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2024 Solar Eclipse Coverage

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ohdxer

Depending on where you live, you may see either national or local coverage of the solar eclipse on Monday April 8, 2024.

The following networks are covering the solar eclipse.

ABC has Eclipse Across America airing 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern time.

CBS has Total Eclipse of the Heartland airing 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern time.

NBC has Total Eclipse 2024 airing 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern time.

The local affiliates in Columbus, Ohio are having their own solar eclipse coverage.

ABC affiliate WSYX 6 in Columbus will air local coverage for one hour at 2:30 PM for The Buckeye Eclipse, then rejoining ABC national coverage at 3:30 PM.

CBS affiliate WBNS 10 in Columbus will air local coverage for two hours at 2:00 PM for Great America Eclipse. It will not air the CBS national coverage of the solar eclipse.

NBC affiliate WCMH 4 in Columbus hasn't announced if it will interrupt the NBC national coverage to air local coverage of the eclipse.

And it doesn't look like FOX or PBS will have any coverage of the eclipse airing on their affiliates in Columbus.

What kind of coverage of the 2024 Solar Eclipse will your local tv stations be having in your area?
 
In New York and Philadelphia, the local coverage will be on each station's live streaming options via the web sites and apps. abc.com and Hulu Live will offer the national coverage and views from several cities. Pluto TV will have the NASA coverage and individual CBS News Channels coverage.
 
Here in Boston, the only local coverage I can see are from the two Hearst stations, both ABC affiliates WCVB and WMUR. Both of them I think are airing ABC's national coverage for the first hour, and then having local programming from 3:00 to 4:00 when totality is going to be. WCVB is calling it "NewsCenter 5: The Great Eclipse" and WMUR out of New Hampshire, which will be in totality, is calling it "Eclipse in the 603." I'm surprised WHDH isn't doing coverage. Maybe they are and they just haven't listed it on the guide. I'd be really surprised since it's happening during the time they normally air their cheesy syndicated shows. I think several cable networks are covering it too, like CNN and The Weather Channel. I think some others are airing the same coverage that ABC is airing (it has the same title).
 
Multiple Buffalo, Dallas, and Cleveland stations will have live coverage as totality goes through if not close to those cities. I also see live coverage on at least 1 station in Springfield MO (also totality region). And I think Univision might have coverage?
The problem will be the cloud cover and storm potential in OK/TX as the eclipse passes. I know many of these cities will be a zoo of people - probably hundreds of thousands alone in the Dallas area.
 
I swear, this eclipse has the best PR agent on the planet... this all is a bit much. I guess there are solar eclipse excursions and tours (many booked), etc...Wow!

Firstly, it doesn't seem that rare, given that we can all recall a certain former president staring directly into the sun for an eclipse in 2017.

I experienced the 2017 eclipse. It doesn't seem like it has been seven years. I truly enjoyed the experience. Going from daylight to total darkness and back to sunlight in just minutes was great to be part of. Now going from a state to another and camp overnight to experience the eclipse is a bit much.😂

Second, what are they going to use to visualize the experience on TV? An area going dark and then light; big whoop. I am old enough to recall the total eclipse in 1979. GMA went outside for one segment, showed it getting dark, and that was it. The planned multi-hour coverage doesn't seem warranted for the event. I think they have overestimated the appeal.

The eclipse on Monday won't hit me directly as the 2017 one but it will be interesting to see anyways.
 
I saw some reports on Youtube that some towns in Texas and Arkansas are planning for hundreds of thousands of people to come see it, since they're in the path of totality:
 
ohdxer said:
Depending on where you live, you may see either national or local coverage of the solar eclipse on Monday April 8, 2024.

The following networks are covering the solar eclipse.

ABC has Eclipse Across America airing 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern time.

CBS has Total Eclipse of the Heartland airing 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern time.

NBC has Total Eclipse 2024 airing 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern time.

The local affiliates in Columbus, Ohio are having their own solar eclipse coverage.

ABC affiliate WSYX 6 in Columbus will air local coverage for one hour at 2:30 PM for The Buckeye Eclipse, then rejoining ABC national coverage at 3:30 PM.

CBS affiliate WBNS 10 in Columbus will air local coverage for two hours at 2:00 PM for Great America Eclipse. It will not air the CBS national coverage of the solar eclipse.

NBC affiliate WCMH 4 in Columbus hasn't announced if it will interrupt the NBC national coverage to air local coverage of the eclipse.

And it doesn't look like FOX or PBS will have any coverage of the eclipse airing on their affiliates in Columbus.

What kind of coverage of the 2024 Solar Eclipse will your local tv stations be having in your area?
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In the Detroit area, the solar eclipse has impacted outside the area. WXYZ will carry the entire ABC coverage of Total Solar Eclipse, WDIV will carry the entire NBC coverage of Solar Eclipse 2024, and WWJ will carry the entire CBS News Special Report: Total Eclipse of the Heartland for 2 hours. I don't think it these 3 stations will do local live coverage of the solar eclipse because they have 99% of getting eclipse.
 
