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New Weather Center Being Built at WOOD TV 8.

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EricGRR
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New Weather Center Being Built at WOOD TV 8.

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Saw a promo on Ellen Barca’s FB page stating they are building a new tracking center. If I recall correctly the current weather center was built in 2008 or 2009 a year or two before Craig James retired.
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MWmetalhead wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:24 pm Eventually, the news room and news set will be in broom closets so that the Storm Team 8 Tracking Center can occupy the rest of the floor. 😜
Nah, they're just gonna do the opposite of 13. The tracking center will take up the entire studio space while the anchor desk gets moved outside to the "News Deck."
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Do they still have the news set at the Public Museum? They could move over there.

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MWmetalhead wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:24 pm Eventually, the news room and news set will be in broom closets so that the Storm Team 8 Tracking Center can occupy the rest of the floor. 😜
You could be on to something. Analysis shows most people tune into local news nowadays primarily for the weather forecast. Weather drives ratings in most markets.
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Sholmes wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:59 am Do they still have the news set at the Public Museum? They could move over there.

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Yes, it's actually at the Art Museum, the Public Museum is on the other side of the river. That space is VERY small - not a whole lot you could really do with it unless you covered up all the windows, which would negate the point of having it there in the first place :)
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Here it is! It will debut Monday evening.

https://www.woodtv.com/dont-miss/storm- ... er-center/
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I guess they were going for the opposite of the look in Bill Steffen's house (which I liked for that retro-TV vibe). It looks nice.

It also makes me think of buying a big screen TV at Best Buy, with the available models on the wall, and the workstation as the check-out area.
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That is a H*** weather center I like it a lot.
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MWmetalhead wrote:LOL - it does indeed look like a TV display wall at a big box store, doesn't it?

My advice for all area weather departments:

Don't wait for the dopey National Weather Service office at the airport to issue tornado warnings to break into programming if you see tell tale signatures of a tornado (such as a debris ball) on radar.

You all have spent a TON of money on state of the art technology (except for WXMI perhaps)...use it!
M-Dubs, IIRC, some time ago WOOD-DT broke in showing rotation in a thunderstorm that had not gone severe (NWS) and 5 minutes later, a tornado warning was issued. So, sometimes you get lucky.


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MWmetalhead wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:03 pm LOL - it does indeed look like a TV display wall at a big box store, doesn't it?

My advice for all area weather departments:

Don't wait for the dopey National Weather Service office at the airport to issue tornado warnings to break into programming if you see tell tale signatures of a tornado (such as a debris ball) on radar.

You all have spent a TON of money on state of the art technology (except for WXMI perhaps)...use it!
WOOD TV has broke in several times over the past 5 years noting a storm was rotating… on at least 3 occasions the National Weather Service issued a warning a few minutes later.
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Ellen did mention on twitter that it was sleek and she liked the design. It looks nice, now WZZM should step up their game and update their weather center.
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Honolulublue4life wrote:Ellen did mention on twitter that it was sleek and she liked the design. It looks nice, now WZZM should step up their game and update their weather center.
I really do not see them taking a wrecking ball to the precious Weather Deck and Weather Ball.

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