I just saw that NBC’s WeatherPlus got carriage here, channel 250. It’s only digital, not HDTV or anything – regular 704×480 feed. And it just looks like the Weather channel. Music with maps. Pre-recorded forecasts from the weather team at NBC6 runs every so often and during the breaks NBC6 promos one after another
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Just noticed something funny with the local forecast(er)s.
You know how 7News has the “7 on 7″ which is a fancy name for the 7 day outlook. I noticedCBS4 only shows 4 days ahead except it doesn’t call it anything fancy. Can you guess WTVJ? Theirs is a 6 day outlook . And WPLG? I guess TV weather systems aren’t yet up for the 10 day ahead job otherwise we’d end up having the 33 and 39 day outlook 
Headline News’ new primetime format debuts tonight with three new programs. The kickoff show will be Showbiz Tonight, something along the lines of what ET, Access Hollywood and Extra do, except it’s hosted by two hot people, then it’s that Nancy Grace woman (eeeesh) and from 9pm untill 10pm Prime News Tonight a 1 hour hard news show, I think.
Bill Kamal got sentenced today to 5 years in jail with no parole and a $20,000 fine. He will also be on parole for the rest of his life. The media went into a frenzy and all local newscasts are leading with the story.
WSVN
Miami TV Weatherman Gets 5 years for child sex solicitation
Local10
Former TV Weatherman Sentenced
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Changes at NBC6?
I’ve noticed NBC6 is going more … um … energetic. Someone over there must be trying to kick the pace up and make the station more energetic. I have noticed a new voice over. Male still, but with a much deeper voice. And one of their latest promos looks like someone from 7 did it’s so fast paced and dramatic if it weren’t for the faces and NBC6 logo you’d never guess it was WTVJ’s. I’ll try to catch it and post some video latta