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Programming and Graphics / Re: Sweeping Changes Coming: Champion Cancelled, Less Reality Shows

« on: September 14, 2015, 11:15:47 PM »

Dave Clark will be talking about the coming changes with the Weatherbrains podcast tonight at 9:30 eastern, if anyone's interested.

Video keeps stalling so I hope someone else had better luck!

Dave said tonight TWC wants to go back to a 24/7 live Channel!  Of course the video stopped right after he said that. When the video came back, He said they would be rolling that out in the next few months. We’ll see if that’s true or it’ll take a year.  Flick and a Forecast was one of their biggest mistakes Dave also said. Weather Geeks is staying Dave thinks it shiuld be an hour. Al’s E-mail spat was not the reason WUWA got canceled. 

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Sweeping Changes Coming: Champion Cancelled, Less Reality Shows

« on: September 10, 2015, 10:12:25 AM »

As much as I want to be positive about this news...I am not getting too excited yet.  All we know is that they plan to reintroduce more live weather coverage over the next year.  If TWC just adds 2 hours of weekday coverage and three hours of weekend coverage...does it all really matter?  Part of this thinking does have me going back to Vivian.  These announced plans by TWC must have been floating around for at least the past month, yet they still choose to let Vivian Brown go?  Lets just say I am cautiously optimistic...but yes, I think this is the best news to hear in quite a while.

If yesterday's plans got approved before Vivian left. I'm hoping it's just because of low pay, not just because TWC wanted to look good in the press release and not follow through.  Why would you let someone go if you're making more live time? Doesn't make sense to me. 

IMO, Sam is not TWC's biggest problem right now. He's fine to me on AMHQ. He rocked his first gig with Maria on a Storm Alert WCL the winter he started. Putting Sam in primetime is not "putting him somewhere" considering TWC hasn't used a Studio in Primetime in how long??????????????

IMO,TWC should first work on their Severe in Primetime image or the their Weekend Schedule image.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Sweeping Changes Coming: Champion Cancelled, Less Reality Shows

« on: September 09, 2015, 11:14:42 PM »

All of this sounds encouraging, but talk is cheap. Let's see if TWC can put their money where their mouth is. I know I'm being the Debbie Downer, but I'm not all that convinced to be honest. I feel like we've seen this song and dance before...(*cough* *cough* DirecTV)

Also I think it's pretty obvious to say once Sam Champion's contract is up, he's gone too. This risky venture TWC took on Champion because of his popularity/weather fame on Good Morning America clearly backfired badly and it seems like they're trying to save face by sticking him "somewhere" on the schedule until they run the clock out because they don't want to admit AMHQ was a failure. (at least compared to WUWA) Anybody find it odd that they're booting Champion from AMHQ, but they're keeping the name? Eventhough Champion's name is not anchored to it in the same way WUWA was for Al Roker, it seems weird to me to keep the name when the show essentially revolved around Champion. I guess it's weird only for the simple fact of him still being there in some capacity afterwards.

How do you explain AMHQ Weekend then?  WCL was dropped for AMHQ Weekend months ago.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Sweeping Changes Coming: Champion Cancelled, Less Reality Shows

« on: September 09, 2015, 09:24:33 PM »

http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/09/09/weather-channels-sam-champion-moving-to-primetime-stephanie-abrams-joining-amhq/

According to this article, AMHQ will remain but without Sam and will be extended to 5AM ET with Stephanie as one of the hosts. The article also says that TWC invested a lot of money producing reality shows which may explain why they are losing money.

WOW!!!!  YES!!!!!!!!

So, Why couldn't TWC hold on to Vivian Brown???Looks they'll have airtime for her now. Makes me wonder if Vivian's leaving was the tipping point somehow? She left the same day WUWA was cancelled and now this. Maybe someone got fed up(Cantore?) OR TWC"s social media got flooded the day she left? Wonder if TWC will get some people back now?

I wonder how long AMHQ will stay. If TWC just wants to do weather IDK if AMHQ is a good name. Even Moring Rush IDK about. It would have to be YWT or older names like Weather Center AM or Weatherscope This Morning.

Wonder if TWC will go back several shows? I liked it when TWC had Day Planner, Afternoon Outlook, EE etc.

2016's Severe Season should be very interesting!(Winter Season even??)  Wonder if Longfrom will be cut down early if the US Gets a landfall Trop. Storm by Nov 30th?

Anyone think the WATT LDL pic in the Gen. TWC Discussion is related to this?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 08, 2015, 06:51:43 AM »

I  don't see anything different yet on the SD feed. What about the HD feed? I'm not home to check.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 05, 2015, 02:29:58 PM »

I was snooping around Twitter earlier, and I came across this photo from everyone's favorite TV executive, Dave Clark. It appears radar is on its way to the sidebar this month. I think we should be watching out this Tuesday; it would make sense to roll out the updates after the holiday weekend.


https://twitter.com/daveclark/status/635132309591580672

This makes me wonder about the future of the LOT8's. They've already cut it back to 2 per hour during WUTV, and I would not be at all surprised to see them do that all day. Stay tuned...

