Would you like to see Dish drop The Weather Channel?

[navychop]

I think most of us agree it's become less and less useful. Maybe it's not so important what the replacement might be, maybe it's just more important to recover the bandwidth?

 

[Tampa8]

Voted if it's replaced....

 

[gpollock87]

Voted if it's replaced....

same here

 

[Jimbo]

Navy,
1 channel being removed won't make much difference bandwidth wise.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

The downward spiral started when NBC bought 'em...

 

[gpollock87]

The downward spiral started when NBC bought 'em...

nbc screwed chiller up too!

 

[chiodo]

Yeah NBC is good at destroying networks, Another weather channel in HD or none at all would be better.

 

[navychop]

Navy,
1 channel being removed won't make much difference bandwidth wise.

Ah, but I have no fear that it would make space for one, perhaps more popular and more profitable, channel.

 

[king3pj]

I don't see how removing anything we currently pay for is good for us. Less options for the same price is never a good thing in my opinion. I don't watch TWC unless there is a crazy hurricane, tornado, or earthquake so maybe a couple times a year. It's still nice to know its there when I want it though. I vote no.

 

[Skee7ix]

And NBC is destroying live coverage of anything also.

 

[EatMyVolts]

Yes, not because I enjoy loosing channels but because there is the slightest chance that it might send a message to the powers that be at NBC. I know, I know, dream on.

 

[kenny9966]

Navy,
1 channel being removed won't make much difference bandwidth wise.

Agreed. A 10fps radar map doesnt eat all that much bandwidth.

 

[jevans64]

Yes. I want to see WEATHER FORECASTS, not documentaries on Katrina, etc. We need something interactive like Weather Underground.

 

[renegade734]

It's nothing like it used to be. And I'm no longer willing to pay for it. Give me my Superstations in HD and I'll find my own damn weather.

 

[riffjim4069]

I honestly don't recall the last time I watched TWC. Back in the 80s and 90s I planned by fishing trips and weekend activites around them...nowadays I get the weather in real time, 24x7, from multiple sources as others have pointed out. Frankly, the weather widget on my phone tells me 95% of what I need to know.

 

[stardust3]

http://www.weather.gov/

The best weather information available.....................

 

[fibonacci011235]

The Weather Channel is absolutely useless. Bring back the one Dish briefly had on.

 

[satjay]

I voted no, I don't mind the channel

 

[Ronnie-]

I voted no, I don't mind the channel

Same here, I still watch it from time to time.

 

[renegade734]

I honestly don't recall the last time I watched TWC. Back in the 80s and 90s I planned by fishing trips and weekend activites around them...nowadays I get the weather in real time, 24x7, from multiple sources as others have pointed out. Frankly, the weather widget on my phone tells me 95% of what I need to know.

I stopped relying on The Weather Channel years ago. Back in the '90's, when I was working early mornings, if I wanted to know what the temperature was before going outside, the only info I could find on screen was a crawl stating "It's 76 degrees and sunny at Endless Summer Tanning Centers. Call today for more information." Yay. Just what I needed to know on a cold January morning.

Today, I can get more information, faster, just by opening my laptop. Don't need to wait for Local on the Eights.