When I heard that NPR -- NPR!! -- was going to devote a few hours to the eclipse tomorrow, that's when it jumped the shark for me. It's an interesting natural phenomenon, but unless you're a scientist or a school kid seeing one for the first time, it's just that, a four minute long natural phenomenon.
 
Weiserguy said:
When I heard that NPR -- NPR!! -- was going to devote a few hours to the eclipse tomorrow, that's when it jumped the shark for me. It's an interesting natural phenomenon, but unless you're a scientist or a school kid seeing one for the first time, it's just that, a four minute long natural phenomenon.
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The fact is it is of far more interest than to just scientists or young kids. (And the trite “jump the shark” cliche doesn’t even apply.) Thousands of people are making plans to see it; it’s rare, it’s fascinating and many of us old, non-scientists are duly impressed by it.
 
Weiserguy said:
It's an interesting natural phenomenon, but unless you're a scientist or a school kid seeing one for the first time, it's just that, a four minute long natural phenomenon.
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A great many people will be seeing a total solar eclipse for the first time, not just school kids. This is the first total solar eclipse since 1918 visible from Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Indiana, Ohio or New York state.

EDIT: Correction. 1925 for New York State
 
The February 1979 eclipse put full totality over Yakima and Goldendale WA...those who saw it were lucky as Portland (also in totality) was socked under clouds during the eclipse and missed out. Almost like what happened in 2017 as Lincoln City was full of clouds, yet Madras and eastern OR were clear for viewing.

I guess I'll just make my travel plans for 2045 and go to NV or UT...
 
ohdxer said:
Depending on where you live, you may see either national or local coverage of the solar eclipse on Monday April 8, 2024.

The following networks are covering the solar eclipse.

ABC has Eclipse Across America airing 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern time.

CBS has Total Eclipse of the Heartland airing 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern time.

NBC has Total Eclipse 2024 airing 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern time.

The local affiliates in Columbus, Ohio are having their own solar eclipse coverage.

ABC affiliate WSYX 6 in Columbus will air local coverage for one hour at 2:30 PM for The Buckeye Eclipse, then rejoining ABC national coverage at 3:30 PM.

CBS affiliate WBNS 10 in Columbus will air local coverage for two hours at 2:00 PM for Great America Eclipse. It will not air the CBS national coverage of the solar eclipse.

NBC affiliate WCMH 4 in Columbus hasn't announced if it will interrupt the NBC national coverage to air local coverage of the eclipse.

And it doesn't look like FOX or PBS will have any coverage of the eclipse airing on their affiliates in Columbus.

What kind of coverage of the 2024 Solar Eclipse will your local tv stations be having in your area?
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Here's an update of the solar eclipse tv coverage in the Columbus area.

ABC affiliate WSYX 6 will interrupt the ABC national coverage for local coverage of the eclipse from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM today.

CBS affiliate WBNS 10 will have local coverage on WBNS 10.1 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. It also will air the CBS national coverage by interrupting METV programming on WBNS 10.2 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM today.

NBC affiliate WCMH 4 announced today that it will interrupt the NBC national coverage at 2:30 PM to air their local coverage of the eclipse.

Telemundo affiliate WQMC 23.2 will air the Telemundo national coverage of the eclipse in Spanish from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM today.

Scripps News affiliate WSFJ 51.2 will air the Scripps News coverage of the eclipse at 2:00 PM today.

Parts of Columbus and areas North and Northwest of Columbus are expected to have totality of the solar eclipse.

During the past several days, the Columbus area news media has been advising folks to expect massive traffic jams on roadways in the Columbus area and parts of Ohio.

It also advised folks that gas stations along the roadways in the eclipse viewing area could run out of gas, and advised folks to fill up their gas tanks before eclipse day.
 
CBS missed a golden opportunity. I saw a commercial for "Fire Country" where the CBS logo was turned black. Before I realized what that was, I assumed the circle in the middle was supposed to represent the sun.
 
Here in Phoenix (Goodyear, AZ to be exact where I am), where we're getting 70% totality, it's pretty much the Big 3 with KNXV (ABC) & KPHO (CBS) showing their respective network's coverage, KPNX (NBC) only showing the Noon MST hour of NBC's coverage not opting to preempt Live with Kelly & Mark at 11AM.
 
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NYCsporty said:
Here in Phoenix, where we're getting 70% totality...
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I'm in Mesa, and it didn't get even the slightest bit darker, even with that much totality.
NYCsporty said:
...it's pretty much the Big 3 with KNXV (ABC) & KPHO (CBS) showing their respective network's coverage, KPNX (NBC) only showing the Noon MST hour of NBC's coverage not opting to preempt Live with Kelly & Mark at 11AM.
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KPNX and KNXV are the only ones continuing with network coverage as I write this. It's pretty much over now, anyway.
 
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