What's up with the Weather Channel?

[Wounded Bear]

The last couple of days, I don't get ANY local weather reporting. Usually, the crawl at the bottom has local weather conditions and forecasts, now its all national. Hey, I feel for you guys back east and in the midwest for all the bad weather you're getting, but generally when I go to that channel, I want to know what's happening HERE. Not sure I'm even getting the "Weather on the 8's" loops that show conditions in the nearest big city. Close enough to be useful, I guess, but still a ways away.

Is this Trump's fault, too?

[NCTraveler]

1. I don't get it so I'm not sure.

I believe they were recently bought.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/media/2018/03/23/weather-channel-sold-independent-entertainment-studios/452202002/

[malaise]

2. I prefer WeatherUnderground

https://www.wunderground.com/

[Wounded Bear]

9. Yabbut, I don't want to have to fire up the computer to get weather...

I'd rather just have a TV feed. I have a decent weather feed on my PC, but it's not always on.

[Mariana]

10. WeatherUnderground has a handy (free) app for the phone.

I got sick of The Weather Channel a long time ago.

[Little Star]

3. We have Verizon Fios and they dropped....

the weather channel and gave us accuweather. I haven't found one person around here who doesn't long for the weather channel.

[underpants]

6. Before we unplugged they dropped TWC

Accuweather looks like a cheap PowerPoint presentation

[Bengus81]

4. Actually they don't spend all that much time on the Midwest..........

Mostly east coast and thinking up a new laughable name for the next winter "storm".

[yallerdawg]

5. If you're on cable like me...

I get two channel feeds, a local and a Hi-Def national transmission.

Do you have an alternate Weather Channel station available on your menu?

[Wounded Bear]

8. Haven't seen one...

Even the local channels don't carry much. There used to be a regional PNW channel, but it went away several years ago.

[wishstar]

7. My Weather Channel was doing that a couple of days ago but has reverted back to local weather

I had same reaction when it was showing all these far flung places instead of local weather on the 8's, but today it is back to normal.

[yagotme]

11. Yeah, I love it when it looks like it's going to storm badly,

I go to the WC, and "Ice Road Truckers", or that show where they're digging in the dirt in the mountains is on. C'mon, it's the "WEATHER" channel!!!