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Programming and Graphics / Long-form programming outlook

« on: January 15, 2009, 10:57:45 PM »

Severe Program Alert! This was spotted on weatheraffiliate.com today, and it means more long-form programming.

This February experience a week-long event of natural wonder and undeniable drama featuring signature series from The Weather Channel. Drive sales with Tornado Week, from February 22- March 1, which includes Full Force Nature, When Weather Changed History and the return of Storm Stories. Plus, exclusive Tornado Week content in Your Weather Today, Abrams & Bettes and Evening Edition.

The winds won’t be the only extreme force you will experience. Tap into the power of Tornado Week and The Weather Channel! In the latest 2008 Beta Cable Subscriber Study, The Weather Channel remains among the Top Five Networks for most measures. Consumers rank The Weather Channel as¹:2nd in Importance for Enjoyment of Cable3rd in average perceived value among Total Cable Subscribers3rd in average satisfaction score among viewers TWC Consumer & Strategic Research 2008 Beta Subscriber Study – Evaluation of Basic Networks , reported in Oct. 08

The good news: Storm Stories is returning, apparently, but we also get more FFN and WWCH along with it. Oh well, maybe this will be an excuse for a Corner Forecast renovation.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Need now: AM/PM XL icons

« on: January 15, 2009, 06:24:37 PM »

I have everything except PM Storms...I'd just use the Scattered icons.

The included Partly Sunny is Michael/texasstooge's...it's totally his.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: The Weather Channel Reimagined

« on: January 14, 2009, 04:24:34 PM »

I took a TWN video and remade the extended forecast elements.

[Gee, you just want everything? Oh well.]

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TWC Fan Art / Re: My XL/PMX System

« on: January 13, 2009, 07:43:32 PM »

As was I....pretty computer-savvy. I even performed a major software upgrade, which my parents scolded me for.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Need now: AM/PM XL icons

« on: January 12, 2009, 07:06:18 PM »

Well...let me try my hand at fixing everything.

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Local Forecast / Re: No more local forecasts?

« on: January 11, 2009, 09:08:02 PM »

The day that the LF is discontinued is the day TWC goes off the air.

Amen.

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Local Forecast / A TWC Time Warp playlist

« on: January 10, 2009, 11:43:08 PM »

Here's my idea of a retro-modern playlist with a unique architecture:
Morning, 5am-noon (pre-1996)

• Where Are You Now
  
• Downhill Racer
  
• Midnight Picnic
  
• NM River's Bend
  
• Carmel
  
• NM Strawberries/Champagne
  
• Sailing Through the City
  
• Jenny C
  
• NM Almost Home
  
• Celestial Body
  

Noon-6pm (1996-2002)

• Cool Breeze
  
• Rose Hall
  
• Fair Weather [Starks]
  
• Jumpin' [Starks]
  
• How I Feel
  
• Pleasant Days
  
• My Dancing Heart
  
• Midnight Train to Moscow
  
• Morning Dance
  
• Southwest Passage
  
• The Mist [Starks]
  
• Beach Frolic [Starks]
  

6pm-Midnight (2003 on)Your suggestions welcome!
Midnight-5am (mixed up)

• Morning in Martinique
• Winddance
• Slightly Blued
• three Ryan Farish tracks
• Homeward Bound
• Last Train Home
• Steps

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 10, 2009, 11:28:19 PM »

Yeah...rain and sleet is one of the rarer (but still existing) conditions. It's in the XL icons and QuickCast.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Need now: AM/PM XL icons

« on: January 10, 2009, 11:21:43 PM »

The ones available aren't TWC correct, I know that much. I have them but keep them stored because the placement of the am and pm badges is off.

Try looking for Sh Ad Grotesk BlackExtended (a knockoff of the correct typeface for the am and pm icons) and put them in the top left or top right corner with drop shadowing using GIMP.

I can see why you want them, but they're the wrong type and I don't distribute incorrect icons if we know they're wrong. They're not mine, either.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 10, 2009, 09:44:08 AM »

So many people I know like Twilight...but I don't get the point.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 10, 2009, 09:07:26 AM »

Jeff Ranieri is still in New York, and he's commanding the pre-taped Business Traveler's Forecast/Weekend Weather segment from MSNBC studios. He's even calling himself an NBC meteorologist now.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Raymie's Icon-ery

« on: January 08, 2009, 11:15:09 PM »

Fiesta Sol for QuickCast.

-The first package is a download-it-yourself version with both the primary and Fiesta Sol packages.
-The second package contains only the Fiesta Sol package.

107 icons are in QuickCast Complete and 17 in Fiesta Sol only.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Raymie's Icon-ery

« on: January 08, 2009, 11:04:38 PM »

An XL icon I was waiting to make. AM Fog PM Clouds, in a variant with text (as on the LDL) and without (as seen on the XL).
Fiesta Sol is about done, and it will also have some new weather conditions like Tornadic Activity and Blowing Dust/Thunder.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: My XL/PMX System

« on: January 07, 2009, 10:32:29 PM »

Martin...I will say that he is a child, so some of it may not be true.

It's some sort of emulation, I believe.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Raymie's Icon-ery

« on: January 07, 2009, 06:25:11 PM »

Fiesta Sol is the first expansion to QuickCast.

What's new?

*AM and PM icon variants and PM Clouds, bringing it up to 101 icons
*A modified AM Clouds/PM Sun icon

Fiesta Sol will be available on its own for those with the latest version of QuickCast.