Yesterday, Monday, September 8th, I noticed on the SD version of The Weather Channel a "Hurricane Ike Update" scrolled at the bottom of the screen in a very similar fashion to the cable version of scrolling watches and warnings. In addition, the clock at the bottom of the screen was three hours behind as if it was set to Pacific time (I live in the Eastern time zone), and it had white on black numbers as opposed to the white on blue on the traditional national version. I am wondering if this was a test of the new "local on the 8's" format that might be used. The message appeared on and off for a few hours during the mid to late morning and into early afternoon. Did anyone else see this, and if so, what do you think it might have been?
Also, someone mentioned that Dish Network does something different to their local on the 8's. Does anyone know what that might be?
