunch of obnoxious vocal ****.

10

OCMs & Personalities / Re: New OCM - Keith Carson

« on: August 04, 2016, 12:03:08 AM »

I feel bad about my post about him! I never knew he saw it! I didn't mean to sound too judgmental, but as they say, some things are better left unsaid. I hope he knows I like him overall.

Also, I'm sorry to hear he's leaving. He grew on me a lot over the years.

11

OCMs & Personalities / Re: Dave Schwartz Battling Cancer

« on: July 25, 2016, 03:41:01 PM »

I haven't seen Dave in a while. Any updates on how he's doing with treatment?

12

Local Forecast / Re: Smooth Jazz Return!

« on: June 04, 2016, 10:21:00 AM »

No, these days were already scheduled for the rest of the year. It plays roughly one day per week. I hope they will bring it back long term at the start of 2017, but that's wishful thinking.

13

General Discussion / I would like to make a confession to the community

« on: May 10, 2016, 10:00:51 AM »

(No message)

14

Local Forecast / Re: Weatherstar XL

« on: May 08, 2016, 10:35:19 PM »

You basically have to be a computer expert to even make any sense of it. Very few people who obtained one have the resources to make it work. I have one myself, and I appreciate having the unit, but I haven't been able to do anything with it. I'm holding onto it, however.

15

Local Forecast / Re: Smooth Jazz Return!

« on: April 12, 2016, 05:27:46 PM »

Great, now I know which days I'll watch TWC. It's cool, but that's a lot of planning ahead. I'm sure there's corporate reasons I don't understand, but it'd be a lot easier to circle every day.