Fios to The Weather Channel, "Wake up with Al? Wake up with THIS."

Fios drops TWC and Weatherscan.

Verizon FiOS drops The Weather Channel; Jim Cantore calls it a 'foolish move' | syracuse.com

 

As a FIOS subscriber I don't mind at all. The Weather Channel lost its focus long ago. It had value when it was 24 hour weather forecasts, but now it is shows about prospectors and truckers, and other things not related to weather which I don't need. The original mission was valuable, but even that has been replaced by websites which do it better. Time moves on, maybe the Weather Channel's time of usefulness is coming to an end, just like sportsphone's did.

 

Their whole masturbation over storms - especially the winter storms that we now name - is friggin' ridiculous. Cantore looks like an asshole, fist-pumping over thunder. Not to mention they've been replacing older, more experienced meteorologists with young, leggy twits and it doesn't take much to see why. Also, their two biggest weather personalities are NOT meteorologists: Sam Champion and Al Roker.

 

Yep, they lost me when they started naming storms other than hurricanes. Fluff.

 

Do people still turn on the teevee for a weather report in 2015?

Get the AccuWeather app on your phone. It's free, takes a few seconds, and goes into a ridiculous amount of detail about the day's forecast.

 

I think I turn on The Weather Channel maybe twice a year. I do use the app, though. During winter storms, I'll typically just watch the local news for updates.

 

The answer is absolutely yes. People turn on the TV for weather. It's the biggest driver for local TV news.

I work in an area that has no weather "news" nine months out of the year and people still fixate on it.

 

Truth.