DENDude 223 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 I noticed while on vacation 2 weeks ago in Florida, that WBBH, WINK & WZVN don't put up the AMS or NWA seals when they show the name of the Meteorologist. Is this a new thing? WFTX has it displayed. Does it mean there mets aren't certified?
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 44 minutes ago, DENDude said: I noticed while on vacation 2 weeks ago in Florida, that WBBH, WINK & WZVN don't put up the AMS or NWA seals when they show the name of the Meteorologist. Is this a new thing? WFTX has it displayed. Does it mean there mets aren't certified? I've never seen it on WKYT either with any of the meteorologist.
24994J 5657 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 To prevent this from becoming a list thread, not every station displays the seals, even if they are certified. Simple as that.
dman748 1256 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 To be honest that has been the trend across all the stations throughout the country to not display the AMS or NWA seals in the lower thirds. Most likely that's because nowadays people can access in a database whether or not a meteorologist has the CBM, etc on the Internet.
kshow 167 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 16 minutes ago, oknewsguy said: To be honest that has been the trend across all the stations throughout the country to not display the AMS or NWA seals in the lower thirds. Most likely that's because nowadays people can access in a database whether or not a meteorologist has the CBM, etc on the Internet. ... and no one really cares and the average viewer does not even know what the seal really means.
dman748 1256 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 Just now, kshow said: ... and no one really cares and the average viewer does not even know what the seal really means. As much of a weather geek as I am, even I probably wouldn't care to know what the AMS and NWA seals truly means unless I'm going to college strictly for Meteorology or something similar to that field.
Georgie56 3333 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 Yeah, most of America (except the truly weather obsessed) do not care about this at all.
tyrannical bastard 4055 Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 I'd say that the seals are not being shown either because the meteorologist (or forecaster...) ISN'T certified to begin with, or has let their certification lapse. And given the state of the industry, the less-experienced and less in it for the long haul will not even bother to become certified. There are two types of AMS seals, the traditional kind (with the ams in the tv-shaped box) and the CBM kind (where it says AMS CERTIFIED in a square box). AMS no longer offers the old AMS seal, but lets sealholders keep them if they don't lapse on their dues. They only offer the CBM seal, which is more stringent and requires more professional developement. Those who have them deserve to show them and it's often in their contract that their seal be shown on-air. As for the NWA, I'm not too familiar with them, but they seem to have a less-stringent membership policy. Having a seal is more credible than your station being "chosen" by WeatherRate for having the most accurate forecast! Now that's a scam if there ever was one....
24994J 5657 Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 1 minute ago, tyrannical bastard said: Having a seal is more credible than your station being "chosen" by WeatherRate for having the most accurate forecast! Now that's a scam if there ever was one... This times 1000. Shout it from the rooftops.
TheRolyPoly 2626 Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 8 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: I'd say that the seals are not being shown either because the meteorologist (or forecaster...) ISN'T certified to begin with, or has let their certification lapse. And given the state of the industry, the less-experienced and less in it for the long haul will not even bother to become certified. There are two types of AMS seals, the traditional kind (with the ams in the tv-shaped box) and the CBM kind (where it says AMS CERTIFIED in a square box). AMS no longer offers the old AMS seal, but lets sealholders keep them if they don't lapse on their dues. They only offer the CBM seal, which is more stringent and requires more professional developement. Those who have them deserve to show them and it's often in their contract that their seal be shown on-air. As for the NWA, I'm not too familiar with them, but they seem to have a less-stringent membership policy. Having a seal is more credible than your station being "chosen" by WeatherRate for having the most accurate forecast! Now that's a scam if there ever was one.... I believe there's a NWA Digital seal too for those who do forecasting but for digital properties, such as websites. I looked it up and only 4 people have that specific seal.
L3rds 6 Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 It really depends on how the graphic templates are built and if the Mets push to have the seal on air.
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