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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: April 07, 2013, 02:02:28 PM »

Fall River, MA currently 51°F under Fair Skies with Windy Conditions

Wind South at 20mph with gusts reaching 30mph

Here is the Forecast for Tuesday for Select Cites around my area.

New Bedford, MA: 67°F Sunny
Fall River, MA: 70°F Sunny
Providence, RI: 71°F Sunny
Brockton, MA: 72°F Sunny
Attleboro, MA: 73°F Sunny
Waltham, MA: 74°F Sunny
Auburn, MA: 75°F Sunny
Taunton, MA: 76°F Sunny
Agawam, MA 77°F Sunny

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Local Forecast / Re: April 2013 Playlist

« on: April 07, 2013, 11:54:25 AM »

Here are some of the instrumentals

April 2013 Overnight Clip

Never Know - Charles Bunting

April 2013 Morning 2

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: April 06, 2013, 07:10:26 PM »

i hope I'm wrong but if Reel Rivals premieres May 7th wouldn't it seem logical for the new Graphics to start on Monday May 6th to kick off TWC new direction?

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 06, 2013, 10:05:20 AM »

I had a feeling this would happen eventually-- as of this morning all of the LFs during DP are now 60-seconds in length, joining WCL and all of the weekday morning shows 

I'm still grateful that Weekend View has K Flavors.

I now think there are no more K flavors. So now all LF's are 60 seconds, except for that one after Weather Classroom.

i posted in the graphics thread the k and l flavors on weather classroom have been replaced with the 60 second locals.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: April 06, 2013, 06:16:14 AM »

Looks like the phasing out has already started

The Weather Classroom K Flavor at 4:18am and L Flavor at 4:28am have been replaced with 1 min flavors.

Weather Classroom K and L/M Flavors eliminated

My opinion hasn't and won't change either way. I hate LDAs on any HD channel, it really takes away from the fact that you're looking at an HD channel when you have all that crap up there. Too much information is just as bad as too little information. An LDL will suffice just fine imo.

CNBC uses an LDA type for information and their screen is small.

but the average viewer doesn't care about a full screen HD channel, they want to be able to enjoy all the content a network has to offer.

in TWC's case the LDA is the best option (Large LDL during live programming and LDA during Long Form Programming).

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: April 05, 2013, 09:18:34 PM »

If TWC really wants to show more weather information why don't they bring the LDA back?

New HD LDL/Sidebar

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Local Forecast / Re: April 2013 Playlist

« on: April 05, 2013, 06:44:39 PM »

Is this going to be the regular format where they keep most songs from the previous months playlist and only add a few songs the next month?

I won't be surprised if this is the phasing out of the playlists in general.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: April 05, 2013, 06:19:25 PM »

I found the information on TWC's Press Page

Additionally, Clark announced a complete refresh of the network’s “Local on the 8s,” localized forecasts that appear every 10 minutes at :08, :18, :28, etc. The new “LOT8s” will feature on-camera meteorologists with more locally relevant forecasts.

RIP Localonthe8s 

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Local Forecast / April 2013 Playlist

« on: April 05, 2013, 10:03:55 AM »

Morning

7:08am ET - Tiptoe - Imagine Dragons
7:58am ET - Back to Me - 3 Doors Down
8:18am ET - Next Year - Two Door Cinema Club

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General Discussion / Re: Cable Providers Lists/Maps

« on: April 04, 2013, 03:40:59 PM »

Looks neat! Can you post a map for southwestern Washington state if it's possible?

As requested!

Look out for the Full Washington State cable list to be added in the future.

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General Discussion / Re: Cable Providers Lists/Maps

« on: April 04, 2013, 04:05:02 AM »

Not bad! Not bad! See if you can post a map of the North Texas region.

Here is one i made for Northeast Texas and the Panhandle

i should have a cable list for Texas completed sometime in the future.

i don't know if i could fit 4 images but here's the rest of the State

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: April 03, 2013, 08:17:57 PM »

Local weather and information will always be on-screen

Looks like TWC is going to become like ESPN and Comcast SportsNet but with the LDL on 24/7.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Recommended weather sites

« on: April 03, 2013, 07:11:23 PM »

Mike's Weather page and Race Day Forecast are the 2 weather sites i use for Nascar and Local updates for Providence and Boston.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: April 03, 2013, 06:21:55 PM »

Here's from the NYT

For instance, there will be a revamping of the forecasts known as “Local on the 8s,” Mr. Clark said, and a customization of coverage so that while viewers in markets affected by severe local weather are watching coverage of that news, viewers in other, unaffected markets will be able to continue watching regular programming.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: April 03, 2013, 04:28:57 PM »

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/weather-channel-planning-major-programming-technical-revamp-this-year_b173529

An interesting note from the TWC Upfront today,
"Aside from the programming, the biggest change viewers will see is the graphics packages, which are being redesigned to be consistent across all of the Weather Company platforms, including Weather.com and the Weather app. The new TV graphics bear a striking resemblance to the graphics found on the website and app. Local weather and information will always be on-screen, at least in the morning, when so many viewers tune in to the channel."

So basically TWC SD and HD is going to have an LDL upgrade?