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SoCalDem

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22. In the "olden days", you could tune in to the weather channel

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sat Feb 1, 2014, 09:24 PM

Feb 2014

ANY TIME OF DAY, and see actual real-time weather.. It was in a "loop" of sorts...and you rarely had to spend much time at all to get "your" weather. There was usually ONE person, at a desk/map..

These days, it is little more than Good Morning America/Fox & Friends/Today Show with a bit more weather. Too much emphasis is on "shows"...which are little more than a compendium of their saved footage and are strung together in 30-60 minute chunks...with many commercials...and of course their "stars"..

It's UNWATCHABLE most of the time.. and now they even NAME regular old storms that are happening daily...somewhere..

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What happened to the Weather Channel? [View all] LiberalElite Feb 2014 OP

I really miss weather on the 8s! hedgehog Feb 2014 #1

The Weather Channel needs to get back to basics... tokenlib Feb 2014 #2

Yea they have a weather channel, but you can't bring up B Calm Feb 2014 #5

I agree with DirecTV on this LiberalEsto Feb 2014 #3

I haven't had cable in quite a few years, but NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #4

I have TWC still, but... CherokeeDem Feb 2014 #6

They finally lost me LiberalElite Feb 2014 #7

Without Jim Cantore there would be no weather Blue Owl Feb 2014 #8

Yea, like I need him stading in the rain telling me it is raining! nt Logical Feb 2014 #31

it provides critical, life-saving information Hayduke Bomgarte Feb 2014 #9

The replacement weather channel on DTV (Weathernation?) is fine. If I need to know about phylny Feb 2014 #10

Well, I have Weather Channel from our smaller cable provider, AND, this the ONLY place I have northoftheborder Feb 2014 #11

Bought by Bain Capital. nt Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2014 #12

Our cable provider here is in a similar dispute Holly_Hobby Feb 2014 #13

Everone at the top wants more from those on the bottom seveneyes Feb 2014 #14

No point in the weather channel CFLDem Feb 2014 #15

Wunderground was such a great alternative. I don't care what happens to Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #16

DirecTV's excuse would be better served if it got rid of every channel historylovr Feb 2014 #17

I think weather programming is different. People depend on forecasts & warnings. catbyte Feb 2014 #27

That's true. :) historylovr Feb 2014 #29

You4e right, but I used to watch TWC a lot, but I could count on 1 hand the catbyte Feb 2014 #33

Let me tell ya titaniumsalute Feb 2014 #18

Weather.com is my go-to Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #19

I dropped it for LiberalElite Feb 2014 #21

Thanks, I just bookmarked for my area. Much drier and colder for us this week. n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #23

Bain Capital and Blackstone run it now The Straight Story Feb 2014 #20

In the "olden days", you could tune in to the weather channel SoCalDem Feb 2014 #22

www.weather.gov wildbilln864 Feb 2014 #24

Yep. Earth_First Feb 2014 #25

I have DirecTV & don't miss TWC at all. Weather Nation, TWC replacement, catbyte Feb 2014 #26

Whever I flip to the Weather Channel RoverSuswade Feb 2014 #28

So that's what happened to TWC! Lunacee_2013 Feb 2014 #30

The internet is faster and cheaper. GeorgeGist Feb 2014 #32