That is interesting! It looks like TWC is learning from WN. Wonder if WN'S ways have gotten popular? You think we'll see this during longform ????? Rolls eyes.   
As for LO8, it shouldn't affect it. WN has radar and an alert bar and they still do LWN/LO5.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Cancelled: Wake Up With Al

« on: September 02, 2015, 08:10:01 PM »

Never liked the show, so I'm glad to see it gone though I'm not sure that's a fair comparison because I am never up early enough to catch WUWA on TWC nowadays. They will probably just add more longform to fill in the time.

I'm sorry but, if TWC does that They lost it! There has to be a limit on longform!

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Cancelled: Wake Up With Al

« on: September 01, 2015, 10:31:39 PM »

Would TWC do better/have less longform at another network...like ABC?  It's very rare now NOT to see weather on World News. I wonder who started that? Charile, Diane, David?
ABC only has 2 OCM, 1 in Dec when Ginger has her baby. Sam or whatever TWC OCM could go on World News with Ginger and Rob doing field reports. and Ginger and Rob could stay at GMA.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Cancelled: Wake Up With Al

« on: September 01, 2015, 08:33:35 PM »

What the hell is going on at TWC today? Vivian Brown out, now WUWA. I'm very surprised about this cancellation. I really hope they're planning a big shakeup in the AM schedule, because IMO "Weather channel mornings," especially AMHQ, is unwatchable.

AMHQ is very watchable compared to WUWA.

As for WUWA, OMG! I'm Shocked! I NEVER thought this would happen until Roker retired. Unless there's a bigger announcement coming?(Roker leaving TODAY???) I wonder if this means Roker is done with TWC???

This might be a BIG step in the right direction for TWC! Putting Steph on WU would be another Awesome move! Didn't Sarah on WU used to be A & B's producer for a few shows?

Making WU go past 8 would be another step in the right direction! And PLEASE TWC!!!! Don't put Longform in WUWA's Timeslot!!!!!!!

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Live Show hosted by Mike Bettes

« on: August 24, 2015, 06:50:26 PM »

Who's watching WU? I like the show but it's in longform form. All of WATT is there but only 1 LO8 at 5:18, not even a LO8 at the end of WCL.  I think WU would be better at 8 Est.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 21, 2015, 07:09:32 AM »

Yeah, Bettes and Carfagno are coming on at 4. But, really? They're going off air for three hours when there's active tornado warnings and watches? Unbelievable.

I'm so ready for WN on DISH!  Hopefully the rumors are true and it comes tomorrow! Will TWC stay? Who knows?

yes, turns out the "WeatherNation launching on April 20th on Dish" rumor was just that.

so now most likely, it will most likely launch sometime between this coming Wednesday the earliest to the week of the impending contract expiration of current Dish/TWC deal.

and TWC has been dropping the ball alot lately on bad weather coverage during the night hours and weekend due to NBC Universal basically cutting the budget and saving money by airing the reality shows instead of live weather all the time.

NBC Universal ruined The Weather Channel.

Kind of. For some reason, DISH waited until after midnight this morning to turn it on. TWC and their App is still there. DISH can be done making changes IMO.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 19, 2015, 03:40:44 PM »

Yeah, Bettes and Carfagno are coming on at 4. But, really? They're going off air for three hours when there's active tornado warnings and watches? Unbelievable.

I'm so ready for WN on DISH!  Hopefully the rumors are true and it comes tomorrow! Will TWC stay? Who knows?

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: VZ FiOS dropped TWC

« on: April 13, 2015, 07:17:37 PM »

Verizon FiOS and The Weather Channel have officially ended their negotiations. TWC is now urging people to change  TV providers, according to keeptheweatherchannel.com:

Our efforts to reach a resolution with Verizon FiOS have ended.
Along with you, we hoped that FiOS would reverse their decision to drop The Weather Channel. Unfortunately, even a lower price and customer outrage did not move them.

Charging you a premium price and then offering you an inferior weather resource is a disservice to you.

Find your new provider today!

I don't know who's right here, if Accuweather's still not live or not live very often, esp. during severe weather, then why wouldn't FIOS listen to the Customer outrage?

But if Accu is now growing there's should be some love for it.  Wonder what TWC will do next week if/when DISH drops them???(I'm still hoping DISH just adds WN)

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 10, 2015, 08:09:07 PM »

Nice Job TWC!! I was worried earlier today when I saw TWC was on a regular schedule. TWC is still live as of 7:08PM CDT. Anyone know how long tonight?

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: VZ FiOS dropped TWC

« on: April 08, 2015, 10:08:30 PM »

For anyone that FIOS, Any update on Accuweather. Are they doing better now? Are they live in the evenings?  There's been no buzz lately on if TWC will come back to FIOS