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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Mike Bettes to chase tornadoes once again

« on: April 25, 2014, 03:58:15 PM »

Yeah, I expected it. There's really no reason not to do it again, he's well aware of the risk. They picked a good week for storm chasing though. Next week looks really nasty and may be a prolonged multi-day event.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Morning Show: "AMHQ with Sam Champion"

« on: April 24, 2014, 11:30:30 PM »

Looks like the show is continuing to get poor ratings. From Newsblues:

On Friday, Sammy Champion's "AMHQ" on The Weather Channel pulled a 39K in the demo, the show's lowest in its five-week existence.

Al Roker's "Wake Up With Al," at 5:30 a.m., had 70K in the demo...nearly TWICE Champion's audience.

Or, to put it another way, nearly half of Roker's demo audience leaves when Sammy shows up.

Ouch.

Maybe I have a false impression (or too high of an expectation) of ratings for cable morning shows, but it seems  like the ratings for both shows suck. I feel bad for Sam, I don't want him to crash and burn this soon so fast. He desperately needs a pick-me-up ASAP.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 23, 2014, 05:32:25 PM »

Ok, this is probably an odd question to ask here, but does anyone here buy clothes from American Eagle and have one of those AERewards cards? If so, can you explain to me how exactly this works? I understand the whole points thing, it's the discounts that's confusing me. I recently got some clothes from there during this current rewards period which ends this Monday (March 31st) and I have 364 points. That would be 30% off the next time I purchase something. What I'm trying to figure out is can I use this now before March 31st or is this the reward I would receive in the mail the following month after this rewards earning period ends?

The aerewards or ae websites don't really explain how the discounts work. I wouldn't want that 30% off to go to waste....

I've never used those reward cards, but did you find out what had to be done before that March 31 deadline, Tavores?

Well yes and no. I'm not worrying about it anymore. I'm just gonna assume the 30% IS the reward coming for me in the mail this month.

I finally got my answer, they did send the 30% off ae rewards code in the mail this morning. Case closed. 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 22, 2014, 09:28:37 PM »

I didn't see anything wrong with the Earth Day BG/layout. It's nice to see they have themed layouts for special occasions and holidays like this.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Dave Schwartz Returns

« on: April 21, 2014, 09:10:05 AM »

Any ideas on who he's going to be working with during that 2-5pm WCL show?

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: April 18, 2014, 05:35:10 PM »

After working on putting together all the pieces to make this happen in After Effects off and on for 9 months now, I'm finally finished.

All weather data is accurate as of Friday, April 18, 2014

Song: "Urban Wanderer" by The Rippingtons
This song was featured on the April 2004 Playlist on TWC

IntelliSTAR v1 Emulation - 100% Completion!

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General Discussion / Re: Where in the world have you been?

« on: April 15, 2014, 05:22:23 PM »

Went to Southern AL this past weekend so I can add that state to my list...Only 44 more states to go!

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Local Forecast / Re: Create your own playlist

« on: April 15, 2014, 11:36:09 AM »

My Spring 2014 Playlist

Daytime
Jerry Horton Jr. - Know Him Better for Myself - Meditations
Norman Brown - Here to Stay - Just Between Us
Chris Camozzi - Hangin' Out - Suede
Ryan Farish - Play - Opus
Greg Adams - If I Ever Lose Faith in You - Cool to the Touch
Chris Botti - Through an Open Window - Night Sessions
Paul Taylor - Exotica - On the Horn
Trammell Starks - Track 26 - Music for Local Forecast (Disk 2)
Pieces of a Dream - House Arrest - Pillow Talk
Frank Josephs (CC Gilmore) - Groove for Al - Only the Truth

Primetime
Daze - Restless - N/A
Ryan Farish - Look to You (Dance Trance Mix) - Opus
Gooding - A Loss for Words - N/A
Daze - The One - N/A
Emiel van Egdom - Searchin' or Runnin'? - This is for You
Randle Chrowning - Take Off - N/A
Fred Gross - Step by Step - N/A
Daze - Do It Fine Part II - N/A
The Rippingtons - Kenya - Welcome to the St. James Club
Tribe of Noise - The Island - N/A

