I think TWC is about done. Where I live they keep posting the local forecast for a small town 50 north of Cincinnati and I live east of Cinci 20 miles. I contacted TWC, the local cable company and no one wanted to fix it. Too many other sources for forecasts, plus, they just keep broadcasting show after show. When they do, you never get any weather for an other country, and most cases they only seem to think the country stops at Chicago. Shame, they used to be very good at what they did.
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Weather Channel: Less Weather
- Thread starter Joseph_Gallant
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Firstly, I agree with FRR, all the time that I tune to TWC (when they are not in long-form programming that is!), "Wow, look at this picture from New York"; "It's beautiful in Philadelphia today" etc. Pfft, give me a break. New York is not just the only city in the United States - they miss Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, heck Denver!
Second, I do watch the weather forecasts on TV quite a bit - but I use komonews.com as well for my weather forecast, mainly early in the morning. But still, I wish TWC would go back to their OLD ways...rehire the old OCMs like Dave Schwartz, remove long-form programming except for a few weather specials and very occasional Storm Stories filler, and go back to a WeatherStar 4000 (think of 1993 local forecasts!)
-crainbebo
Second, I do watch the weather forecasts on TV quite a bit - but I use komonews.com as well for my weather forecast, mainly early in the morning. But still, I wish TWC would go back to their OLD ways...rehire the old OCMs like Dave Schwartz, remove long-form programming except for a few weather specials and very occasional Storm Stories filler, and go back to a WeatherStar 4000 (think of 1993 local forecasts!)
-crainbebo
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FredLeonard
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On both cable and FIOS in this area, Weather Channel HD does not have local weather info, readings and maps during the local breaks. Regular Weather Channel still does but not HD.
TWC is just one more channel that has sold out. Headline News doesn't do headline news. AMC doesn't do movie classics. A&E and Bravo just do crap. But we still have to pay for them.
TWC is just one more channel that has sold out. Headline News doesn't do headline news. AMC doesn't do movie classics. A&E and Bravo just do crap. But we still have to pay for them.
With the changes, the Weather Channel has retained their 5-8 P.M. "Weather Center Live" block on weekdays.
However, on Thanksgiving (November 28th), according to listings on Zap 2 It.com, it will be pre-empted (barring a severe weather outbreak) to allow a marathon of "Prospectors" (although their live morning weather block is listed to air as scheduled).
This will likely allow a lot of people to have the day off (again, barring a severe weather outbreak), which is what I think is the real reason it's being done.
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if on Christmas Day, all of their live weather programming gets pre-empted (again, barring a severe weather outbreak or massive Winter storm) for one or more marathons of their long-form shows. It would allow nearly all their staff to get the day off.
However, on Thanksgiving (November 28th), according to listings on Zap 2 It.com, it will be pre-empted (barring a severe weather outbreak) to allow a marathon of "Prospectors" (although their live morning weather block is listed to air as scheduled).
This will likely allow a lot of people to have the day off (again, barring a severe weather outbreak), which is what I think is the real reason it's being done.
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if on Christmas Day, all of their live weather programming gets pre-empted (again, barring a severe weather outbreak or massive Winter storm) for one or more marathons of their long-form shows. It would allow nearly all their staff to get the day off.
Christmas Day is usually a "day off" for all news and weather people. Some local big 3 affiliates don't even have 11 (or 10PM) news on Christmas day. Some do 15 minutes, but the people that stay to do the news on Christmas probably get a big chunk of extra pay. I know with my local Seattle channels, that KING 5's noon people take the day off as does some of the morning folks.
-crainbebo
-crainbebo
At least for now we don't have the terrible tie-in branding before the Local on the 8's. What I really hate though is that they have the lifeless and blank Bing maps to display radar; it just doesn't show up or contrast well in SD at all (still stuck with SD-only for the Weather Channel where I am), and who enjoys a weather map without relief features? This isn't 1975 anymore with a magnet board.
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Weather Channel still SEEMS to do well with breaking weather events, like the storms that we had yesterday. And it seems like Mike Seidel has been right out there in the middle of all those storms, almost as much as Jim Cantore has been! Seidel was in Covington, KY, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati yesterday afternoon.
It's just that with more mundane weather, TWC itself is more mundane.
But I still miss all the cute meteorologists that they used to have working for them!
It's just that with more mundane weather, TWC itself is more mundane.
But I still miss all the cute meteorologists that they used to have working for them!
