Doppler Radar Overkill (move, buy , weather)

[BrianH1970]

Originally Posted by anifani821

But I just don't see how WCNC can effectively deal w/ thorough coverage for all its franchise markets by putting a scroll at the bottom

It's easy. All you're doing is giving everyone the most relevant information as opposed to a few people struggling to say the same things over and over and over while still keeping people's attention.

I'd be willing to bet that the scroll kept people far more informed by giving people more relevant information faster than studio coverage. Eventually seeing someone blue or green screened against a map where the most lightning strikes occurred really becomes irrelevant and a waste of time.

[Petro2008]

From what I understand it is a law that if we are under "warning" they must give ongoing reporting. IF it is a watch they can return to the regular schedule show.

[CouponJack]

Originally Posted by Petro2008

From what I understand it is a law that if we are under "warning" they must give ongoing reporting. IF it is a watch they can return to the regular schedule show.

Are you talking about a "tornado" warning specifically, or a "warning" in general??

Me personally, the red "ticker" at the bottom of the screen is much more effective IMO.....constant weather reports I like to look at, but I could see how the general population would tune it out...

The only way we are going to get truly accurate information on this if someone from the "business" (ie a news director, etc), knows exactly what the law is and what "leeway" the stations have.

Obv they did have some leeway because WBTV didn't interrupt Survivor at all last night, while Grey's Anatomy and The Office were cut off....

[SunnyKayak]

Originally Posted by CouponJack

Obv they did have some leeway because WBTV didn't interrupt Survivor at all last night, while Grey's Anatomy and Scrubs were cut off....

They probably did not want another round of complaint calls.

[CouponJack]

Originally Posted by SunnyKayak

They probably did not want another round of complaint calls.

Are you talking about like when they cut in during the NCAA Tournament??

I could see what your saying....

[NewBeginnings12]

Okay..... I am most upset that nobody told me that Greys Anatomy would be on again at 1am. I would have set the DVR????

Alright, Im kidding (sorta).... tornados and storms alike are just awful and damaging to peoples lives and homes...

Charlotte, is a growing like crazy.... Isnt it time to maybe have another news channel or news source for those who live far away from Charlotte? It doesnt make sense. Everyone needs thier own news.

No wonder why we think Charlotte is so dangerous. We see the depressing news from from a HUGE radius.

I am still upset about Greys ;-)

[Whytewulf]

Originally Posted by Petro2008

From what I understand it is a law that if we are under "warning" they must give ongoing reporting. IF it is a watch they can return to the regular schedule show.

This isn't the case, though it could make some sense, in reality every station with a local license would have to do it then. Each station to their own, it just is annoying, or if they would have told us when things would be redone, or rebroadcast and not on the internet, I can't stand watching tv on my pc.

[southbound_295]

I worked in broadcast television as a tech. The laws are federal, so it doesn't matter where I worked.

I've told you how it works. The stations' policies may vary. There are a lot of different reasons why they handle things the way that they do.

Ani's friend put the pre-empt programming on & took shelter in the bathroom, but was able to hear it. She couldn't have heard a Chyron crawl at the bottom of the screen. Television audio is an FM signal coupled with the AM video signal. Channel 6 is at the bottom of a standard FM dial. There are multi-band radios that pickup the other TV channels. Again, Ya can't hear the Chyron crawl.

There are plenty of blind people out there who "watch" TV. You can have the world's best coverage on the Chyron crawl. They don't know it.

It's a judgement call by station management & will vary with many factors.

The stations are losing money when programming is pre-empted. Pre-empting network programming loses the big bucks. It is not done lightly, & certainly not for ratings. Most stations will run "lost" shows over night.

As I write this, the network stations here are all airing the funeral of the Philly cop who was murdered last weekend. That is what major market & large market stations do.

[LoveBoating]

Hey, in the Denver, CO metro area (downtown, etc.) there are sirens that go off when a "funnel cloud" has been sighted (during the day)......do they have that here? Are there sirens that go off at night also? The TV coverage last night didn't bother me, but we are interested in what is happening when severe t-storms hit. Perhaps that did make it sound more serious than it was, but a Tornado Warning is still a serious thing. At night, when it is dark, people really don't know what is happening and they need to be informed. In the middle of the night when this happens, people have to be alerted someway. Some people don't mind at all that a TV Station will concentrate on the movement of a serious t-storm or a "sighted" funnel cloud.
The storm info that was given for the area up above Statesville area that really had nothing to do with us in the Charlotte metro area, that was pretty much an over-kill for us to hear so much about. But........

[anifani821]

Originally Posted by LoveBoating

Hey, in the Denver, CO metro area (downtown, etc.) there are sirens that go off when a "funnel cloud" has been sighted (during the day)......do they have that here? Are there sirens that go off at night also? The TV coverage last night didn't bother me, but we are interested in what is happening when severe t-storms hit. Perhaps that did make it sound more serious than it was, but a Tornado Warning is still a serious thing. At night, when it is dark, people really don't know what is happening and they need to be informed. In the middle of the night when this happens, people have to be alerted someway. Some people don't mind at all that a TV Station will concentrate on the movement of a serious t-storm or a "sighted" funnel cloud.
The storm info that was given for the area up above Statesville area that really had nothing to do with us in the Charlotte metro area, that was pretty much an over-kill for us to hear so much about. But........

No sirens here. That is why we rely on TV and weather radios. I urge everyone to buy a weather radio, but please know - ours went off around 2:30 am this morning - and I couldn't get back to sleep! However, had the warning been for S. CLT instead of further N, at least I would have known to grab ToTo and head for shelter.