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I hate localized coverage because satellite viewers can't receive it. Also, if they had enough staff to produce continuous live programming, why not air it to the entire country?

Hopefully WHEN Allen Media takes control of Tegna, TWC can be more of an asset. As it is right now, it was castoff by NBC/Bain after their malignment of the channel trying to "fill time". Now, this "time filler" is the norm after hours and they dropped the ball on this coverage. The local stations could assist TWC in covering the weather where it happens on the ground, and TWC should be able to step in with additional coverage and analysis of weather when it happens for a local station should they be affected by the storm itself. There really needs to be more weather coverage OTA. It's largely gone away in favor of other diginets. You have an AccuWeather or WeatherNation channel here and there, but it's very sparse, and it really hasn't been good coverage ever since NBC's WeatherPlus went away. And that played second fiddle to TWC and could have cause the same with WeatherPlus taking some of the "Weather" out of TWC. Distribution-wise, it's a challenge since the grids (power & data) could be affected by the storm itself. Going digital seems to make it harder to get the information out since cell phone networks could be toppled by a tower collapse or data failure somewhere in the chain. And even the most well-intentioned backup plans can be felled by a bad storm.

It wouldn't be bad.. however it would be sad. TWC has been the original 24 weather station. What is has become is just plain sad. The only thing they've had great coverage of is hurricanes where they go 24 hours around the clock for days. They need to take that same approach to severe weather events. THEY KNOW WHEN THEY"RE COMING. I hope this is a wake up call for TWC to provide better service and coverage of severe weather going forward. Long form programing is fine. I like their shows but it should be later in the day or just on weekends. There needs to be more live weather coverage. With that said I've quite enjoyed Fox Weather and what they're trying to do. Their coverage of severe weather has outdone TWC a lot of the time. Once they get their staffing up and if they get on cable, they are going to be quite the competition for TWC if not supersede them.

I kind of wish a big local owner like Nexstar or Gray owned WeatherNation since they could use the local stations as someone to work through for national coverage. Local stations have been on the ball tonight.

Granted they have the full force of FOX News behind them in terms of production and news gathering, but with regards to weather- so does The Weather Channel (with a nearly 40-year head start!), and FWX absolutely put them to shame with this coverage overnight.

Contrary to their relatively stable morning team, their evening teams have been a carousel btwn the anchors they have at their disposal. I'm sure Shawn will definitely step in and she's been with the station for a year now, so there's really no issues of chemistry or adjustment. I don't think Eun will leave her morning post, but they'll probably rotate Erika in whenever they need a fill-in as well.

Now they just need to work on their distribution. For a Roku user, the only way to really watch it is to seek it out on the Fox-owned Tubi app. But yes, they are doing a great job covering the storm as TWC (and pretty much all of the other national news networks) have dropped the ball on this severe weather event.

WFIE may be close to switching. This popped up on social media the other day. On air, they are still using the Limerick Look. I guess any day now???

That's fair. I will say in Couric's case though she was better suited for morning television, plus she tried a softer approach than hard news the program was known for. Williams who actually hosted the top evening newscast might move the needle a bit.

Glad it wasn't the honeycomb look. Looks nice though. New morning team this morning on WKYT as well. Now lets get WYMT a new look.