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General Discussion / Re: This forum seems to be very quiet anymore.

« on: May 13, 2017, 05:35:36 PM »

We also gotta factor in social media usage. I know I'm guilty of it too, although sometimes it feels good to disconnect while on the go.

Indeed. As a long-time webmaster, I have a love/hate relationship with social media, YouTube, and Wordpress. As a user, these things are great. As a webmaster, they've taken a good chunk of my audience, and I hate that!

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Local Forecast / Re: Smooth Jazz Return!

« on: May 13, 2017, 05:32:34 PM »

No one said or implied that younger members wouldn't understand what being an adult was like. "Max" just said that since many of us are adults now, we don't have as much time to comment as we used to.

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Local Forecast / Re: Smooth Jazz Return!

« on: May 12, 2017, 11:07:24 AM »

I presume until then you will inspire those of us that have not grown up to adulthood yet but rather gave into fandom of this forum...

Get a grip. He was referring to how when you become an adult, you generally have a lot less free time. You know, college, a full time job, marriage, kids?

As someone who has been covering TWC in some form for nearly 20 years, there is indeed an ebb and flow to it in terms of interest. TWCC has gone through several periods of disinterest. I remember trying a message board in 2003 and having it fall flat. I tried a second one in a few years later and it exploded. A few years after that, crickets. So we merged with this board. And that was pretty good for about a year, then crickets again. New topics can restart interest, but not always. Awhile back I was making regular updates to TWCC, and made a few posts here about them. Not one reply. And only a handful on Facebook. It sucks, but what can you do?

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: I'm finally posting my old TWC footage (mostly early 90's)

« on: April 05, 2017, 03:33:11 PM »

If you peruse the playlists on your site (the PDF zip files from BMI or The Weather Channel), you will notice that the songs listed as LL flavors were the songs used only during Tri-State Weather.

Wow. I thought those were only used during "Headlines."

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: How to get anything higher than "Newbie"

« on: April 03, 2017, 10:23:54 AM »

You become a Jr. member when you hit 50 posts.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Cannot Access Links

« on: March 21, 2017, 10:27:39 AM »

Assuming that you're referring to weather.com, the forecast pages work for me. They just take a few seconds to load.

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: Found some footage from July 1989

« on: March 20, 2017, 03:26:10 PM »

Any particular reason for wanting the shorter ones? I've personally always been a little OCD at having long uninterrupted footage.

Yes. The longer the clip, the harder it is to scan to the part(s) that you're interested in.

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: I'm finally posting my old TWC footage (mostly early 90's)

« on: March 19, 2017, 11:17:16 PM »

IIRC, at least for the first week or two, Kenny G's "End of the Night" would play for the first few seconds, and then "Windows" would kick in.

Yes indeed.  "End of the night" would abruptly change over to "Windows" at about 17 seconds into the LF.  This occurred on the "Tri-State Weather" Local Forecasts

At just those times? Weird.

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: Found some footage from July 1989

« on: March 18, 2017, 11:09:40 PM »

I'm also attempting the impossible: and might be able to upload my full 6-hour tapes.

If you do, please break them up into several shorter clips.

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: Found some footage from July 1989

« on: March 14, 2017, 10:24:53 AM »

https://twctodayforums.com/forums/everything-else-classic-twc/i'm-finally-posting-my-twc-footage/

I wish he'd post more!

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: I'm finally posting my old TWC footage (mostly early 90's)

« on: February 28, 2017, 10:37:34 AM »

These are awesome! Thanks for sharing!

I watched the one from July 1993. It's weird that your local forecast with "Windows" playing has the full song. IIRC, at least for the first week or two, Kenny G's "End of the Night" would play for the first few seconds, and then "Windows" would kick in.

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TWC Classics News / Re: New content

« on: February 09, 2017, 11:51:40 AM »

I just added several video clips from 1989. You can find them here:

http://twcclassics.com/video/promos-1989.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/segments-1989.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/station-ids-1989.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/local-forecasts-1989.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/ocms.html
http://twcclassics.com/articles/prime-time-tonight.html

Or you can watch them here:

Article video
Prime Time Tonight

Promos video
1990 Weather Guide Calendars
Skier's Forecast
Weather Channel Digital Thermometer
Weather Channel Rain Gauge

Segments video
Mac The Mechanic: Replace Your Shocks
Vacationer's Atlas: Panama City Beach
Weather and Your House: Caulking
Winter Safe Driving Tip

Station IDs video
Downtown street on a snowy day

Local Forecasts 3000 video
"Language Of The Heart" by Ernie Watts Quartet
"Mice Mobsters" by Kevin Eubanks
"Sunset Over Broadway" by Roy Buchanan

OCMs video
Dan Pope (November 27th)
Dan Pope (his last segment)
Dan Pope (November 26th)

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TWC Classics News / Re: New content

« on: February 02, 2017, 09:24:16 AM »

I just added several video clips from 1993, 1994, and 1996. You can find them here:

http://twcclassics.com/video/business-travel-forecasts-1993.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/intros-1993.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/intros-1994.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/local-forecasts/weatherstar-4000-1993.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/promos-1993.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/promos-1994.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/promos-1996.html

Or you can watch them here:

Business Travel Forecasts
"Dark Passage" by Clifford Marshall Van Buren
"Quadra's Domain" by Tom Scott

Promos
Know Weather No Limits
Skier's Forecast
Winter Weather Update

Intros
Skier's Forecast: East
The Year The Sky Fell

Local Forecasts - WeatherSTAR 4000
"Broad Street" by George Howard
"If You Only Knew" by Rush Hour
"Indian Summer" by The Rippingtons
"Jenny C" by Peter Buffett
"Love Struck" by George Howard
"Lovin' You (More)" by After Five Jazz
"Magellan" by Richard Burmer
"Struttin'" by Bobby Lyle

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TWC Classics News / Re: New content

« on: January 27, 2017, 09:57:18 AM »

This week's content comes from 1992. You can find it on the following pages:

http://twcclassics.com/video/business-travel-forecasts-1992.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/intros-1992.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/local-forecasts/weatherstar-3000-1992.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/local-forecasts/weatherstar-4000-1992.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/ocms.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/promos-1992.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/segments-1992.html

Or you can watch the individual clips here:

Business Travel Forecasts
"Carol Of The Bells" by Michael Jones
"Indian Summer" by The Rippingtons
"Miles Away" by The Rippingtons
"Tropical Breeze" by David Benoit

Promos
Tropical Update

Segments
Seasonal Solutions: Ceiling fan
Seasonal Solutions: Water proofing

Intros
Ski Utah
Skier's Forecast

WeatherSTAR 3000 local Forecasts
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Kurt Bestor
"I Saw Three Ships" by David Arkenstone
"Little Drummer Boy" by David Benoit
"We Three Kings" by David Arkenstone

Local Forecasts 4000 video
"Broad Street" by George Howard
"Indian Summer" by The Rippingtons
"Jenny C" by Peter Buffett
"Struttin'" by Bobby Lyle

OCMs video
Terri Smith

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TWC Classics News / Re: New content

« on: January 19, 2017, 02:48:54 PM »

I just added several video clips from 1990. You can find them here:

http://twcclassics.com/video/local-forecasts-1990.html
http://twcclassics.com/video/segments-1990.html

Or you can watch them here:

Segments
Weather and Your House: Mildew
Weather and Your House: Termites

Local Forecasts 3000
"Earthbound" by The Rippingtons
"Let's Stay Together" by The Rippingtons
"Miranova" by David Lanz & Paul Speer
"Moracco" by The Rippingtons
"Samplin'" by The Crusaders
"Welcome To The Road" by Dave Grusin