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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 18, 2013, 07:44:22 PM »

The "Hello" screen has to go.  It's a nice idea, but unless they update them regularly, they'll get old very quickly. They also stick out during severe weather coverage like yesterday, or if the message goes against the current conditions/forecast.

Also - and this is purely a pet peeve - addressing a city like it's a person drives me up a wall.

While I was under a tornado watch yesterday mine just said, "Frankfort, this is your weather."

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 17, 2013, 08:25:46 PM »

Has anybody had the cities in the bottom bar change?  We have locations on our bar that aren't even within my cable company's territory.  Just wondering if this is more of a "regional cities" thing or if they mistakenly added these cities.

Sounds like a mistaken addition. Mine are still Frankfort, Shelbyville and Versailles.

EDIT: I caught a glimpse of my now restored IS2, and in addition to the three aforementioned cities, it seems Lexington, Lawrenceburg, Georgetown and Nicholasville were also added.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 05:18:26 PM »

The new graphics look fantastic in HD, however I've mostly been watching in SD to see the changes to the IS. I would do the same for the IS2, but I haven't seen it in about a month and a half.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: November 10, 2013, 10:54:46 AM »

Snooping around on SiliconDust and found what appears to be a Weatherscan unit in Flint, MI.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 09, 2013, 08:36:49 PM »

Here's a response from Kim on FB about her new schedule, "I will still be seen during the week 7-8pm during the week and part of the local severe weather team on weekends and after 8pm."

I'm guessing "the local severe weather team on weekends and after 8pm" means that if there is a severe storm in a regional area after 8pm weekdays or 2pm weekends that TWC goes live to those areas on a alternate feed while everyone else stays on long form.
I hope this alternate feed does not require the IS2 to switch it on because my cable system does not have the IS2.

Sounds like the return of dual feed. We know the IS has dual feed, the IS2 probably does too, though I'm not sure if it has ever been used.

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / More Problems with IS2 #31471?

« on: November 06, 2013, 08:45:10 PM »

For three or four weeks now, it seems that Frankfort's Intellistar 2 has been just about completely inoperable. I'm not sure if it just needs a reboot, or if it's some sort of technical/equipment issue or if the cable company has somehow/for some reason removed the STAR (if that's possible). I know there's probably a lot going on with the new format/graphics rolling out and everything, but if you guys could check if it's not too big an inconvenience, that would be great! Thanks.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 03, 2013, 01:25:41 AM »

Here's my guess:

Weather All The Time appears to mean the LDL will be up during programming, including commercials.  During studio-based programming, the L-Bar will be used - at least on HD, though it's possible that TWC will do like other channels and start letterboxing the HD feed on the SD channel.

Problem with that is that a lot of IS2s (like mine, which has either been out for three and a half weeks or FPB had it uninstalled to save money) seem to go out frequently and for long periods of time. Certainly not the reliability of the IS or even XLs or 4000s.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: November 03, 2013, 01:10:11 AM »

The annual time change "meltdown" occurred once again this year. No reboot, but this happened, total background failure. Video to come later.

EDIT: Included better screenshot than one taken with iPhone camera.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: July 17, 2013, 09:10:16 PM »

FPB is using WEATH and WEAHD. (They had actually used WEATHER for a long time on DTAs and on QAM.)

EDIT: Interestingly, FPB posted our new channel lineup (to take effect August 20, when TWC moves from 33 to 49) and had TWC labeled simply as "WEATHER".

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday Evan2015!

« on: July 30, 2012, 08:19:05 PM »

Thanks guys!

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: IS2 31471 Extended Outage

« on: June 10, 2012, 07:57:54 PM »

Sorry to bother you guys again, but I think it's out again. Could you guys check on it? Thanks.

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General Discussion / Re: Favorite News Graphics/Music

« on: June 08, 2012, 01:59:58 PM »

Ah. Raycom graphics. They look good. WAVE 3 uses them.
I like WKYT's graphics:

WKYT 27 NewsFirst at noon 6-7-2012 - Bonnie Senft and Heather Henry

My favorite national graphics package is probably MSNBC. They're simple, high-tech and sleek.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Nicole Mitchell sues The Weather Channel

« on: June 06, 2012, 10:54:59 AM »

TWC issues a statement:

The Weather Channel is committed to creating a work atmosphere free of discrimination and in compliance with The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 ("USERRA"), and its owners support that commitment. This is a commitment that we have always taken very seriously. We cannot comment on pending litigation, but as with many situations, there is more than one version of what occurred. We disagree with many of the assertions in the plaintiff's press statements and intend to vigorously defend the matter in the arbitration process.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: June 06, 2012, 10:51:19 AM »

Since E3 is this week are there any games anyone is looking forward to this holiday season?

I was thinking about Madden NFL 13, but if you have to use Microsoft/XBOX SmartGlass to play it, I'll stick with Madden 12 until they stop pushing roster updates to it.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 26, 2012, 10:57:28 PM »

Never have left the timezone.