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Local Forecast / Tony Davilio - Psyche

« on: April 07, 2020, 11:03:50 AM »

Hey guys, does anyone remember where that song Psyche by Tony Davilio (played on TWC on Sept 2009) was available at? I know someone sent me a link a long time ago but I've lost it. I think it was also known by the name "Twister?" Please and thank you!

Link to song for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7diQj9GDJw

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General Discussion / Charles Abel-Lear 1980-2019

« on: November 09, 2019, 03:53:07 PM »

As some of you may have heard already, Charles Abel-Lear (The Weather Chazz) passed away this past Wednesday, November 6th at the young age of 39, according to multiple posts from family members and friends on social media. Little is known at this time regarding the cause of his death, but he will be missed by all of us, as he has been one of our biggest inspirations with his expansive footage, knowledge, and graphic design work. I would have never realized how big this community is if it weren't for him (as well as Matt, Nick, and friends) when I discovered TWC Classics back in 2005. Let's also remember his hard work into putting together the well-known WeatherStar 4000 Simulator project we all know today, as well as his subsequent work, in and out of the TWC fan community.

Sending condolences to his family...

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Local Forecast / Mick Mahan - "Beyond the Sky" (2006)

« on: May 15, 2019, 05:37:51 PM »

Thanks to Spotify's Release Radar, I came across "Beyond the Sky," which played in August/September 2006. It is in fact "Keep on Truckin" by Incognito, from their "Just Chill" album. Not sure if it had been released on other platforms besides Spotify yet, but just a heads up.

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OCMs & Personalities / Dr. Greg Forbes retires

« on: July 06, 2018, 02:26:57 PM »

Dr. Greg Forbes announced on Facebook his retirement today. He will continue to be on-air on a part time basis beginning next Spring:

https://www.facebook.com/twcdrforbes/posts/10155603497568201

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Local Forecast / Frank Josephs / Incognito

« on: April 09, 2018, 10:25:25 PM »

I was wondering, what involvement Frank Josephs aka Ray Herrmann had with Incognito? In 1998-99 TWC used Incognito's name in their songs (like She Wears Black), then after that when Steve Hurst took over operations they used the name "CC Gilmore" in place of Incognito which we later learned was a name used by Frank Josephs and Ray Herrmann. I however cannot find any information regarding Frank Josephs on Incognito's profile...still remains a mystery 10+ years later....

On a related note Soul Cafe released albums and their music sounds just like Incognito's, and used the CC Gilmore name.

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Minor traffic report error

« on: March 12, 2018, 05:42:50 PM »

Hello,

On the Xfinity Cherry Hill IntelliStar2XD, as well as on LocalNow here for that matter, the traffic report for I-676 in PA is mistakenly labeled as a North/South highway, the road is actually signed East/West (although it is N/S across the bridge in NJ).  Can this be addressed to the appropriate department one way or another to prevent possible confusion?
Thank you,
Mike

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OCMs & Personalities / OCMs shouting on air

« on: January 31, 2016, 12:00:33 AM »

Is it me, or have the OCMs have really been SHOUTING on the air in recent years? Comparing to clips before around the WATT relaunch, I notice quite a difference, and sometimes it's ear raping. 

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Everything Else TWC / 2015-16 TWC Winter Storm Names

« on: October 13, 2015, 01:27:13 PM »

I think these have got to be the most hilarious names they've used yet...

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Traffic corrections

« on: September 25, 2015, 08:17:31 AM »

IntelliStar 2 HD - Bensalem, PA (Comcast/Xfinity)

My star here has a few traffic issues on the LDL. For one, US Route 1 is incorrectly labeled as an East-West route; the highway actually runs North-South.  Also, one of the I-95 routes run from the Vine Expressway to what is labeled as "SR 9."  I'm assuming the latter is referring to I-476 (known locally as the Blue Route), part of which was formerly carried by PA Route 9, but the PA 9 designation has been out of use since 1996, so you might need to correct this as well.

Thanks!

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Everything Else TWC / Production Music Identification Thread

« on: June 05, 2015, 10:29:13 PM »

Figured I'd create a thread to help us identify production tracks used by TWC (i.e. VideoHelper).

Anyone know what these two are?
https://youtu.be/OzAm_M9zS1w (far beginning of clip)
https://youtu.be/SmoQ9_XgE34

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OCMs / Chris McGinnis

« on: June 04, 2015, 08:17:13 PM »

Came across this promo from 1999 and mentions a travel expert named Chris McGinnis. Anyone familiar with him? Neither site mentions him so thought I'd bring this up. A quick search reveals he had been at TWC for two years. I'm presuming in the 1998-2000 timeframe before Dennis Smith became the travel expert when Your Weather Today launched? 

Surprised this name doesn't even ring a bell to me as this was during the era I started following TWC...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRo_u_V7B2I

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Programming and Graphics / 05-08 Openers Request

« on: May 13, 2015, 04:59:08 PM »

Does anyone have any high quality segment openers (preferably without any voiceover) from the 2005-08 era? Any would be great, but I'm especially looking for all of PME's and Afternoon Outlook's segment/regional openers (WP/Travel/Lifestyles/Storm Watch), Day Planner storm watch, and any FO openers. If you do please let me know here or via PM or email. I had many of these but lost them in a failed hard drive. Thanks!

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OCMs & Personalities / Ray Stagich and Mark Thibodeau

« on: July 27, 2014, 06:51:26 PM »

Are these people still at TWC? According to Wikipedia (not sure if its true) these two no longer host weekend mornings from 4-7a ET as Keith Carson hosts those hours now. I noticed on Ray's FB page his profile picture was removed, and he hasn't utilized his page much since April.

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / IS2 not cueing all day

« on: July 24, 2014, 05:27:24 PM »

My Intellistar 2 in Audubon, NJ /Comcast has not been cueing anything all day long today (Local on the 8s, LDL, etc). Thanks for looking into this.

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General Discussion / AccuWeather Channel

« on: July 01, 2014, 12:55:10 AM »

Does anyone know if the AccuWeather channel is still set to launch this fall? I haven't seen a single news story about it since January during the TWC/DirecTV dispute. There's nothing on their website about it yet, either.