tyrannical bastard 3951 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Who all is being simulcast on the DirecTV/UVerse storm channel? So far, I've seen WTVD, WITN, WWAY(CBS), WXII and WFMY (which is on now).... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 233 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 WNCT just did that, their audio is now being simulcast on every station in the Inner Banks Media chain. I've heard much of the WNCT simulcast on WTIB while getting squared away in Hertford. All clear in northeastern NC (had small branches blown off trees and what I'll call "nuisance" rain; but nothing worse than that). Was out of town with my family in Santee, SC last weekend; and probably would have been forced to evacuate had that stay ended later than Monday morning. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Who all is being simulcast on the DirecTV/UVerse storm channel? So far, I've seen WTVD, WITN, WWAY(CBS), WXII and WFMY (which is on now).... Thanks for letting us know and keep doing so. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 890 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Looks like Sinclair finally got WCTI back on the air. Just the main channel, no subs. And not WYDO yet. Looks like they’re broadcasting live from downtown New Bern from a truck. The live stream on its website, OTOH, is still being sourced from WPDE. So, it appears that they haven't set up a way to stream WCTI's coverage on its website just yet. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3951 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The channel is down now. Last I saw they had TWC for a few minutes and went to a slate and music....they must have run out of live feeds... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webovision 202 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 I agree that the mets should have left with everyone else. I’m a bit dumbfounded that they have not found a way back on air. They have two channels - WCTI 12 and WYDO 14 - and last time I checked neither were even broadcasting a signal. Maybe their generator at the tx failed. Both come from the same site. Beyond that, it seems like Sinclair could have done better than simulcasting news from Myrtle Beach. WPDE did not talk about ENC much at all. I expected to see WCYB’s meteorologists doing weather for our area and getting sent out WCTI’s tx. like hell "everyone else" left... the whiny talent wanted to get out before their hair got too wet and the social media people wanted out before they dropped their iphone in a puddle... surely some engineers and technicians were still there too... to tell the meteorologists when it wasn't safe to stick around any longer... you can't abandon a television station to a couple of people who's technical skills are "make the weather computer do pretty graphics"... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfuego35 90 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The live stream on its website, OTOH, is still being sourced from WPDE. So, it appears that they haven't set up a way to stream WCTI's coverage on its website just yet. They haven't switched out streams let. The WCTI Stream is Listed under "National Event Stream 1" on their website. They really didn't plan contingencies for studio flooding... they are literally using 1 camera, 1 Microphone under a Tent. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1519 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 They really didn't plan contingencies for studio flooding... they are literally using 1 camera, 1 Microphone under a Tent. So how are they running the graphics? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 They haven't switched out streams let. The WCTI Stream is Listed under "National Event Stream 1" on their website. They really didn't plan contingencies for studio flooding... they are literally using 1 camera, 1 Microphone under a Tent. So that Sinclair truck I posted the other day may be down there... So how are they running the graphics? Through another station likely, unless the truck they have had a CG. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1916 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 So how are they running the graphics? It's probably being routed through another station like TEGNA did with KHOU for a while. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfuego35 90 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 It's probably being routed through another station like TEGNA did with KHOU for a while. I think you are right . The main sign? The fact they are using the current Sinclair Graphics package. Prior to the storm, WCTI had not adopted that package, still using the graphics package from when they were owned by Bonten. Also, the reason that the station is going on, and off the air is to conserve fuel to the generator at their transmitter, as on their web-only broadcast they made a request for diesel fuel to be sent to their transmission facilities. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 WECT’s Chelsea Donovan went live from the looting of a Wilmington Family Dollar store (in the middle of the ‘hood) http://m.wect.com/story/39097792/watch-looters-raid-family-dollar-as-management-asks-police-to-pull-back Store management asked WPD to not intervene. It’s quickly become a hot and controversial topic locally. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfuego35 90 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 It sounds like that until WCTI figures out what is going to happen with their studio, they will set up shop at Craven Community College. That college is home to Public Radio East, the NPR member for the market. