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General Discussion / Okay, I'm at college now...

« on: August 20, 2008, 12:07:11 AM »

Today was move-in day at Illinois Wesleyan here, so I'm pretty much settled into my dorm now.
I remember someone here saying how now I may be finally able to experience an Intellistar, but alas, that's not the case; they have Dish Network here.

I did, however, get to experience the Bloomington-Normal Intellistar at at the hotel I stayed at last night. There's no Traffic on it, and according to the station ID, TWC there is provided on channel 2 (through Comcast). Has anyone ever heard of this before?

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Programming and Graphics / New pictures of the HD studio building posted on weather.com

« on: August 09, 2008, 05:27:00 AM »

http://www.weather.com/tv/studio/slideshow.html?from=studio

Look towards the end of the photo set; they've even got pictures of the hallways looking into the main control room and into a "tech center".

BTW, Kyle, what exactly happens in this "tech center"?

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General Discussion / So, I watched Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay tonight...

« on: August 06, 2008, 04:27:22 AM »

Anyone want to guess what the final two lines of the movie are? (unless of course you know them already)

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OCMs & Personalities / Bill Keneely deployed to cover Edouard

« on: August 05, 2008, 07:18:37 AM »

In a surprise move, TWC has deployed Bill Keneely as a field OCM to cover the landfall; he just joined them on the phone as he's en route to where they expect to be the exact landfall point.

I know Bill reported on a Nor'easter up in his neck of the woods recently, but I never expected to see him out in a tropical system again.

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Programming and Graphics / Day Planner HD launch coming up...

« on: August 03, 2008, 11:47:07 PM »

Well, there's no keeping vigil for me tonight; I have no choice but to get up earlier than usual and watch the Day Planner HD launch. I have to wonder if they'll use the desk turned toward the projector wall like they did on Dolly landfall day or if they'll use the little desk like they do on Weekend Now. I guess we'll all see tomorrow.

Day Planner may also wind up covering the Edouard landfall if it winds up happening the way it's projected to, so that'll be interesting. I may have to work, though, but I'll certainly try to record the landfall.

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Programming and Graphics / Evening Edition After Dark

« on: August 03, 2008, 06:09:32 AM »

I tell ya, this show just keeps getting funnier and funnier with Adam and Kristin at the helm. Tonight they even scheduled a "screw-off time" into the program where Kristin gave Adam a quiz about Florida, and hilarity ensued.

http://c.imagehost.org/download/0904/FloridaQuiz.avi

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OCMs & Personalities / Kristin Dodd

« on: August 02, 2008, 10:35:11 PM »

Ok, now here's a Kristin Dodd topic.

Tonight, just like on night last month, Kristin did PME wearing a bright pink jacket and white pants but completely changed outfits for EE. Does the pink outfit not work well with HD or something?

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General Discussion / It's 4 AM

« on: July 19, 2008, 05:02:07 AM »

You know what that means...

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Programming and Graphics / Late night HD launch, part tres

« on: July 12, 2008, 03:41:11 AM »

Ugh, I'm still dead tired after staying up for all of Leo Laporte's "24 Hours of iPhone" Thursday and Friday, I'm still going to try to pull this off and report on the WV HD launch. I'm actually getting bored waiting.

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Contributions / Videos I promised...

« on: July 10, 2008, 05:07:11 AM »

Ridiculously long YWT opener featuring the whole opening theme:

http://c.imagehost.org/download/0524/YWT_20080709_LongOpen_hour2.avi

First ever A&B teaser on PME in HD. I love the three-person shot from that angle.

http://c.imagehost.org/download/0121/PME_20080709_1stABteaser.avi

I still owe you guys the FO opening sequence in HD (they actually used a teaser this morning)

Anything else I promised you guys? Sorry if I forgot.

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OCMs & Personalities / Nick Walker and Kristina Abernathy on Weather Center today

« on: July 09, 2008, 03:57:32 PM »

It's an original Evening Edition anchor pairing reunion!

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Programming and Graphics / Late night HD launch, part Deux.

« on: July 06, 2008, 09:54:41 PM »

At least this won't be nearly as bad as the YWT launch. I still don't know how late I'm going to go tonight, but I'm going to try to at least see through the second hour of the show...

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Everything Else TWC / Okay, while I prepare the 2001 clips, here's a little quiz...

« on: June 18, 2008, 02:35:25 AM »

Who knows what was the last time that the EE recorded teaser used the exact same opener as the EE opener just being played by itself? (same exact music, same exact graphics/scenes, etc.)

If you get it right, you win nothing, but hey, you'll still be right.

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OCMs & Personalities / Welcome to HD, William Jefferson Keneely!

« on: June 13, 2008, 07:02:45 AM »

Ok, I made up the Jefferson part, but yeah, Bill's filling in for Marshall today; apparently the last full-time 1982er is ready for HD!

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Local Forecast / Dave Koz on WGN Morning News tomorrow

« on: June 13, 2008, 12:15:52 AM »

Hey guys, I just saw an ad saying that Dave Koz is going to appear on Chicago's WGN Morning News tomorrow. For those of you not in Chicago, they will probably post a video up on their site or on YouTube, and I could also record it for you guys.