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TWC and your Cable Company / Knology?

« on: October 27, 2012, 05:41:47 PM »

I wanted to ask about Knology. How big a cable company are they?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel's parent company to be renamed...

« on: October 22, 2012, 07:13:20 PM »

So they're dumping non-weather programs? Wow! That would be pretty much every show would have to go!

That would be great! 

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday, Martin!

« on: October 22, 2012, 06:14:43 PM »

Happy Birthday, Martin! I hope it's great!

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Everything Else TWC / The Weather Channel's parent company to be renamed...

« on: October 21, 2012, 10:48:36 PM »

I just found this link on twitter, which was retweeted by severe studios. Look at this article: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/business/media/weather-channels-parent-company-is-renamed.xml

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Local Forecast / Re: 20th Anniversary of playlist

« on: October 19, 2012, 03:34:26 PM »

Here is a video from one of those local forecasts from that time, which features one of my favorites from that playlist.

TWC Local Forecast - December 30, 1992

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Local Forecast / Re: 20th Anniversary of playlist

« on: October 18, 2012, 06:44:00 PM »

From the BTF playlist (which I've never been able to fully complete):
Indian Summer by The Rippingtons
The Face On Cydonia by Fowler & Branca
10 West by Brian Bromberg (I still remember the time I accidentally found/identified this)
Just The Way I Feel by George Howard

Southwest Passage by Dave Grusin was also on that BTF playlist.

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Local Forecast / 20th Anniversary of playlist

« on: October 15, 2012, 06:31:55 PM »

I know that 2 months ago in August is technically the 20-year anniversary of this local forecast music playlist, but this playlist time period was well underway at this time 20 years ago and would continue through the end of March 1993.

I had some favorites that were on that 8/92-3/93 playlist:

Weekend In Monaco - The Rippingtons

Jenny C - Peter Buffett

Indian Summer - The Rippingtons

Lovin You (More) - After Five Jazz

If you are old enough to remember, share some of your favorites from that particular playlist.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: So Long Adam Berg

« on: October 15, 2012, 01:56:41 PM »

There goes another one. That's ashamed.    

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jeff Morrow leaves TWC

« on: October 05, 2012, 07:00:10 PM »

Well, for one, we don't know the entire story, so until we do, it isn't very smart to be pointing fingers right now.

In other words, we shouldn't be jumping to conclusions?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jeff Morrow leaves TWC

« on: October 05, 2012, 02:05:03 PM »

From reading that, it sounds like he is leaving on his own, rather than being let go by NBC.

I wouldn't read it that way. It's simply a "nice" and "professional" way of saying goodbye. Usually if a person leaves by choice, they state it explicitly. The way he phrased his statement is just a nice, neutral way of saying that he was let go.

Well, like I said in my post above, NBC is destroying The Weather Channel. 

I don't think we should be blaming NBC so much for this.

Why not?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jeff Morrow leaves TWC

« on: October 04, 2012, 09:33:00 PM »

From reading that, it sounds like he is leaving on his own, rather than being let go by NBC.

I wouldn't read it that way. It's simply a "nice" and "professional" way of saying goodbye. Usually if a person leaves by choice, they state it explicitly. The way he phrased his statement is just a nice, neutral way of saying that he was let go.

Well, like I said in my post above, NBC is destroying The Weather Channel. 

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jeff Morrow leaves TWC

« on: October 04, 2012, 07:20:45 PM »

From reading that, it sounds like he is leaving on his own, rather than being let go by NBC. I certainly hope that is the case. Regardless, I am getting sick of these legendary OCMs not being on TWC anymore!  NBC is destroying The Weather Channel! 

Do you realize that these older OCMs were going to leave eventually either by retiring or by being forced to leave?  They can't stay there forever.  Yes, it's sad to hear these legends go, but what if they actually find really good OCMs to replace them?  Replacement has to occur if you want to keep an organization around for a long time.  I realize the downhill nature of TWC lately, but it was going to happen at some point.  TWC is a private-sector company, and this kind of turnover happens everyday in the business world.

Even if they found good OCMs to replace them, it's still not the same. I guess it's sorta like when great players on your favorite college football team leave to go to the NFL, you have to be recruiting other great players to keep the program going.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jeff Morrow leaves TWC

« on: October 04, 2012, 06:18:05 PM »

It appears Jeff is leaving TWC.
His facebook post "All good things must come to an end and so it is for my time at The Weather Channel. After 27 years of reporting the nation's weather, both in the studio and in the field, I'm moving on. It has truley been a privelage to bring potentially live saving information to viewers, particularly during severe weather situations. I thank you for watching all those years. Maybe you'll see me somewhere down the road!"

From reading that, it sounds like he is leaving on his own, rather than being let go by NBC. I certainly hope that is the case. Regardless, I am getting sick of these legendary OCMs not being on TWC anymore!  NBC is destroying The Weather Channel! 

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday, Matt (twcclassics)!

« on: October 03, 2012, 09:50:08 PM »

Happy Birthday, Matt! I appreciate all u do to keep the twcclassics site up and running. I hope you've had a great day!

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: September 29, 2012, 02:18:11 PM »

The National Weather Service does not issue warnings when dangerous weather conditions are present.