Overnight
Tribe of Noise - Dive In(Instrumental) - N/A
Ryan Farish - Moment In Time -Opus
Frank Josephs (CC Gilmore) - Lazy Afternoon (a.k.a "The Passage") - N/A
David Arkenstone - The Ballet - Island
Mark Sloniker - Getting There Is the Fun - Perfectly Human
Glenn McNulty - Such a Simple Thing - Raw Silk
David Reinstein - Sunday Sail - Into the Mist
Daze - Childhood Dreams (Instrumental) - N/A
Incognito - More than Ever - Manhattan Nights
Tribe of Noise - Better (Instrumental) - N/A

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Local Forecast / An Alternate Version of "Rainy Day" by CC Gilmore?

« on: April 13, 2014, 04:13:34 PM »

I randomly ran across this, it sounds an awful lot like it...This version is called, "Fortune Teller" by Incognito I'm assuming the same Incognito that's had music featured on TWC before.
http://www.gettyimages.com/music/download-songs/564145

"Rainy Day" by CC Gilmore (June 2012 Overnight Song)

EDIT: LOL this is an alternate version, I found the version that played in June 2012 on the same page called, "Funk Rain" by Incognito.
http://www.gettyimages.com/music/download-songs/564220

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: DirecTV Dropping TWC

« on: April 09, 2014, 12:38:22 AM »

Saw this article on Yahoo! Sounds like TWC finally folded to DirecTV...

The Weather Channel Returns To DirecTV
https://tv.yahoo.com/news/weather-channel-returns-directv-184115273.html

Yep, DirecTV put a good hurtin' on their pockets, they had to concede.

Here's another arcticle that discusses that DirecTV agreed to a deal with TWC on one condition: slashing reality programming in half with live programming in it's place. Service will be restored to DTV customers today. WN will also remain on DTV.

Weather Channel cuts reality shows in DirecTV deal
https://tv.yahoo.com/news/weather-channel-cuts-reality-shows-directv-deal-190028001.html

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: April 06, 2014, 12:19:05 PM »

Testing out the radars...

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Local Forecast / Re: Station ID segment? Should it return?

« on: April 03, 2014, 07:26:08 PM »

I never quite understood why before the station ID was discontinued they never displayed the STAR ID on the LDL of legacy STARs during the Lot8s, but they did on the black/blue LDL for the IntelliSTAR.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 02, 2014, 10:58:00 PM »

Ok, this is probably an odd question to ask here, but does anyone here buy clothes from American Eagle and have one of those AERewards cards? If so, can you explain to me how exactly this works? I understand the whole points thing, it's the discounts that's confusing me. I recently got some clothes from there during this current rewards period which ends this Monday (March 31st) and I have 364 points. That would be 30% off the next time I purchase something. What I'm trying to figure out is can I use this now before March 31st or is this the reward I would receive in the mail the following month after this rewards earning period ends?

The aerewards or ae websites don't really explain how the discounts work. I wouldn't want that 30% off to go to waste....

I've never used those reward cards, but did you find out what had to be done before that March 31 deadline, Tavores?

Well yes and no. I'm not worrying about it anymore. I'm just gonna assume the 30% IS the reward coming for me in the mail this month.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: April 01, 2014, 01:43:16 PM »

I'm glad this is no April Fool's joke, were on track to see our first official 80 degree day of 2014 today. Now I can finally start wearing shorts outside again with my new pair of shades! 

Atlanta - 80°F, Sunny (obs from weather.com)
Hartsfield Int'l - 77°F Partly Cloudy (obs from weather.com)

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: March 30, 2014, 11:43:17 PM »

Tavores, I have to say that your vision of a WS4000 version of the current TWC look is really, really cool.

Thanks, I second that!

Below in attachments are my final revised versions of the 8 City Obs from the IntelliStar (2004-'05) I also made the warning bar from scratch.