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Talk About Taking Advantage Of Hurricane Dennis!

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Joseph_Gallant

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Just before 11 P.M. CDT tonight (July 9th), while watching the live video stream of WKRG-5's coverage of the approach of Hurricane Dennis, the station broadcast a commercial for Smart Home Electronics, a local dealer/distributor of Dish Network satellite service.

What I found interesting about this commercial was that Smart Home was telling viewers that if they had cable service and such service got knocked out by Hurricane Dennis (and yes, Dennis was menitoned by name!), viewers might be eligible for free installation of a 4-room Dish Network system. The commercial also stressed that Dish Network included "local channels" (which would presumably include WKRG).

I should stress that the commercial was sponsored by Smart Home Electronics and not from Dish Network itself.

What do you think about this kind of commercial?? Do you think it may be taking unfair advantage of cable TV's vulnerability in a hurricane where service might go out if utility poles (carrying various utilities, including cable TV) get knocked down by high winds??
 
> Just before 11 P.M. CDT tonight (July 9th), while watching
> the live video stream of WKRG-5's coverage of the approach
> of Hurricane Dennis, the station broadcast a commercial for
> Smart Home Electronics, a local dealer/distributor of Dish
> Network satellite service.
>
> What I found interesting about this commercial was that
> Smart Home was telling viewers that if they had cable
> service and such service got knocked out by Hurricane Dennis
> (and yes, Dennis was menitoned by name!), viewers might be
> eligible for free installation of a 4-room Dish Network
> system. The commercial also stressed that Dish Network
> included "local channels" (which would presumably include
> WKRG).
>
> I should stress that the commercial was sponsored by Smart
> Home Electronics and not from Dish Network itself.
>
> What do you think about this kind of commercial?? Do you
> think it may be taking unfair advantage of cable TV's
> vulnerability in a hurricane where service might go out if
> utility poles (carrying various utilities, including cable
> TV) get knocked down by high winds??
>



I was watching the same feed and saw the commerical. I thought it was rather tasteless to try and sell satellite dishes because of a natural disaster. After this hurricane comes through, you can almost bet that all the power will be out for an extended period of time. Unless you have a generator, you won't be seeing much of anything. This might be a good idea from a business standpoint because the cable might be out longer than the power, but once people find out about the contract, I doubt there would be many takers.<P ID="signature">______________

Moderator of Charlotte Board</P>
 
> > Just before 11 P.M. CDT tonight (July 9th), while watching
>
> > the live video stream of WKRG-5's coverage of the approach
>
> > of Hurricane Dennis, the station broadcast a commercial
> for
> > Smart Home Electronics, a local dealer/distributor of Dish
>
> > Network satellite service.
> >
> > What I found interesting about this commercial was that
> > Smart Home was telling viewers that if they had cable
> > service and such service got knocked out by Hurricane
> Dennis
> > (and yes, Dennis was menitoned by name!), viewers might be
>
> > eligible for free installation of a 4-room Dish Network
> > system. The commercial also stressed that Dish Network
> > included "local channels" (which would presumably include
> > WKRG).
> >
> > I should stress that the commercial was sponsored by Smart
>
> > Home Electronics and not from Dish Network itself.
> >
> > What do you think about this kind of commercial?? Do you
> > think it may be taking unfair advantage of cable TV's
> > vulnerability in a hurricane where service might go out if
>
> > utility poles (carrying various utilities, including cable
>
> > TV) get knocked down by high winds??
> >
>
>
>
> I was watching the same feed and saw the commerical. I
> thought it was rather tasteless to try and sell satellite
> dishes because of a natural disaster. After this hurricane
> comes through, you can almost bet that all the power will be
> out for an extended period of time. Unless you have a
> generator, you won't be seeing much of anything. This might
> be a good idea from a business standpoint because the cable
> might be out longer than the power, but once people find out
> about the contract, I doubt there would be many takers.
>
I have Dish Network, and have for many years. It has it's problems too! As with any small dish service, even a heavy rain causes the service to go out. So this is really not an advantage. But in sales, I guess you "Don't Tell Everything!"<P ID="signature">______________
Oldtimer1</P>
 
> Just before 11 P.M. CDT tonight (July 9th), while watching
> the live video stream of WKRG-5's coverage of the approach
> of Hurricane Dennis, the station broadcast a commercial for
> Smart Home Electronics, a local dealer/distributor of Dish
> Network satellite service.
>
> What I found interesting about this commercial was that
> Smart Home was telling viewers that if they had cable
> service and such service got knocked out by Hurricane Dennis
> (and yes, Dennis was menitoned by name!), viewers might be
> eligible for free installation of a 4-room Dish Network
> system. The commercial also stressed that Dish Network
> included "local channels" (which would presumably include
> WKRG).
>
> I should stress that the commercial was sponsored by Smart
> Home Electronics and not from Dish Network itself.
>
> What do you think about this kind of commercial?? Do you
> think it may be taking unfair advantage of cable TV's
> vulnerability in a hurricane where service might go out if
> utility poles (carrying various utilities, including cable
> TV) get knocked down by high winds??
>


i caught this myself.....and Dennis hasn't even made landfall!!!

I found this......rather curious, at the least.

Also, with Dennis boasting Cat 4 status....why wasn't WKRG wall to wall once the warning was issued?<P ID="signature">______________
FOX News Alert: YOU SUCK!!! Ya like apples?</P>
 
Chris Whitley wrote:

> After this hurricane comes through, you can almost bet that all the power
> will be out for an extended period of time. Unless you have a
> generator, you won't be seeing much of anything.

