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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 22, 2012, 03:04:54 PM »

TWC is live all day today.
7am-11am Maria LaRosa and Todd Santos
11am-3pm Danielle Banks and Jeff Morrow
3pm-7pm Crystal Egger and Warren Madden
7pm-11pm Kim Cunningham and Jim Cantore

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Tom Niziol Joins TWC

« on: January 20, 2012, 07:03:44 PM »

Tom starts tonight on Weather Center Live.
Here is the press release,
http://press.weather.com/press_detail.asp?id=374

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 20, 2012, 06:40:29 PM »

TWC will be live all day covering the mid west soon to be north east snow storm.

The schedule says live to 2am ET.

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Local Forecast / Re: January/February 2012 Playlist

« on: January 15, 2012, 01:53:05 PM »

Why is music from the "Tron" soundtrack back in the playlist?

"End of the line" played at 1:48pm ET.

I just feel that techno sound does not fit the local forecasts and is very distracting.

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Local Forecast / Re: January/February 2012 Playlist

« on: January 14, 2012, 11:32:19 PM »

A song with vocals "Come Into My World " by Ryan Farish played at 10:58pm ET.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 12, 2012, 06:31:30 PM »

TWC was live 5pm-7pm Wednesday and today are live to 2am with storm coverage.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: December 22, 2011, 03:33:19 PM »

It appears Day Planner has been extended to 7pm due to severe weather.
Carl and Todd were on 11am-3pm and Nick and Danielle should be on 3pm-7pm.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Studio Upgrade/Revamp

« on: December 21, 2011, 07:19:47 PM »

Changes have been made to the walls at the expert desk.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: December 19, 2011, 12:42:48 AM »

Earlier on Sunday evening Kim was doing the Weather Now segment but was never standing at the maps.
At 12:10am Adam was just standing at the map and never did the update.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Studio Upgrade/Revamp

« on: December 18, 2011, 09:22:08 PM »

I don't think they are using two green screens for Weather Center Live because it would take to much time to walk from the HD studio to the other green screen by the Digital Media Center.

I just think the settings to key in the maps somehow changes and is not correct.
Not only is the key not full with white colors gray but the dark colors on the OCM's have a bit of a higher contrast on them.

The same thing happened last night. The maps were fine for 7pm but then at 8:10pm when the weather updates started the map keying on the green screen was not 100% in it stayed that way on the 10pm and 1am WCL.

HD Studio Green Screen with correct map keying in.

Green Screen with map key not 100%

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Studio Upgrade/Revamp

« on: December 18, 2011, 02:17:06 AM »

I don't know if it has anything to do with work they might be doing to the HD studio but,
I'm noticing tonight and at times this week for some shows the graphics on the green screen are not fully keyed in.

In this still from the 10pm hour, which I believe is the green screen in the HD studio,
you can see the map is not keyed in 100% and darker since you can see through it.
Notice the seam where the floor and wall meet going through the bottom of the screen and the scuff marks on the floor.
There is also a soft edge around the OCMs.


Not sure if this is the other green screen by the DMC but Earlier in the 7pm show the map is keyed in 100% and you can't see the floor or wall.



Here is a side by side of the bad key and the good key. Are they using two different green screens areas?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: December 16, 2011, 03:16:45 AM »

There was no 7 Day Forecast on NBC at 2:50am ET.
Instead they ran a log promo for Coast Guard Alaska and a short promo for Wake Up With Al.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: December 14, 2011, 02:56:36 AM »

On NBC during the replay of the 10am hour of the Today Show they air the 7 Day Forecast done by one of the Weather Center Live OCMs at 2:50am ET.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Samantha Mohr

« on: December 13, 2011, 07:32:41 PM »

It appears Samantha is now gone from TWC as she is freelancing in the Atlanta area.
Before leaving she had been reduced to only doing the weather.com forecasts.

From her FB page,
Samantha Mohr
Brrrr...Feels like 20s across parts of the ATL this morning! Layer on the fleece and grab your scarf and enjoy the cool crisp Sunday! Changes are coming too I will have more on possible ZR in North Ga for Monday on 11 Alive at 9:48AM...See you then!
Like · · Share · Sunday at 9:38am

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: November 29, 2011, 02:17:36 AM »

2am ET is a rebroadcast of 1am ET.
Will 3am be live with First Outlook starting early or will the 1am hour be aired again at 3am?