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#61
I'm what you would call a "weather nut" and would like to give my perspective.

The intrusion to the weather graphics has been evolving since the 1980s. In the beginning, they'd only put on a graphic for a warning. It started out as a simple "T" or "S" in the corner of the screen. Then in the early 90's they put a lightning bolt or tornado next to the letter. A few years later they listed the names of the counties along with the graphics. Then came the map of the counties in addition to everything else, and now they actually roll back the screen to make room for the graphics. Channel 12 is the only one to put the graphics on constantly for  watches, 58/41 also did last year but stopped this year.

I agree that the intrusion is very obnoxious and only hinders their purpose. The advent of new research and technology in weather forecasting is allowing meteorologists to give more advanced warning, but the unforseen downside is the explosion of false alarms, which is developing a serious (and warrented) "crying wolf" situation in the eyes of the layperson. You have to understand that only the National Weather Service (a federal government agency) can issue watches and warnings and hundreds of millions of tax dollars have been invested in radars, etc. So the last thing they want is a storm to kill somebody when there wasn't a warning issued. I think its a flawed logic, as was just shown in southern Indiana when a tornado hit when everyone was asleep. Compounding the problem are the people who run the TV stations and think that because their studies say that weather content is what attracts viewers, more is always better.

All I can say is, maybe if they get enough complaints they will put up less intrusive graphics, but there's not much you can do about the frequency of the intrusions.
#62
General (Non-HDTV) Milwaukee TV / WCGV-TV - 25th Anniversary
Wednesday Mar 23, 2005, 09:41:00 PM
Jimboy, that "Rupert" reference jogged a memory in my brain that I have not thought about since I watched said character as a kid. The character's full name was Rupert Snicklefritz, right? And wasn't there a "sidekick" girl named Amy or did she come after the Rupert era? What year did these characters leave Channel 24, it could not have gone much past 1990.
#63
Milwaukee HDTV Technical Issues / WDJT 46DT reception
Tuesday Jan 18, 2005, 09:37:36 AM
I live about 5 miles west of you, 2 miles north of North Prairie. The problem with no reception started well before the cold weather set in, so I doubt it is a factor.  WDJT must have cut back their signal to only reach the city of Waukesha when they repaired the equipment last fall, which would explain why you can get it sometimes and I can never get it. You must also be at the western extent of the Fox 6 DTV signal. No matter which way I point the antenna, there is not the slightest hint of a signal of either station. What doubly sucks is I cannot get reception of any of the madison stations either!  :mad:
#64
Milwaukee HDTV Technical Issues / WDJT 46DT reception
Monday Jan 17, 2005, 09:24:33 PM
I've had an HDTV since October 2001 and have never had trouble getting a strong reception of 46DT until late September of 2004. I checked this site back then and according to a thread there was an equipment failure, knocking the OTA signal off the air. Well...I have yet to get the reception back. No signal whatsoever. I've checked back here and with the station and they claim everything is working normally. Did they change anything after the equipment failure last year that would cause a total loss of reception in SW Waukesha County?

FWIW, I have an attenna with rotor mounted on the roof and can get all of the other local DTV signals except for Channel 6's, which I have never been able to get. TIA
#65
FYI - When Nicole Locy left channel 6, she went to channel 15 in Madison and started using her husband's last name. She's still there today and still my #1 "Southern Wisconsin" news hottie!

http://www.nbc15.com/Global/story.asp?S=1334348