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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Dave Schwartz Returns
« on: March 14, 2014, 11:03:14 AM »
Welcome back Dave! Goodbye "network weather channel"
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OMG, What will Nancy Grace do now?
TWC just ran a super lame promo mocking the DTV don't switch to cable TV ads.
In the midst of their Storm coverage it's not appropriate and childish.
http://bcove.me/j5zg8cqj
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/31/sam-champion-announces-new-amhq-morning-show-for-the-weather-channel/233543/
This will be launching in mid-March, running from 7-10 AM ET.
Apparently this stands for "America's Morning Headquarters".
Network Weather Channel posted this on Facebook: " *** URGENT MESSAGE FROM NETWORK WEATHER CHANNEL ***
There have been rumors running around that our company should buy The Weather Channel. Yes, we are heavily considering that option and a press release will be put out to the press explaining this situation. More in the coming days. STAY TUNED"
I just don't get TWC's rules for when they stay live and when they go to tape.
Last night they ended storm coverage at 8pm though my cable guide said they were going to be on till 11pm.
Tonight there are no active storms and TWC is staying live to 10pm.
you're forgetting the fearsome WINTER STORM KRONOS...
Yeah, winter weather in south Texas and Louisiana would (well, should) warrant extra coverage. I guess TWC realizes that there's another part of the country other than the Northeast?
I just don't get TWC's rules for when they stay live and when they go to tape.
Last night they ended storm coverage at 8pm though my cable guide said they were going to be on till 11pm.
Tonight there are no active storms and TWC is staying live to 10pm.
As a member of the launch team of The Weather Channel from 1982 – 1985, I am happy to see a new network that is dedicated to the same constant 24/7 weather coverage that once made TWC a solid source for national and local weather. So many of the original (and now former) meteorologists on staff at TWC with whom I am still in touch to this day, share the same heartache when we see the path on which TWC traveled in the last decade. WNTV has a golden opportunity to recapture the wonder of meteorology that was abandoned by the agenda-driven programming that drove viewers away in disgust. Like many of the thoughtful responses above, I echo the cheer and encouragement to stay the course: weather, pure and simple, leaving sensationalism, cheap stunts (naming winter storms), and agenda-driven content out of the mix.
May God grant you all great blessing and increase in 2014.
Blessings,
André Bernier