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Weather Channel zero credibility.
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benwolf said:
Agreed! And, ironically (as far as NBC is concerned), I have long thought that Heather Tesch is very attractive [in a classy way] AND very good at what she does. She outshines Abrams when it comes to professionalism and is easier on the eyes, but is not the flavor of the month apparently. As has been discussed in this thread, NBC is working overtime to screw up TWC and the replacement of Tesch with the crappy "Wake Up with Al" is a shining example of what's wrong here.
Well, on one point I'd have to disagree with y'all. I think Abrams is quite cute. But on the other points I agree. The weather channel has put weather in the back seat. I figured this would happen once NBC got a hold of the programming. These guys sees dollar signs in their heads but forget what the audience is there for in the first place.
However, they do have competition. I subscribe to DirecTv. And they have a handy little feature on the receivers in that you can install local applications if the receiver is hooked into a network with internet access. So when I want my local forecast I simply go to my local apps.
Also, there is the websites for NOAA: http://www.weather.gov Note that it's .GOV and not .COM. And someone else mentioned Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ These are the guys I rely on anymore for weather forecasts and information.
However, they do have competition. I subscribe to DirecTv. And they have a handy little feature on the receivers in that you can install local applications if the receiver is hooked into a network with internet access. So when I want my local forecast I simply go to my local apps.
Also, there is the websites for NOAA: http://www.weather.gov Note that it's .GOV and not .COM. And someone else mentioned Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ These are the guys I rely on anymore for weather forecasts and information.
Sorry I'm late as to what happened to the weather channel... all I know is is just sucks now... I watched for an hour to get the weather... and all that was on was a doc about floods... I want to see weather not documentary or movies or crap.. just the weather!!!!!! It's like when MTV quit showing music videos... what's up with all that...???
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Skipper! said:
Hmmm, the mass availability of music videos from other sources rendering the viewing patterns of a quarter century ago outdated?
Al Roker & Stephanie Abrams are the reasons I refuse to watch TWC anymore.
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They were sort of forced to. MTV quit showing videos about a quarter of a century ago! :imhomerjay said:Hmmm, the mass availability of music videos from other sources rendering the viewing patterns of a quarter century ago outdated?Skipper! said:
Someone called Accuweather and NBC WeatherPlus(hows that for irony!!!) poor but in my opinion their channels give better coverage than the Weather Channel does today!
Back in the 90s I didn't mind TWC doing the occasional special--heck I've still got Hurricanes '95 Season on the Edge which originally on Christmas Day 1995 on tape and their old Windows '95 CD game Everything Weather but the thing is they stayed focused on providing weather almost 24/7 and even did west-coast weather specially after midnight on the east coast while it was still 9 over on the west coast.
Back in the 90s I didn't mind TWC doing the occasional special--heck I've still got Hurricanes '95 Season on the Edge which originally on Christmas Day 1995 on tape and their old Windows '95 CD game Everything Weather but the thing is they stayed focused on providing weather almost 24/7 and even did west-coast weather specially after midnight on the east coast while it was still 9 over on the west coast.
dustintv said:
I'm pretty sure that NBC WeatherPlus has been out of business for a while now (9+ months?) and is no competition to TWC. Some NBC affiliates still run a radar loop with the WeatherPlus graphic for temperature - but the network itself was disbanded. That started even before NBC-U bought TWC.
Some stations run a feed from AccuWeather on one of their digital subchannels, this seems to be common among ABC O&O affiliates. Fairly low-budget fare, unfortunately and that is despite the fact that AccuWeather employs some of the best meteorologists in the business. Neither example you listed is a national "network" available on cable in a significant portion of the country. In the case of the former WeatherPlus channel, it's just a placeholder that takes up a spot that the channel in question should probably use for better things.
I haven't watched the Weather Channel lately (but I do have that desktop thingy that I downloaded, not so long ago, that I like so far). However, from what I'm reading, I'll take your word for it. Having a channel on the weather should be straightforward to program but, it seems, some need to make things unnecessarily complicated.
Anyway, if NBC has to tinker with a cable channel I would prefer that it be Versus. Other than hockey, skiing and cycling, that channel is basically an empty vessel, basically airing whatever counts for "sports" until something more worthwhile is aired there. If NBC can keep the rights to the Olympics, let Ebersol program that channel to see how well he does it. The Sports department is, right now, the "best" part of the actual NBC.
Anyway, if NBC has to tinker with a cable channel I would prefer that it be Versus. Other than hockey, skiing and cycling, that channel is basically an empty vessel, basically airing whatever counts for "sports" until something more worthwhile is aired there. If NBC can keep the rights to the Olympics, let Ebersol program that channel to see how well he does it. The Sports department is, right now, the "best" part of the actual NBC.
In a related development, from what I've been reading, WNBC/New York is getting rave reviews for their coverage of last weekend's blizzard - on their digital subchannel.
MarcB said:
Well, that's to be expected since they both are controlled by the NBC Universal TV unit these days, so a sharing of resources is alright. However, what's not alright is how NBCU is using the morning hours of the Weather Channel to air a bootleg, low-budge version of the Today Show when they should have stuck with their own programming of weather-exclusive broadcasts for those travel and heading to work daily.
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