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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: DirecTV/DISH Question

« on: May 02, 2009, 09:49:15 PM »

You need an over the air tuner for 11.2 on Dish, I believe.

The only digital channels Dish will carry are subchannels of stations that were tied to station carriage - and those have network affiliations, e.g. CW and Fox.

107

Local Forecast / Re: Network Music

« on: May 02, 2009, 04:00:29 PM »

NM has also been used on The Weather Network and local news promos. Some TV stations use NM cuts for their news opens!

108

General Discussion / Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion

« on: April 26, 2009, 03:29:35 PM »

Ours switched to Local AccuWeather. There are now TWO Local AccuWeathers in this market, though 12 has the more traditional format.

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General Discussion / Re: What the font?

« on: April 26, 2009, 03:28:24 PM »

Yup.

Historically...
late '80s - some Gill Sans
'91-'96 - Caxton
'96-'98 - Gill Sans
'98-'03, XL - Akzidenz-Grotesk
'03-'08, IS - Interstate
'08+, IS LDL - Helvetica Neue
'08+ (L3) - Akzidenz-Grotesk

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Another Green is Universal Week next week

« on: April 21, 2009, 07:14:56 PM »

KP: Bought last year or 07.

Andy: Green matters here was spotted on MSNBC...maybe each has a variant?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: April 21, 2009, 06:02:21 PM »

When data expires....hyphens are in the forecast, with a dash of dashes expected the week prior.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: April 21, 2009, 04:59:31 PM »

More botched data, this time from TWC through the XL+ stream...

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General Discussion / Re: What the font?

« on: April 15, 2009, 10:52:23 PM »

The WC L3rds and the IS LDL are Helvetica Neue.
The other L3rds and the XL are Akzidenz-Grotesk, and the XL specifically mainly uses the Extended variants. (Look at the R to compare.)
The IS uses Interstate for local forecasts and as its display typeface.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 13, 2009, 11:12:30 PM »

Which TWC producer forgot caps lock was on?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Another Green is Universal Week next week

« on: April 13, 2009, 11:11:47 PM »

I think so.

From now on, all these are with the other NBC networks, and MSNBC, CNBC, NBC, Telemundo, etc. are to follow suit.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Something I found on YouTube...

« on: April 13, 2009, 11:10:31 PM »

Yeep! That's a...WEATHER STAR XL V2!?

And yet the cable provider has an IS. (There's an IS at the end, and KP's STAR ID begins with a 2, i.e. IntelliStar.)

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: April 13, 2009, 09:48:12 AM »

Overnight: PME graphics and EE lower thirds during Weather Center!?

I now hear that it indeed became PME. But if it's PME, use the PME lower thirds!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: April 11, 2009, 11:52:27 AM »

Wrong show?

They also had "roofs ripped off of roofs" on a graphic during WV this morning.

119

TWC Fan Art / Re: Michael's TWC Fan Art Portfolio

« on: April 09, 2009, 07:14:58 PM »

Icon #7 is not NBCU's...a guy named Wojciech Grzanka owns it.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 08, 2009, 11:55:22 PM »

Should I create a new Wikipedia article on the old Weather Center, and rename the current WC article to "Weather Center (2009)"? I'm working on spliting that article into two pages and I'd like your input before I submit the changes. I really think we should have two separate articles on this; the old WC is nothing like the current WC at all, the only similarity is the name. Also, information about Overnight Outlook is included in both the Evening Edition and Weather Center articles. IMO, it would be cleaner if we had a separate article on OO. The article on the old WC would also include information about WC AM and WC PM.

Yes, I think you should make a new article for the old Weather Center and rename the current WC article, and edit it. 

I agree. But if you do so, make sure you update links in other articles that currently go to the page.

I don't agree. I poured my time into overhauling Weather Center, and I will not let it change.

[The name thing is a joke with Vic, by the way.]