Austin NBC Weather Plus?

[jras20]

I wonder when or IF KXAN will get NBC Weather plus? I like that on WOAI DTV-2 good weather coverage. KVUE-2 is pretty good but only covers Austin area. Is it because of the E/I programing stuff? I don't understand why a weather channel has to play that.
Makes no sense to me.

 

[mmnassour]

A subchannel has to play E/I because the FCC says it has the same E/I requirements as a main channel. Anyway, I would just like for ONE Austin station to relaunch a color weather radar 24/7 on a subchannel (except for E/I, of course). That thing KVUE has right now is just about useless. Every time you turn on to see where the rain is coming from you have to wait minutes for the radar to pop up.

 

[gbranch]

NBC Weather Plus is overrated. If you want to know what the weather is like in New York it is great. Plus, they show too many dang commercials and PSA's. Personally, I care more about local conditions and radar then what the weather is in other parts of the country. I can get that on The Weather Channel.

Which reminds me - NBC is selling Weather Plus to The Weather Channel, so most likely, all Weather Plus sub-channels will become some variant of TWC - Storm Stories 50 minutes per hour, with 10 minutes of local conditions and forecasts.

 

[jras20]

I agree with the commercials but they had pretty good hurricane coverage. It still gets me on the E/I thing. What is next are they going to make radio require some sort of E/I programing?

 

[gbranch]

Seems that stations that have a video + data type setup, like Weather Plus, where you have video playing in a smaller screen with local conditions and forecasts in the border, are allowed to show the E/I programming in the video screen and can continue to show the weather data in the borders. Stations that have only a radar shot typically show the E/I programming on the entire screen. Maybe it would be legal to do a split screen - E/I programming on one side and the radar shot on the other.

Really, the FCC should consider weather programming as E/I - it performs a community service, may help save lives during weather emergencies, and can teach children about the weather. Maybe, I'm stretching it

 

[jras20]

This kind of thing just really gets to me. A while back I was tuning into Channel 19.2 or 11.2 in Victoria, they were playing the E/I network when a storm was near. I hate that. I wish there was a way we can get that to stop! Wonder how many kids will actually watch the E/I network programming on a weather radar scan????

 

[KTN Corp]

I like NBC Weather Plus but KTRK (and the other ABC O&Os) have the AccuWeather subchannel which is only available in select markets. It seems that together with the O&Os, the ABC affiliates make up most of AccuWeather's station lineup.

 

[KERCAlum]

NBC Weather Plus is overrated. If you want to know what the weather is like in New York it is great. Plus, they show too many dang commercials and PSA's. Personally, I care more about local conditions and radar then what the weather is in other parts of the country. I can get that on The Weather Channel.

Which reminds me - NBC is selling Weather Plus to The Weather Channel, so most likely, all Weather Plus sub-channels will become some variant of TWC - Storm Stories 50 minutes per hour, with 10 minutes of local conditions and forecasts.

Actually, NBC is buying The Weather Channel, so they'll probably merge Weather Plus into that - but you'll probably still see the NBC Weather Plus brand on NBC subchannels since TWC has its own channel.

 

[Horns]

I have a friend who works at WSI, the weather graphics company that was recently purchased along with The Weather Channel by NBCU. He said it is very important to remember that they were bought by NBCU and not the NBC television network. Since WSI sell weather computers to many different network affiliates, I don't think they want people to thing they are owned by the NBC Television Network, but NBCU and several investment companies.

Anyway, he said NBC Weather Plus will be going away. He said all operations will be folded into The Weather Channel. All NBC O&Os will rebrand their weather with The Weather Channel (similar to what WCBS in NYC did, which will end). NBC stations that aren't owned by the network will have a choice of either going along with the re-branding of Weather+ as The Weather Channel or go out on their own. Some may end weather programming on their .2 channels. It was a cheap way to program the channel but many have been disappointed in the results and lack of sales. I know one major market NBC affiliate that has never run one commercial on WeatherPlus, only PSAs and promos. Some NBC affiliates might look at other programming and some aren't happy with the whole NBC/The Weather Channel branding that is about to happen. Many affiliates believe (and I think correctly) that The Weather Channel is a competitor, taking viewers away from their #1 draw in their newscast...local weather. The Weather Channel web site takes hits away from the web sites of local affiliates too. Some non-O&O affiliates aren't happy NBC has will drop WeatherPlus after they jumped on board several years ago and they aren't willing to cross promote The Weather Channel.

 

[X-Man]

I wonder when or IF KXAN will get NBC Weather plus? I like that on WOAI DTV-2 good weather coverage. KVUE-2 is pretty good but only covers Austin area. Is it because of the E/I programing stuff? I don't understand why a weather channel has to play that.
Makes no sense to me.

I thought NBC Weather Plus was on the digital-sub channel for KXAN on 36.2?

 

[jras20]

The only subchannels that Austin DTV has is 18.2 Create 24.2 Local weather 42.2 Retro TV.