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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: June 01, 2013, 01:38:34 AM »

Congrats, Zach! College is a load of fun. 

College was a big waste of time and money for me. All I got out of it was a piece of paper that told my former employer that it was safe to hire me. About 95% of what I use every day at work I either learned on my own or on the job. My programming classes only taught the basics, which by then I already knew for the most part.

Honestly, if you're going to college, just started college, or are thinking about college...don't give into the nonsense that "everyone should go to college." It's not true. Sure, some professions require a degree, but many do not. And if you do decide to go, make sure that you can pay for it and that your chosen profession is in demand. Many graduates have been shocked to find out that you have to start paying your loan when you graduate, regardless of whether or you can find a job (filing bankruptcy won't help). Or that there aren't too many employers looking to hire someone with a degree in gender studies.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Mike Bettes in Tornado Accident

« on: June 01, 2013, 01:05:44 AM »

In my opinion, the best way to handle this would be for a moderator to simply say that this topic was being merged with one that already existed, and that's that.

Which is exactly what Patrick did. While I can understand his frustration, he totally overreacted.

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Local Forecast / Re: Have these songs played on the weather channel before?

« on: May 27, 2013, 11:50:51 PM »

Was You Gotta Be Real by 3rd Force ever used on TWC? The only songs I see from them used (from TWCC) are those from their debut album in 1994.

AFAIK, the debut album (or at least songs from the debut album) is the only one they've used.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: This is not your grandfather's weather channel

« on: May 24, 2013, 03:25:42 PM »

cnn should of took over TWC.

I doubt CNN would have done much better. They don't have much integrity these days.

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Local Forecast / Re: Have these songs played on the weather channel before?

« on: May 20, 2013, 09:19:22 PM »

Was Katherine by Jeff Lorber ever used?

Not to my knowledge.

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Late 80s station ID, unknown song

« on: May 11, 2013, 02:52:43 AM »

I found this while reviewing one of my station IDs DVDs last night. Can anyone identify the song? It sounds like Lanz and Speer, but I wasn't able to find it on any of their early albums.

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General Discussion / Re: Charitable Events

« on: May 10, 2013, 10:34:14 AM »

Sure. Not sure what your definition is of "major," but I've participated in numerous charity events over the years. Including Habitat For Humanity, Step Out (yearly event w/local churches), walks/races (I always walk ), and Camp Quality (local event for kids with cancer).

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OCMs / Re: Anyone seen Kim Cunningham's Facebook page?

« on: May 09, 2013, 07:56:01 PM »

Great pics! Too bad most are in black and white.

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Local Forecast / Re: 1988-90 music

« on: May 08, 2013, 08:41:31 PM »

The only artists I can think of given that description are Hiram Bullock and Roy Buchanan

http://www.twcclassics.com/search.php?terms=hiram&section=music
http://www.twcclassics.com/search.php?terms=sunset+over&section=music

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Local Forecast / Re: 1988-90 music

« on: May 08, 2013, 10:26:55 AM »

The name that tune and previous unknowns pages only contain songs I wasn't able to ID for awhile and have audio of. So I'm sure they're not "complete." The previous unknowns also only contains songs that have been identified within the last few years. So that's definitely incomplete. However, the playlist data is fairly complete. Unfortunately, I can't help you right now given the extremely vague information you provided.

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TWC Classics News / Re: TWC Classics relaunch

« on: May 07, 2013, 07:59:53 PM »

It would be very helpful to keep all the clips of songs for streaming even after they have been identified.

There will be. The Previous Unknowns page isn't going anywhere either.

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TWC Classics News / Re: TWC Classics relaunch

« on: May 06, 2013, 07:30:15 PM »

I can't find the "Name That Tune" page (I love the music on there). I also identified two of the unknown songs on your page months back, hope you got my message

Ooh! I need to add that page to "other pages." Thanks for the reminder. Yes, I got your message (and thought I replied). Thanks! The new information will be reflected on the "previous unknowns" page soon.

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TWC Classics News / Re: TWC Classics relaunch

« on: May 06, 2013, 03:27:52 PM »

After several months of planning and trying different things offline, I think I found a setup that works well. But before I spend several weeks completing the work, I want to make sure I'm on the right track. So I uploaded what I have so far and would like to get your thoughts. The main thing I'm concerned about is the navigation and people being able to find what they're looking for. So don't worry about broken links or missing content at this point. Thanks!

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Local Forecast / Re: Weather Star III/3000

« on: April 29, 2013, 11:05:16 PM »

I have no idea. I've often wondered the same thing, though. Same with the cities on the travel cities and business travel forecasts.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 29, 2013, 03:18:44 PM »

Wow, that's really stupid.