I discovered TWC for the first time shortly after it was added to my cable lineup when I was living in puerto rico, sometime around early June, 1991. Some of you might know how i ended up being hooked on TWC but here it goes:
I was a homebody growing up, for the most part. As a result i used to watch 8 hr of TV during the day and 10 hr plus on weekends and during the summer. there was this Nick Jr show that i didnt care for so i watched TWC an hr a day instead to start, and then i noticed the music was different with each LF. Among the first songs I heard (I didnt know the artist/title info at that time) were:
David Benoit - Houston
Don Grusin - Hattie Mae
Max Groove - Fiesta Sol
Bobby Lyle - Love Eyes
Amani AW Murray - Everywhere Calypso
Tom Scott - You Mean Everything to Me
Crusaders - Healing the Wounds and Mercy, Mercy Mercy
Strunz and Farah - Zumba (one of my very first favorite songs!!
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I had no STAR system at the time, it was the grey scrolling TCF screen. I doubt most of you know what that is but for those who know you know what i mean. I also noticed the songs were different during different dayparts. I like Geography and Maps, so I thought the maps and shades on color for temp. bands for instance were cool. I also liked the artwork for the BTF, among other things:
I remember the Michelin Report at :54, the Tropical Update at :48, the Halloween Forecast where they showed "Halloween themed" named cities and they wide variety of what I know now as "flavors" . I started watching more often, and as the saying goes, the rest is history
TWC helped largely define my musical tastes, and help develop my interest in Weather (I do have an Atmos. Science degree) and TWCC helped me find all that music that I thought I would never get
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