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Local Forecast / Re: 20th Anniversary of playlist

« on: October 16, 2012, 01:41:46 AM »

This is the first playlist where I remember most of the songs. Which makes sense, since this was also the time I started watching regularly. I was in the 7th grade and tuned in when a winter storm was or might be in the area. These are the most memorable for me.

Ballet by David Arkenstone
More Than Words by Tom Barabas
Love Struck, Broad Street by George Howard
Jenny C by Peter Buffett
Weekend In Monaco, Indian Summer, Vienna by The Rippingtons
Struttin' by Bobby Lyle

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

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: So Long Adam Berg

« on: October 11, 2012, 09:06:31 PM »

Wow. Another one bites the dust.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: October 10, 2012, 03:17:30 PM »

I was listening to my new age station on Pandora this morning, and it was playing a song by Yanni. While listening to the song, I couldn't help but notice how much it sounded like another new age song I knew. It took a few minutes, but it finally hit me. It sounds a lot like Ryan Farish's "Sunshine In The Rain." Listen to clips of the two songs below and tell me I'm not crazy.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BVY5NE/ref=dm_dp_trk1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007HV93OY/ref=dm_dp_trk1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349888150&sr=301-2

Judging from the release dates, I'd say Yanni owes Ryan some dough!

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

« on: October 03, 2012, 10:11:57 PM »

Thanks guys!

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jeff Morrow leaves TWC

« on: October 03, 2012, 03:23:49 PM »

I guess he refused to get plastic surgery. Too bad, I've always liked him. He's one of the few true professionals left there.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: The Weather Channel finds a gem with "Prospectors"

« on: September 25, 2012, 03:15:48 PM »

Seems like they're pretty desperate for viewers. They're willing to try any show that will get people to watch!

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General Discussion / Favorite weather fan websites

« on: September 24, 2012, 12:15:31 AM »

Do any of you regularly visit a weather fan site? If yes, which one(s)? The only ones I know of are Hardcore Weather and Eastern U.S. Weather, but both of those are message boards.

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Local Forecast / Re: August 2012 Playlist

« on: September 17, 2012, 10:16:39 AM »

What's the name of this song?

"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police

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TWC Classics News / Re: Timeline idea

« on: September 16, 2012, 09:54:14 PM »

I posted this idea on three different sites. My Facebook page, the WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator forum, and (obviously) here. So far only one response. Anyway, I made a post about it on my blog.

http://www.twcclassics.com/blog/news/2012-09-16

I decided to make the addition even less drastic, by taking the existing timeline pages and adding dates and times (when possible), and ordering them that way.

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Phishing warnings

« on: September 16, 2012, 02:03:34 PM »

(And "ads" was just a knee-jerk response...  99% of the time, that's what it is.)

Where do you see ads on this site?

I think he was speaking in general. Most of the times when you see false phishing warnings or similar alerts on a site, it's usually caused by a rogue ad of some sort.

Oh, okay. Yes, that's definitely true. I've gotten viruses from doing image searches on Google.

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Phishing warnings

« on: September 15, 2012, 11:16:18 PM »

(And "ads" was just a knee-jerk response...  99% of the time, that's what it is.)

Where do you see ads on this site?

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Programming / Re: Local Radars circa 1989

« on: September 15, 2012, 11:14:21 PM »

Back in the day I had so many of the three letter codes memorized. 

Me too. Another thing I like about those old radars...you can read them.

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Phishing warnings

« on: September 15, 2012, 06:14:42 PM »

I haven't seen a single ad here in years.

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TWC Classics News / Timeline idea

« on: September 14, 2012, 03:57:22 PM »

When I changed to the current design and site structure, one of the sections I created was "timeline." The idea was to allow fans to get a look at TWC at any point in time (that I had footage from). Right now it's just a bunch of video clips and screenshots, organized by year. I would really like to break it down even further to specific dates and times (if they can be identified). I figure the easiest way for me to do that is by grouping everything by DVD. You can see what I mean with this simple example I threw together:

http://www.twcclassics.com/temp/

With the timeline idea, I think it makes sense to include everything. Not just the promos, station ids, and bumpers that are currently there. Obviously doing this would be a big undertaking on my part. So before I potentially waste weeks of work, I wanted to see if there was any interest in this. Would you like to see everything in one spot, or do you like how everything is scattered in various sections now? Originally, I thought about redoing the structure (which is reflected in the pages at the above link), adding categories and tags to each image and video, so you could see all the WeatherSTAR 4000 videos or all the promos, if you wanted. But I figured restructuring would irritate returning visitors. So now I'm thinking of just re-doing or adding to the existing timeline section. Your thoughts?

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Contributions / Re: My contributions

« on: September 07, 2012, 03:25:56 PM »

Are you asking me a question or just looking for sympathy from others here?

I am asking you a question.  I am not looking for sympathy from others here. 

Then why not ask me in a PM or FB message, instead of posting an "I worked so hard and Matt has done nothing about it" plea in a public forum?

To answer your question...I have a backlog of files. Once I get them all posted, I will work on your DVDs.