Relive the 90s: Weather Channel Simulator

Re:Relive the 90s: Weather Channel Simulator by xorbax on Thursday May 29, 2025 @02:42PM (#44128934)

Wasn't there also a text-to-speech voiceover of the local forecast text?

I would have sworn they would replace the music with a guy "reading" the forecast.

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Re:Relive the 90s: Weather Channel Simulator by dcrazy on Thursday May 29, 2025 @03:28PM (#44129385)

There was a time when it was only prerecorded “The forecast for your area”

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Re:Relive the 90s: Weather Channel Simulator by dylan604 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:37PM (#44130146)

For a time, you could call a phone number for the forecast. A lot of banks would tell you the time with one of their numbers.

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Re:Relive the 90s: Weather Channel Simulator by reaperducer on Thursday May 29, 2025 @06:46PM (#44131104)

This still exists in some cities. Albuquerque is one.

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Re:Relive the 90s: Weather Channel Simulator by xd1936 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:06PM (#44129773)

"Your Local 'On the 8s'"

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Re:Relive the 90s: Weather Channel Simulator by dylan604 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:36PM (#44130133)

In large markets, some of the local broadcast stations have a dedicated digital channel that plays a local version of this. In my market, they have the digital voice reading the forecast.

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