[BC] TV weather

[Jerry Mathis]

On 2/9/06, DHultsman5 at aol.com <DHultsman5 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 2/9/2006 12:21:43 PM Central Standard Time,
> Jldavis at tribune.com writes:
>
> We also  used little symbols of clouds, the sun and tornados that had some
> polarized  light reflective material on them.  There was a key light up on
> the  lighting grid that had a motorized filter rotating in front of
> it  that
> shined on the map.  The clouds would have raindrops coming out of  them,
> the
> sun rays would radiate out from the center and the tornado
> would  spin.  It
> was actually really cool: long before the weather graphics  came from a
> computer.
>
> Jack Davis
> K6YC
>
>
>
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>
> I recall a stations that had a map of the USA and the state on a flip over
> blackboard and used white Chalk to label everything.....  Temperatures and
> fronts etc.
>
>
> When they upgraded they  did exactly the same thing but had a pad of  maps
> printed on white paper and they started using the Carters black
> marks-a-lot  on
> the maps instead of flipping they simply panned to the right.
>
> The next step was the polarized light.  they had a larger mapa and put  iy
> together on the air with big magnetic "L" for low pressure and "H" for
> high
> pressure as well as fronts, rain  lightning and snow  and  sunshine.  All
> of the
> magnetic pieces had either flashing or rotating or  moving polorazed
> lights
> very impressive.
>
> Wow has weather come along way from guys using black boards with white
> shoe
> polish.
>
> Dave
>
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So THAT'S how they did that!! I used to see those symbols with the clouds
and lightning and raindrops and even sunrays, and I wondered how that
worked. (This was when I was a kid, BTW). It was either channel 4 (then
WSM-TV) or channel 5 (then WLAC-TV) out of Nashville.

--
JM