They still do OK with national big weather events like tornados and hurricanes, but I still watch and listen to local area stations because in my opinion, they provide better coverage and better outlooks for the smaller towns in the viewing area...KOCO is like that, when Moore hit, I watched KOCO all evening via their live stream. Also, when Hurricane Sandy hit I was glued to the webstream of WCBS-2 as the storm surge hit the Battery Tunnel.
-crainbebo
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JohnsonBrewer
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Fill the Void
Looks like the Weather Channel has sold its soul to the ( NBC ) devil. Just like Mtv years earlier, it has departed from its original mission -- Showing live nationwide weather. All those pre-canned pseudo-reality shows are moronic and a complete waste of time. Show us the weather, be it sunny, rainy, windy, stormy, calm. Doesn't have to be an all-hell-breakin'-loose weather day to be interesting or informative.
The last straw was the new format change this month when you can't even get live weather past 7 PM central until you Wake Up With Al db Roker. Maybe someone out there ( Looking at you Fox ) will decide to put a real weather channel back on the air. Used to be my go-to channel for having on around the house but not anymore. Maybe the Honey Boo Boo fans will tune in but not me, lucky if I can catch a good 15 minutes in the mornings AFTER Al has signed off.
Hopefully some other network will fill the void left by the Weather Channel ---- RIP November 2013
Looks like the Weather Channel has sold its soul to the ( NBC ) devil. Just like Mtv years earlier, it has departed from its original mission -- Showing live nationwide weather. All those pre-canned pseudo-reality shows are moronic and a complete waste of time. Show us the weather, be it sunny, rainy, windy, stormy, calm. Doesn't have to be an all-hell-breakin'-loose weather day to be interesting or informative.
The last straw was the new format change this month when you can't even get live weather past 7 PM central until you Wake Up With Al db Roker. Maybe someone out there ( Looking at you Fox ) will decide to put a real weather channel back on the air. Used to be my go-to channel for having on around the house but not anymore. Maybe the Honey Boo Boo fans will tune in but not me, lucky if I can catch a good 15 minutes in the mornings AFTER Al has signed off.
Hopefully some other network will fill the void left by the Weather Channel ---- RIP November 2013
Theirs Accuweather and Weathnation. Metro Weather is good. Nick Walker and V. Brown only 3 days know. Chris Warren only one hour but last night intill 11pm because of the Winter Storm.
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And another thing...
And another thing, the new graphics are so-so. They could improve the radar imo. Since we are bombarded with current / future conditions non-stop now at the bottom and sides of the screen, they should display the radar longer -- maybe an additional 7 to 10 seconds so it doesn't just zip by. Also, the look of the radar map is definitely a step backwards. Shouldn't it look better than a standard "browser" map or something that is pulled from a car's glove box?? And make the radar full screen!!!!!
Stepping down from the soapbox....
And another thing, the new graphics are so-so. They could improve the radar imo. Since we are bombarded with current / future conditions non-stop now at the bottom and sides of the screen, they should display the radar longer -- maybe an additional 7 to 10 seconds so it doesn't just zip by. Also, the look of the radar map is definitely a step backwards. Shouldn't it look better than a standard "browser" map or something that is pulled from a car's glove box?? And make the radar full screen!!!!!
Stepping down from the soapbox....
I actually enjoyed watching The Weather Channel most when Coleman owned it, when it first appeared in the 1980s. It seemed much looser. The on air talent seemed to be less formal and more personable, typically letting the viewer in on how the personalities reacted among each other, not that they haven't done that all along, but there seemed to be a bit more play in the formality of the presentation. Then again, they were just starting out and did local weather every 5 minutes, I suppose due to the lighter commercial load.
I think NBC didn't understand how such a format works on TV. Time spent viewing is lower and commercial packages require lots of frequency to hit most viewers. The time spent viewing means you can get away with a heavy commercial load. Branding is a good sales tactic for such a format. Now, however, The Weather Channel is an offbeat reality TV channel, no longer the place to go for weather unless it is extreme. Now heading out on vacation means going to other sources to try to find out how the weather will be the next few days. The accuracy of most of the other options is pretty poor.
I think NBC didn't understand how such a format works on TV. Time spent viewing is lower and commercial packages require lots of frequency to hit most viewers. The time spent viewing means you can get away with a heavy commercial load. Branding is a good sales tactic for such a format. Now, however, The Weather Channel is an offbeat reality TV channel, no longer the place to go for weather unless it is extreme. Now heading out on vacation means going to other sources to try to find out how the weather will be the next few days. The accuracy of most of the other options is pretty poor.
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