NBC News and The Weather Channel

[btbrtq3 0]

Is it just me, or has NBC been talking about The Weather Channel a lot more than their own little Weather Plus. On the Today Show this morning, Chris Cimino said, "For more weather info at any time, go to The Weather Channel/Weather.com". I know the NBC O&O's use Weather Plus on their websites, but it looks to me like some sort of partnership-thing is going on and Weather + is fading.

 

Thoughts?

[who?cares 256]

uh NBC bought The Weather Channel, and NBC Weather Plus is being shut down.

[btbrtq3 0]

Shoot- Stupid me. I kind of forgot about that (the buyout), but the angle they're taking on this surprised me I guess.

[Vlad 347]

Shoot- Stupid me. I kind of forgot about that (the buyout), but the angle they're taking on this surprised me I guess.

 

It is, but they do own them so I don't see why not... Pretty soon we'll see The Weather Channel meteorologists report and replace the WNBC Weather Plus.

[Dave Lampstein 135]

WTMJ here took the WeatherPlus logo off their set last week and today debuted new weather opens going back to the old Storm Team 4 name.

[NBC 5 Chicago 196]

During the 10pm on WMAQ Brant Miller plugged it at the end of his forecast. "For more weather information check out The Weather Channel on cable" But all graphics still say weather plus here.

[kjohnson 17]

No change in St. Louis. KSDK is still plugging WeatherPlus+. I wonder if the Gannett NBC stations have alternate weather segments; KSDK's weather sting has WeatherPlus+ on it.

[News24/7 3]

NBC Bay Area has removed all references to Wx+ on their set and graphics

[stevieboy247 43]

Does anybody know if the other NBC O&O's have erased their refrences to Weather Plus? like KNBC and WCAU to name a few.

[RGSJenkins 435]

WNBC took off the Weather Plus+ off their graphics and weather center a few days after they announced the closing of it, but on Sunday night the logo was on the current conditions slide.

[Jess 1115]

WCAU was probably the one O&O that never really hopped aboard the Weather Plus bandwagon - they kept their EarthWatch branding and never integrated it into their set and on-air graphics. The only time they'd mention Weather Plus would be a brief "Check out WeatherPlus on Comcast 248" at the end of most forecasts.

 

I haven't seen Weather Channel plugs there yet, either - but when the new set debuts before the end of the decade I wouldn't be surprised to see their logos on set...

[SterlingNorth 33]

WRC has yet to get rid of all WeatherPlus branding, but they have asked the audience to pick a new set of graphics (for the four day forecast). The prototypes all still use WeatherPlus graphics, but I assume when they roll out the new winning graphics, they'll have a new branding as well.

 

My guess at branding would be StormCenter 4.

[rhombics447 1]

When WKYC took on the new Gannett branding last month they removed the WKYC WeatherPlus logo from their weather graphics. We'll just have to see what they do to their weather set - they have "WeatherPlus" over it.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if they launch their own independent weather station (in place of Wx+), to stay competitive with WOIO's weather channel.

[WCAUTVNBC10 416]

MSNBC is now branding their weather hits with The Weather Channel branding. The graphics and maps are a hodge podge of Weather Plus and Weather Channel stuff though.

[seriouslythough 0]

WTVJ still has it, but then again you know the reason why they're not changing anything right now.

[Bucc 4]

I have a question, when will the weather + channel actually seese to exist? And what becomes of that digital channel?

[ctnewsjunkie 0]

WVIT weather is still called Weather +

[who?cares 256]

NBC is laying off 3 OCM's. Cheryl Lemke, Dave Schwartz, and Eboni Deon.

So sad to see these people go.

 

http://www.wave3.com/Global/link.asp?L=191466

[Ntropolis 600]

NBC is laying off 3 OCM's. Cheryl Lemke, Dave Schwartz, and Eboni Deon.

So sad to see these people go.

 

http://www.wave3.com/Global/link.asp?L=191466

 

Dave Schwartz?

[PelicanGuy 117]

Dave Schwartz?

 

And Eboni? Dang, I liked both of them. Dave made you want to know more about the weather.

 

 

[rhombics447 1]

WKYC has removed their "3" from the WeatherPlus logo on the left bar.

[FirstNews8 13]

I have a question, when will the weather + channel actually seese to exist? And what becomes of that digital channel?

 

WeatherCentral, the weather graphics system provider for NBC Weather Plus has introduced a new idea, called 24/7 Weather. Since WXC was the company who supplied the "L" bars and the weather icons, they have created several new styles. The National weather spots have been swaped with local spots (commercial, updates...etc)

[Bucc 4]

WeatherCentral, the weather graphics system provider for NBC Weather Plus has introduced a new idea, called 24/7 Weather. Since WXC was the company who supplied the "L" bars and the weather icons, they have created several new styles. The National weather spots have been swaped with local spots (commercial, updates...etc)

 

Actually I tuned to our nbc's weather plus station, now that I'm home and could watch it, and they are calling it 'NC 13 now!' (NewsChannel 13 Now!)

But its EXACTLY like weatherplus, what a waste. But I mean I don't a) watch it like ever or no that people even know it exists, I mean digital channels aren't really that popular. But I've stopped watching NewsChannel 13, but thats another post for another thread....lol

[Alain 17]

Same goes with WPTV's 5.2, they've dropped their WeatherPlus branding:

[PelicanGuy 117]

WDSU has partnered up with Accuweather and has transformed their WeatherPLUS channel into a news, traffic and weather channel, called "6 WeatherPLUS News and Traffic". They still use the WeatherPLUS branding, though they aren't using WeatherPLUS' national graphics and radars. None of the footage seen is live.