Re: Just Call AccuWeather...
Well I had asked Chuck a while back while he was still the GM and he is the one that said no, for whatever reason. Im sure it does have something to do with the ammount that we pay them. If we could have them do that, it would be great and easy as hell, but only when Bryan cant do it for whatever reason.....which with him their is no telling what the excuse may be.
> I don't know why anyone would tell you that it can't be
> done, unless AccuWeather is getting paid some extra amount.
> But considering they already to the Weather for 34 whenever
> Bryan can't do that job, I don't see why they can't provide
> back-up for 950 like they used to.
>
> Here's what we used to do...
> We would have AccuWeather call us in the studio about 3
> times a day (or it may have been two). They would do weather
> over the phone once in the morning, and one for the
> afternoon, then I would record it and dump it into the
> system. Sometimes, I would just put it on the 360, and play
> it back live.
>
> But, Bryan still did the weather. I would use the
> AccuWeather as a the back up, so that if Bryan couldn't do
> it, I still had it. Some time afer I left they stopped doing
> it, I'm not sure when or why.
>
> You should be able to set it up.
> Again, assuming that there isn't some extra fee or contract
> involved.
> -G.
>
> We can't get rid of Bryan unless one
> > of
> > > > you guys are up to do some weather.
> > >
> > > Why don't u have AccuWeather Call-in and do it, like we
> > used
> > > to do in the old days? Just call them and have one of
> > their
> > > meteorolgists record it. Assuming you guys still have a
> > > contract with AccuWeather?
> > >
> > > That's how I used to do the weather...
> > >
> >
> >
> > I had asked a while back if that was a possibility and I
> was
> > told no. It would be nice to do that so when Bryan is out
>
> > we will have some kind of back up. We won't get him
> > completely off the air untill he is no longer here because
>
> > our station is FOX and they want it to be completely tied
> in
> > with 34 and so that is why he does it full
> > time.....sorta.....sometimes.....
> >
>