New Local Weather Channel
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118.7??? Yeah...don't put it where we could see it without ANOTHER dish "upgrade"
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TWC has been transformed into MSNBC that does waether.
NBC-U has completed the ruination of what was once a great service.
Bummer. I gather his departure was not his idea. He seemed pretty good to me, a constant among the rotating blondes in red dresses.
But I rarely watch anymore. Some Storm Stories interest me. I think they should have a channel with local weather, but I doubt I'd use it much- I'm too used to using other sources now, generally faster than getting the TV etc up and on.
I also go to wunderground to get my weather. That is the best way of getting weather in my opinion. It would be handy if it was on satellite tv though in better aspects than we receive it now.
Maybe you missed the word "testing" in his post.118.7??? Yeah...don't put it where we could see it without ANOTHER dish "upgrade"
I quit watching it about 3 years ago, they do not even show the weather anymore... They quickly talk weather and rush to a commercial. I tried to watch it tonight, but they were showing the weather from what looked like a 32" tv, couldn't even see the maps or words. What is going on with them, dang!
TWC is just another NBCU property with crummy programming and sinking ratings.
If I were TWC employee, I'd be looking for another job.
I just load up DishHome on my 625.Select News.Select TWC Weather.Everything I need to know is there.
I am glad someone is getting some use out of that worthless waste of bandwidth. That radar is so small you can barely make out anything and stays "unavailable" half the time for my area.
Never had cable(well I did but that was a long time ago and it was Falcon cable at that time,now it's Charter) had D* with it's locals on the 8s.You would have to go to the Weather Channel and wait for locals on the 8s to appear on screen,of course you could go to D*'s interactive and view it there.Dish's interactive gives me the current temperature,humidity,wind direction,and what temp it feels like,there is doppler radar,5 day forcast.Don't know how much more some need but Dish's weather is OK for me.
Have not had any problems in my area(knock on wood).
It can be small,but it's a good size on my 50" 4:3 RPTV.
Guess I could say that the other weather channel they had as a replacement was highly better. I was upset at first at the change, but seeing weather 24/7, I believe that was the better channel. 3 hrs of "storm stories" and other crap is NOT what a weather channel should be. It should be current weather, especially during storms.
TWC is now MSNBC with meterologists.
In the plainest of English, it sucks. Stephanie Abrams, Julie Martin and Jen Carfagno should all be working as reporterettes for a plus 100 market tv station doing fluff stories. Stuff like the kid who's the first one on his block to win the 4-H club prize for the best looking bovine.
RE: Cable
Actually, Weatherscan is better than the Weather Channel. No talking heads, no commercials, just 4 city forecasts, radar, satellite, and weather bulletins. Refer to it all the time. Can't stand all the fluff and bumpers and non-weather info on TWC.
Actually, Weatherscan is better than the Weather Channel. No talking heads, no commercials, just 4 city forecasts, radar, satellite, and weather bulletins. Refer to it all the time. Can't stand all the fluff and bumpers and non-weather info on TWC.
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