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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 03, 2013, 10:56:08 PM »

Is the use of the "North East" Day Planner animation rare or the use of the animated intros in general?
They also used the South and West animated intro graphics going into those forecast segments.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 03, 2013, 10:39:17 PM »

The giant lower third promoting the #TorandoWeek has tag is gone.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 02, 2013, 01:08:39 AM »

#Social #media #sites #are #all #that #people #visit #now, #so #that's #why #they #do #that.

Seriously though, I do hate twitter hashtags in general, and especially when people use them outside of twitter...

I understand why they are doing it's just the way it's presented on screen is totally obnoxious.
There's no reason they need to have a giant animated lower third graphic on screen during forecast segments promoting a twitter hashtag.

The graphic is to tall and blocks the intensity chart on the bottom of maps.
Plus they already have the #tornadoweek hashtag in the box on the left side of the LDL.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 30, 2013, 07:04:33 PM »

Tom Niziol's last day covering winter storms was Friday and he left to go back home in NY.
He came back today to cover the next Winter Storm and is on the 6pm WCL.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 29, 2013, 07:16:47 PM »

Now they keep putting this larger then the lower thirds animated graphic at the bottom of the screen promoting a tornado week hashtag. It's very annoying.

TWC seems to be more concerned with their social media presence then weather.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 29, 2013, 04:08:14 PM »

They can't keep OCMs yet they have money for this?
Again why would you want to mock something as dangerous as tornadoes?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 29, 2013, 02:53:32 PM »

WTF is going on at TWC? Are they trying to mock tornadoes?

Tweet Powered Tornado

Maybe it's just me but I don't care for the Tornado Week promo where Maria is laughing as a tornado spins around in the studio either.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 28, 2013, 04:52:53 PM »

TWC really needs to stop keeping the lower third graphic on the screen during forecast segments.
For some OCMs it's just their name on screen for the entire forecast segment. No channel does that.
It's bad enough they won't use 16:9 maps as they format for 4:3. The additional clutter is not needed.

Somehow, I do not seem to have a problem with this.  I do not see the Lower Thirds taking up that much space, and I actually think a little "hint" to follow an OCM on Facebook or Twitter is actually a good thing, especially given the rise of social media in this day and age.

They need to at least make it uniform for all OCMs and make sure the info is correct.  For Kyla they don't put up the "Connect with" graphic and just keep her name on the screen when she does have a FB page and Twitter ID.
For Kim they still use a link for a FB page with her married last name that does not exist because her TWC FB link uses Perez.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 28, 2013, 04:27:50 PM »

TWC really needs to stop keeping the lower third graphic on the screen during forecast segments.
For some OCMs it's just their name on screen for the entire forecast segment. No channel does that.
It's bad enough they won't use 16:9 maps as they format for 4:3. The additional clutter is not needed.

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Local Forecast / Re: May 2013 Playlist

« on: April 27, 2013, 01:10:23 PM »

Songs added for the AM.

9:28am Zac Brown Band "Whatever It Is"
10:28am Danny Gokey "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me"
10:48am Collective Soul "Perfect Day"
11:08am Pat Benatar "We Belong"
11:18am Weezer "Island In The Sun"
11:48am Jars of Clay "Sunny Days"

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Local Forecast / Re: May 2013 Playlist

« on: April 27, 2013, 02:03:55 AM »

1:58am The Lumineers "Ho Hey"

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Local Forecast / May 2013 Playlist

« on: April 26, 2013, 06:29:46 PM »

Songs were added to the evening playlist.

5:28pm Howie Day "Be There"
5:48pm Timothy Drury "Night Drive" (Instrumental)
5:58pm David Holmes "Yen On a Carousel" (Instrumental)
6:10pm Ryan Farish "Come into My world"
6:18pm The Smiths "Oscillate Wildly" (Instrumental)

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jennifer Lopez returns to TWC

« on: April 20, 2013, 07:11:22 PM »

I can't remember any other OCM who left TWC and came back even as freelance.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 16, 2013, 05:13:25 PM »

They are doing it again today and in my opinion it's very annoying.
It's silly to have a lower third on screen for an entire forecast segment with the same information.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 15, 2013, 10:13:11 PM »

A new annoying thing that started today is they are keeping the "Connect With" OCM Facebook and Twitter lower third on screen during the entire forecast segment.
All it does is add more clutter to the screen and not need to be on more then a few seconds.