I had heard that some areas that lose power might not get it back for up to three weeks.
 
Getting 273k here as well. I'm the guy who also streams the zew (92.1) on a regular basis and they've been silulcasting wkrg every now and then alternating with their own coverage shared with wnsp. I've noticed running it full screen does better than in a window..........ya might try that.

Don't overload my server which is receiving an audio stream from Mobile (until my buddy down there looses power) but the zew is at:

http://momsvr.dyndns.org:8000

Open this location in Winamp :)




> > > Just before 11 P.M. CDT tonight (July 9th), while
> watching
> >
> > > the live video stream of WKRG-5's coverage of the
> approach
> >
> > > of Hurricane Dennis, the station broadcast a commercial
> > for
> > > Smart Home Electronics, a local dealer/distributor of
> Dish
> >
> > > Network satellite service.
> > >
> > > What I found interesting about this commercial was that
> > > Smart Home was telling viewers that if they had cable
> > > service and such service got knocked out by Hurricane
> > Dennis
> > > (and yes, Dennis was menitoned by name!), viewers might
> be
> >
> > > eligible for free installation of a 4-room Dish Network
> > > system. The commercial also stressed that Dish Network
> > > included "local channels" (which would presumably
> include
> > > WKRG).
> > >
> > > I should stress that the commercial was sponsored by
> Smart
> >
> > > Home Electronics and not from Dish Network itself.
> > >
> > > What do you think about this kind of commercial?? Do you
>
> > > think it may be taking unfair advantage of cable TV's
> > > vulnerability in a hurricane where service might go out
> if
> >
> > > utility poles (carrying various utilities, including
> cable
> >
> > > TV) get knocked down by high winds??
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > I was watching the same feed and saw the commerical. I
> > thought it was rather tasteless to try and sell satellite
> > dishes because of a natural disaster. After this
> hurricane
> > comes through, you can almost bet that all the power will
> be
> > out for an extended period of time. Unless you have a
> > generator, you won't be seeing much of anything. This
> might
> > be a good idea from a business standpoint because the
> cable
> > might be out longer than the power, but once people find
> out
> > about the contract, I doubt there would be many takers.
> >
> I have Dish Network, and have for many years. It has it's
> problems too! As with any small dish service, even a heavy
> rain causes the service to go out. So this is really not an
> advantage. But in sales, I guess you "Don't Tell
> Everything!"
>
 
This will keep you up to date on the storm too:

http://nsstc.uah.edu/alclimate/


> Getting 273k here as well. I'm the guy who also streams the
> zew (92.1) on a regular basis and they've been silulcasting
> wkrg every now and then alternating with their own coverage
> shared with wnsp. I've noticed running it full screen does
> better than in a window..........ya might try that.
>
> Don't overload my server which is receiving an audio stream
> from Mobile (until my buddy down there looses power) but the
> zew is at:
>
> http://momsvr.dyndns.org:8000
>
> Open this location in Winamp :)
>
>
>
>
> > > > Just before 11 P.M. CDT tonight (July 9th), while
> > watching
> > >
> > > > the live video stream of WKRG-5's coverage of the
> > approach
> > >
> > > > of Hurricane Dennis, the station broadcast a
> commercial
> > > for
> > > > Smart Home Electronics, a local dealer/distributor of
> > Dish
> > >
> > > > Network satellite service.
> > > >
> > > > What I found interesting about this commercial was
> that
> > > > Smart Home was telling viewers that if they had cable
> > > > service and such service got knocked out by Hurricane
> > > Dennis
> > > > (and yes, Dennis was menitoned by name!), viewers
> might
> > be
> > >
> > > > eligible for free installation of a 4-room Dish
> Network
> > > > system. The commercial also stressed that Dish Network
>
> > > > included "local channels" (which would presumably
> > include
> > > > WKRG).
> > > >
> > > > I should stress that the commercial was sponsored by
> > Smart
> > >
> > > > Home Electronics and not from Dish Network itself.
> > > >
> > > > What do you think about this kind of commercial?? Do
> you
> >
> > > > think it may be taking unfair advantage of cable TV's
> > > > vulnerability in a hurricane where service might go
> out
> > if
> > >
> > > > utility poles (carrying various utilities, including
> > cable
> > >
> > > > TV) get knocked down by high winds??
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I was watching the same feed and saw the commerical. I
> > > thought it was rather tasteless to try and sell
> satellite
> > > dishes because of a natural disaster. After this
> > hurricane
> > > comes through, you can almost bet that all the power
> will
> > be
> > > out for an extended period of time. Unless you have a
> > > generator, you won't be seeing much of anything. This
> > might
> > > be a good idea from a business standpoint because the
> > cable
> > > might be out longer than the power, but once people find
>
> > out
> > > about the contract, I doubt there would be many takers.
> > >
> > I have Dish Network, and have for many years. It has it's
>
> > problems too! As with any small dish service, even a
> heavy
> > rain causes the service to go out. So this is really not
> an
> > advantage. But in sales, I guess you "Don't Tell
> > Everything!"
> >
>
 
How about this

> > >
> > >
> In Birmingham on either Fox 6 or NBC 13 they ran a commercial for a company that puts in commercial generators!!!!
 
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