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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jennifer Lopez returns to TWC

« on: April 20, 2013, 07:08:48 PM »

This is enough to make me come back to make a post! I can't believe she came back. I wonder if she's living in the Atlanta area again or if she's just there to work every once in a while.

I see she's now sporting the "TWC approved" look instead of what she used to look like before she left TWC in 2008.

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OCMs / Re: Dave Schwartz' "Current Conditions"

« on: March 13, 2013, 06:45:31 PM »

Anistorm posted this in the Pot Belly Stove, but I figured I'd mention this here...

Dave has found a new job at an internet upstart weather network called Network Weather, LLC. It's a bit low-budget, but here's wishing them a lot of success in their growth.

https://www.facebook.com/networkweathercompany

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday Steve (SpringRubber)!

« on: December 29, 2012, 05:10:37 AM »

Hi there after the fact! Thanks a lot everybody!

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: 2012 Layoffs

« on: November 01, 2012, 12:13:44 AM »

There's no doubt about it. That's exactly what their policy is now.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: 2012 Layoffs

« on: October 31, 2012, 06:13:39 PM »

Wow. My mom was watching TWC this afternoon and texted me about some "dumb blond on TWC." Then said she announced she was leaving. I thought for sure she was talking about Stephanie. Never would have guessed it was Heather.

I wouldn't consider Heather a "dumb blond."

TWC sure seemed to make her look like one over the past few years. Pretty much every woman on air there now is expected to have the same "generic blond" look. I hate what TWC has done to the image of the female OCMs there over the past three years.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Should They Keep WUWAI Say NO!

« on: October 31, 2012, 06:10:01 PM »

People like to complain about the complainers, but let's face it, there's nothing else to talk about on this forum. Pretty much no one here is interested in what TWC has become, and as a result, these forums now go days without posts compared to, say, four years ago when there was a new post every 5-10 minutes. TWC was interesting back then. There's nothing interesting left on TWC now. We might as well voice our opinions rather than leave the forums dead for days and days.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: 2012 Layoffs

« on: October 29, 2012, 11:03:25 AM »

Heather has been kept around due to Sandy. I'm assuming they have her through October 31st due to her contract; it's just that barring the storm, she wasn't going to get any airtime Monday-Wednesday, but now because of Sandy, they're taking advantage of the remaining three days of her contract.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel Schedules Discussion Thread

« on: October 29, 2012, 02:06:11 AM »

Danielle left at 2 AM ET, and Kyla Grogan took her place.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Michael Lowry - Hurricane Specialist

« on: October 27, 2012, 08:53:13 PM »

Has anybody seen Lowry over the past 24 hours?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: October 26, 2012, 10:39:15 PM »

The Digital Media Center is now red for Sandy.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: October 26, 2012, 10:35:04 PM »

What's the pattern on which TWC logo is used on the satellite HD LF? (TWC HD vs. the TWC/weather.com/TWC Mobile logos) Is it random?

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Morning & Dayside revamp

« on: October 26, 2012, 10:18:46 PM »

The Tribune guide on Zap2It no longer shows the new morning lineup, but it still shows WCL running from 5-8 PM ET.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Michael Lowry - Hurricane Specialist

« on: October 26, 2012, 10:09:06 PM »

So is he replacing Kim Perez Cunningham in the rotation of Hurricane Specialists, or will Kim still have one of the shifts?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Kyla Grogan

« on: October 19, 2012, 01:43:36 PM »

I guess she was just freelancing over the summer, huh?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: 2012 Layoffs

« on: October 19, 2012, 01:36:39 PM »

I guess these layoffs come in stages, but did TWC get hit hard money-wise recently?  Because the fact that, all of a sudden, they are now not only getting rid of OCMs but also behind-the-scenes people is very suspicious.  I wouldn't think replacing behind-the-scenes workers would really affect their ratings, unless they thought some of their graphics were horrible or whatever, so it seems like TWC is trying to get rid of as many veteran workers as possible so they don't lose as much money.

They're not replacing anybody; they're eliminating positions. As more and more live programming disappears, there is less need to have as many staffers around. Compared to back in the day where they probably needed three different shifts of employees to work the 24-hour cycle, they probably only need two shifts now - morning and primetime.