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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 28, 2014, 10:26:46 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....

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

« on: March 24, 2014, 04:09:25 PM »

Given the fact that the show is not supposed to be like the other live weather shows, 4 is a solid number of hosts to have.

I'm sure to an extent Sam and the producers of the show wanted AMHQ to be similar to a GMA format.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: March 21, 2014, 09:32:43 PM »

I'm pretty sure I heard the original version yesterday.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: March 21, 2014, 09:24:19 PM »

WeatherSTAR4000 Design Concept Using TWC's New 2013 HD Graphics

WeatherSTAR4000 Design Concept Using TWC's New Graphics

NOTE: This is a rough draft, a final draft is coming soon.

What if it was possible for the oldest, longest running STAR weather computer system in existence today to be upgraded to look like the new HD graphics The Weather Channel rolled out in November 2013?

Probably something like this...

Song: "Jamaican Jam" by Trammell Starks
Background Image: Grand Canyon (courtesy of Google images)
Software Used to Make This: After Effects

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

« on: March 20, 2014, 06:56:21 PM »

What's WUWA's ratings like? I'm curious since it is AMHQ's lead in. If WUWA's numbers are weak too that can play a factor also. Regardless, those are very significant drop offs all across the board for that show.

Well I guess that leaves three options:
They can wait it out and hope things improve overtime (over the next few weeks/months)
They can start going back to the drawing board and retool the show.
They will pull a "Katie Couric" and kick Sam Champion to the curb as soon as his contract expires.

Given what Adrian said about the advertising on non-NBC channels they will probably wait it out awhile and hope things improve.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 20, 2014, 06:41:57 PM »

Welcome back to the Front Porch as spring is here!  I don't know if Mother Nature will cooperate right away, but warmer weather should arrive for everyone soon.  Let's see if we can reach the 15,000-post mark in this thread soon.

Pfft, says who? The calendar? This weekend is such a tease. If these global models keep trending in the direction they're going (especially the GFS) I'm gonna have to pull the leather coat and boots back out for snow and leave the shorts and sunglasses collecting dust in the closet and drawer. 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: March 19, 2014, 07:11:02 PM »

I have a feeling this Spring will be cool and wet for a lot of us. Just a feeling though, there's no scientific evidence to back this up.

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

« on: March 18, 2014, 10:59:53 AM »

Did anyone record todays show? I'm trying to see if someone can send me a copy or upload it somewhere. Thanks

The first 15 minutes from the 8am hour I watched live I was able to record. However it's a 1GB file so my only option is YT as far as sharing it. I'm uploading it tonight right now. I can post a link for it tomorrow morning.

Here's the video

AMHQ with Sam Champion 8am Hour March 17, 2014

EDIT: At 4:56, is that your your photo Martin? I didn't notice that until I watched the footage again.

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

« on: March 18, 2014, 12:33:34 AM »

Something I did notice that was different (but only from a quick 1 min glance) was that during the 9am hour, the crew was sitting at a round glass table in highchairs I think... The area they were located seemed like a place where they would conduct live interviews. The 8am hour I saw part of they were sitting at the main desk. I was asleep during the 7am hour so I don't know where they were mainly sitting then.

Also I think I remember Sam mentioning that every hour of the three hour show would be different from each other, I guess he meant the overall general format/content.

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

« on: March 17, 2014, 10:22:55 PM »

Did anyone record todays show? I'm trying to see if someone can send me a copy or upload it somewhere. Thanks

The first 15 minutes from the 8am hour I watched live I was able to record. However it's a 1GB file so my only option is YT as far as sharing it. I'm uploading it tonight right now. I can post a link for it tomorrow morning.

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

« on: March 17, 2014, 10:30:00 AM »

I saw the first 15 mins of the 8am hour and I thought it was ok. I have nothing negative or positive to really say. At least Sam's show is more watchable than WUWA. The only time WUWA is watchable for me is when Al is not there.

Regarding the graphics/show intro, I really do like them. I think it's the best one out of all the shows imo. Theme music is not too bad either.

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

« on: March 15, 2014, 08:22:35 PM »

Is Sam Champion trying to make his show like his version of GMA? I saw this on mediabistro under the On the Move section.

Anaridis Rodriguez joins The Weather Channel’s new morning show, “America’s Morning Headquarters,” as news anchor. Rodriguez comes from WWLP in Springfield, Mass.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/category/on-the-move

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: March 15, 2014, 05:26:48 PM »

Comcast's programming guide has WCL at 2-5pm weekdays, but it doesn't have it listed at 4 & 7 on weekends though.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: March 15, 2014, 12:25:28 PM »

If a station really wants to, they can get a hold of the O&O graphics if they aren't an O&O. CBS is not forcing it on all stations, CBS 46 just decided the graphics looked nice (I agree!). I can think of a few examples of this...one being WSMV-TV (NBC) in Nashville. They've used the NBC O&O graphics going on 5 years, but they are owned by Meredith as well.

If you didn't know already, there's another forum called TVNewsTalk pertaining to all things media related that quite a few people from this forum, including myself, are members of. Here's the thread pertaining to CBS 46's relaunch: http://forums.tvnewstalk.net/index.php?/topic/13586-cbs-atlanta-rebrands-as-cbs-46/

Ah, I see. I'm glad to see they went in that direction, I'm impressed! Also thanks for that link. I think I might join. If it wasn't for an article I read on mediabistro about this relaunch I would have never known. I don't watch that station because they were so terrible (on air talent mainly), but with the drastic changes they've been making maybe they will be worth a watch again. Maybe, just maybe for the first time ever they won't be dead last in the ratings. 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: March 15, 2014, 10:53:30 AM »

I just found out our CBS affiliate was re branded with these graphics. All I can say is I definitely approve of this change. First HD rebranding they've had in nearly 6 years!

They look like this

New CBS O&O Opens 2013 (HD)

I know some CBS O&O stations already had these graphics for about as long as 6 months now. Are they making all CBS stations around the country carry these graphics? I'm really shocked to see we have them here considering our CBS affiliate is a Meredith Corp owned station.

EDIT: Since this change, they dropped "Atlanta" and now just call it CBS46.