Fox Weather

[djlynch 56]

Local weather hubbing seems like it would make far more sense with the groups like Tegna, Sinclair, and Nexstar that have significant medium to larger market stations right next to small-market stations than it does for network O&Os that tend to be much more spread out. For the hypothetical surprise Sunday morning tornado warning, someone who's from a couple hundred miles away at most is going to have a much better shot at knowing what names on the radar map are significant population centers, the unusual/difficult pronunciations, and the general state of the atmosphere. And even for things like weekend mornings or fill-ins, "so-and-so is joining us from our sister station in a nearby big city" feels like it would work as a toss.

[SFTV 532]

Viral TikTok star and former dancing weatherman at WJZY Nick Kosir has been named one of the meteorologists of this new start up. 
 

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210624005706/en/FOX-Weather-Names-First-Meteorologists-to-Helm-Programming-Across-the-FOX-Weather-Streaming-Service

[CircleSeven 1960]

Fox names the group of meteorologists that'll be in part of this new venture.

• Jason Frazer (WKYC)
• Craig Herrera (KING)
• Nick Kosir (WJZY)
• Brigit Mahoney (KTVI)
• Britta Merwin (KPRC)
• Stephen Morgan (KRIV)

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Of course, me being included, we spoke too soon on here with regards to Nick Kosir and why he was "axed" or why he was "forced out." (still can't excuse the high attrition at the station though)

Congratulations to him on 'making it,' if you will, and even if he sacrifices his local connection, he'll perhaps have a much bigger platform to share his dance sessions.

 

For the TLDR folks;

• Jason Frazer
  • new Fox Weather's morning news co-host
  • departed WKYC yesterday
• Britta Merwin
  • co-host with Frazer
  • departed KPRC in early-June
• Craig Herrera
  • anchor for "key programming blocks"
  • most recently at KING
• Brigit Mahoney
  • co-anchor of "lead programming dayparts"
  • left KTVI about 2 weeks ago
• Nick Kosir
  • co-host for program's evening block
  • left WJZY, as we all know
• Stephen Morgan
  • co-host for program's "main programming blocks"
  • most recently at KRIV

Edit-Oop; CircleSeven got to it first

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The logo has been revealed and I think the new graphics will be coming to the o&os as well. They hired someone to connect FOX Weather with the FOX O&Os. The logo was used today with Janice Dean. The logo uses the O&O graphics font Nueue Plak. 

 

[Georgie56 3326]

The NYT did a write-up on Fox Weather.

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On 6/25/2021 at 5:25 PM, nothing said:

The logo has been revealed and I think the new graphics will be coming to the o&os as well. They hired someone to connect FOX Weather with the FOX O&Os. The logo was used today with Janice Dean. The logo uses the O&O graphics font Nueue Plak. 

 

The logo font looks like Futura Condensed Black and not Neue Plak. It does not look bad however, it has a quite retro feel and it harkens me to the golden age of TWC.

 

8 minutes ago, Georgie56 said:

The NYT did a write-up on Fox Weather.

 

As I can see from this write-up, it looks like there will be some foes within the Fox News organization. We know that Fox commentators do what they do, but it is really good to see Fox Weather will be overseen by their news department and not their opinion department. And the response from TWC it's clearly aggressive. Let's see what will happen next.

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It's going to be interesting to see just how well this new streaming service does, or if it's gone  after a year or so.  It would be cool to see a side by side comparison of FOX Weather with The Weather Channel, Weather Nation TV & AccuWeather. 

 

It's good that they are being overseen by the news department, that should give it some credibility.

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37 minutes ago, DENDude said:

It's good that they are being overseen by the news department, that should give it some credibility.

That's funny.

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Official Promo

https://www.facebook.com/JasonFrazerTV/posts/263584662252069

They're hubbing the weather department across the O&Os

Edited September 1, 2021 by 24994J

[24994J 5630]

So, this is funny. Among the local meteorologists, none of WFLD's personnel are shown...but another Chicago met is. New WGN weekend morning weather guy Tim Joyce just left Q13, but still found his way to the 2nd column from the right, middle row.

 

Edited September 1, 2021 by 24994J

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42 minutes ago, nothing said:

Official Promo

https://www.facebook.com/JasonFrazerTV/posts/263584662252069

They're hubbing the weather department across the O&Os

This probably explains why WITI or KCPQ hasn't switched weather graphics from their Trib packages; why do it when the Fox Weather package would be coming after a few months anyways?

[PhillyWatch 240]

Glad to see Sue Serio, morning staple at FOX 29 Philly, in the A1 slot in the big graphic. I'm optimistic about this service. What I'm hoping they do (especially after seeing this graphic) is a LOT of collaboration with O&O weather departments. We know they made a bunch of hires to anchor and work out of the FXWX main studio, but nobody is going to be better able to delve deep into specific area forecasting and explanations than the local mets, who I'm guessing are being told to be on call in case they need to do a hit for the weather service. 

 

Also, total pipe dream, but it would be great if FTS could offer this up as an OTA diginet, particularly after the downfall of NBC WeatherPlus and the ABC Accuweather channels... though I imagine I'll be streaming it anyway 

[Georgie56 3326]

I also spot three of my O&O’s meteorologists; Dan Henry, Evan Andrews, and Ali Turiano, as well. 
 

I wonder how the local aspect of Fox Weather is going to work. Are they gonna go by zip code? 

Edited September 2, 2021 by Georgie56

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I asked Evan Andrews when are they getting the graphics and if the FOX 4 WAPP will be dissolved. I also had a conversation with Tom Wachs at WITI and he said he only heard about the weather graphics being Hubbed from Tampa. Tom said he heard nothing about FOX WEATHER.

Very interesting.

Edited September 4, 2021 by nothing

[Georgie56 3326]

@TheRolyPoly flagged it down on the Discord. There's a stream up called "The World Live" with Fox Weather branding.

https://youtu.be/D5IGRadpqkg

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In the pic bottom right is the former chief meteorologist for Q13 who left over a year ago Jim.  

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On 9/17/2021 at 7:23 AM, Drew said:

In the pic bottom right is the former chief meteorologist for Q13 who left over a year ago Jim.  

I think you mean Walter. The last time they had a Jim was Jim Castillo and he was on in the early days of Q13 news. 

[Drew 152]

Yes I meant Walter sorry 

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Billboards have gone up.

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Geoff Bansen of News 12 Networks has left and is joining FOX weather 

[Georgie56 3326]

We have a launch date: October 25th.

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1 hour ago, Georgie56 said:

We have a launch date: October 25th.

Would also like to add that Head Shots have been done Stephen Morgan posted his.

[Georgie56 3326]

One week out from launch day, four new meteorologists announced: Marissa Torres (from WPIX), Ian Oliver (WFLA), Kiyanna Lewis (News 12), and Jane Minar (off-air meteorologist promoted).

Edited October 18, 2021 by Georgie56

[PhillyWatch 240]

The app is now available for "pre-order", meaning you can download it but it won't show up on your phone until Monday. The twitter replies are an interesting mix of "there should be a Hannity app!!" and "I'll NEVER watch this Fox news crap!". I'm really hoping there's an editorial divide between FWX AND FNC the way there is between FNC and Fox Television Stations. 

 

Also, along the lines of the old joke that FNC was ultra-conservative while the FOX network was bawdy and trashy, I've been daydreaming... What if FWX goes ALL IN on climate change, completely ignoring any FNC blowhards and attempting and one-up The Weather Channel right out of the gate?

 

Really I'm just hoping this doesn't become a disappointment like NewsNation. We'll see come Monday!