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Reading about these back up contingencies makes me wonder if it’s normal for there to be a STL from the back up? I was on the FCC database and WBAL has one from MPT (I mentioned this before). The STL has only been active since 2008 http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=2980223 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg41386 132 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 WECT keeps writing tornado warnings on a dry-erase board. Not sure why. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2429 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 WWAY is trying to assuage the college football fans it seems; they're carrying the games but interrupting when tornado warnings occur (as they should). Thankfully CBS is all repeats and the CW is a wasteland on Saturday nights, so the coverage continues without issue there. WECT keeps writing tornado warnings on a dry-erase board. Not sure why. Probably to keep other graphic channels free; plus so many counties under various warnings, it would take forever for a map graphic to scroll through them all (I imagine the NOAA radios just keep going off if the SAME codes aren't finessed right). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg41386 132 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I guess that makes sense, but their entire viewing area (which isn't that big to begin with) is under a flood warning, so it wouldn't be terribly cluttered if they add tornado polygons as well. They have been anchoring from their newsroom for most of today, too. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleachian 133 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 A part of WECT lost its roof and has water coming in so it’s entirely possible they lost some equipment and are having to go old school. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleachian 133 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I’m watching WECT now. Looks like they moved the set desk into the news room. The set must be a mess. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 WECT keeps writing tornado warnings on a dry-erase board. Not sure why. Probably to keep other graphic channels free; plus so many counties under various warnings, it would take forever for a map graphic to scroll through them all (I imagine the NOAA radios just keep going off if the SAME codes aren't finessed right). Okay, is the whiteboard on camera or behind them in the weather center? Don’t know why they can’t run a crawl saying what’s under a warning. Something simple “The following counties are under a flood warning...”. How do they normally handle weather alerts. It could be a simple list on one line, more detail on another like Hearst Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I’m watching WECT now. Looks like they moved the set desk into the news room. The set must be a mess. Not sure why they made this move... it was definitely sometime in the afternoon, as they were still on the desk midday today (Saturday). The weather center is still being used. The newsroom is directly across the way from the studio - it's pretty open between the studio and the newsroom. The damaged area is what they were using as sleeping quarters, in the older part of the building according to Gannon Medwick. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2356926867657645 Okay, is the whiteboard on camera or behind them in the weather center? Don’t know why they can’t run a crawl saying what’s under a warning. Something simple “The following counties are under a flood warning...”. How do they normally handle weather alerts. It looks like this. I've never seen them use the whiteboard before. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfuego35 90 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 One of the times I tuned in, they mentioned they are doing Tornado Warnings old school b/c the station lost the capacity to do closed captioning. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 One of the times I tuned in, they mentioned they are doing Tornado Warnings old school b/c the station lost the capacity to do closed captioning. What station are you talking of? They could carry on. The FCC would likely make an exception given storm damage could have happened to their phone lines to the captioner, the encoding equipment or trouble receiving the data from the captioning. Using CC to go off air is a cheap excuse likely hiding more significant problems or need to get a break. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleachian 133 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Maybe they’re sleeping in the studio... Moving the desk is a pretty drastic thing though. If that’s what they did. I don’t watch them enough to know the set (I’m up in Greenville) but this definitely looks out of place in the newsroom. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 They're using the whiteboard because they recognize that, even if they could get leniency on captioning not being available, it's imperative that the information be presented visually as well. This CommLawBlog piece does a good job of explaining the accessibility requirements for stations in light of an emergency. Notably: For persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, the Commission requires that emergency information provided in the audio portion of a broadcast also be presented visually, through methods including captioning, crawls or scrolls that do not block any emergency information provided through other visual means (like other captions or crawls). ... The FCC suggests, but does not require, that stations make emergency information available through multiple means (maps, charts, and other visual information) and in plain language, so that all viewers can understand the nature of any emergency. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16676-hurricane-florence/page/5/#findComment-213246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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