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North Carolina
1 review
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DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
September 29, 2022

I PAID FOR A YEAR, BUT COULD NEVER LOGIN. WHEN I TRY TO RESET MY PWD, I NEVER GET THE EMAIL TO RESET IT, OR A RESPONSE FROM SUPPORT. WHAT A RIPOFF.

Date of experience: September 29, 2022
Florida
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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We are never noticed
September 28, 2022

I find it amazing that Kissimmee fl is never mentioned when it comes to Sirius weather conditions or issues I guess it's because today Latinos live here but don't worry soon we will take over all media.

Date of experience: September 28, 2022
Pennsylvania
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Poor quality
September 24, 2022

It's downright horrible. It constantly freezes. Then when you get thru it spins ads at you and you have to do it all over again. Plus it's not always accurate. A company that's been around 40 years should be far better.

Date of experience: September 24, 2022
Massachusetts
5 reviews
48 helpful votes
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It's unfortunate that the weather channel is owned by Byron Allen, who has donated just in the past 24 months over $400,000 to democratic institutions and part of that $100,000 to Nancy Pelosi. So now just like CBS, NBC, ABC, we have another channel devoted to the Democratic Party pushing all of their agenda rather than providing accurate information. So as we've watched this particular tropical season in 2022, the weather channel limited any discussion about the effects of Sahara sand coming off Africa which inundated part of Europe besides covering most of the Atlantic for the entire summer, as they just wanted to hide the truth and it's really depressing because we used to depend on the weather channel to provide accurate information but that's gone by the wayside. You would think that they would understand that people would do their own investigation especially someone like myself who spends so much time in South Florida and watches the weather like a hawk and has lived through hurricanes like Irma and Sandy and Wilma, but they don't want to tell you why even last year the tropical storms and hurricanes were very low in the Atlantic didn't develop into hurricanes until they got in the gulf because of the Sahara sand. So the normal track that we've seen for years going back just a few years where tropical waves would come off the coast of Africa and then become tropical storms and then become hurricanes and then major hurricanes, that didn't happen this year but again the weather channel doesn't want to tell you why, it's really disgusting.

Date of experience: September 17, 2022
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Not about the weather anymore!
September 16, 2022

Years ago, TWC was 24/7 weather. Now, it is everything but the weather. Local weather only twice an hour. The actual weather part of TWC is only 12 hours on weekdays because of other programming and only 6 hours on weekend days! If I wanted alternative programming, I would find it. TWC should be renamed The Part-Time Weather Channel!

Date of experience: September 16, 2022
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Pattrn is absolutely the worst of the "new" Weather Channel. As soon as I see that it is on I turn it off or go to another channel. I hate way they try to make it like cross between Good Morning American and the national evening news. It is not fun to watch because it is so opinionated and full of itself. The other thing that as slowly changed is all of these ridiculous reality shows and almost no weather reporting on the weekends. Better get better Weather Channel or your gone from our cable package.

Date of experience: September 12, 2022
Florida
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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The sky ism falling weather channel
September 5, 2022

They have really been unhappy, no hurricane damage yet. No storms are headed to the U.S. yet.
Find a reputable LOCAL meteorologist and watch them. Don't watch or listen to the weather channel.
They will tell you anything, they don't care if its a big fat stretch of the imagination! They have stood near my back yard in Florida and said the weather conditions are terrible and the wind is blowing less than 15 mph and its raining! They are losers!

Date of experience: September 5, 2022
Louisiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Awful
September 3, 2022

The reason The Weather Channel has gone downhill is because a low rate comedian by the name of Byron Allen of Allen Media Group bought it! Use AccuWeather its not great but definitely better than this!

Date of experience: September 3, 2022
Florida
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Climate Change Propagandists
September 1, 2022

The Weather Channel is no longer a good source for weather news/updates as you must listen to their constant barrage of climate change propaganda. From your pet dog causing climate change because of its carbon foot print to them blaming flight turbulence on climate change. If they would simply STFU and do the weather.

Date of experience: September 1, 2022
Illinois
6 reviews
21 helpful votes
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Weather Channel has gotten VERY BAD!
July 27, 2022

Terrible. It's gotten so bad. I watched them for years. They are a big joke.
I don't know why they still are on?
They lie, now they are trying to scheme more revenue, so you become a premium member. What a joke!

Date of experience: July 27, 2022
Tennessee
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Weather wrong forecast
July 26, 2022

This weather site is virtually useless. It forecasts thunderstorms for days and then keeps pushing the timing back and back. Finally, there are not any thunderstorms; not even any rain. I am tired of the errors
And I will seek another weather website!

Date of experience: July 26, 2022
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Needs Name Change
July 25, 2022

From its early years The W Channel has gone through many changes to lineup & shows. One has to ponder how do you fill in all that extra time not focused on your local weather. Well cue in old tow truck shows, Earth will be destroyed soon documentaries, home style talk shows & plenty of vitamin & other mind numbing ads. It's been quite amiss in our local area with correct warnings, which creates a crying wolf reputation they shouldn't have. I rarely have it on the tv anymore, it use to be background noise while I cook but I don't like climate fear mongering broadcast in my face. I do my part to be conservative but just turn it off after waiting it seems like forever to just to see local radar (on the television) I'm not trying to write a scathing review for popcorn comment viewers (like me, lol) but it's just got too much other fluff. Maybe show early year archives of the old weather channel shows instead of tow truck stories. & no my kids don't want to unknowingly see pop up shows on how our earth will be destroyed in 50 years or less thank you very much. Just sayin!

Date of experience: July 25, 2022
New York
5 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Quality Went Down
July 9, 2022

The Weather Channel is nice and reliable in giving hourly weather and pretty accurate. But... I am annoyed and may find a different website because they only show two day's worth of hourly weather now. They now want to suck money out of my pocket to get a week's worth of hourly weather.

Date of experience: July 9, 2022
Germany
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Heather Tesch and her cronies are certifiable morons! "Ketchup Shortage Coming Due To Climate Change!" Anybody that passed high school or college biology knows that the science of climate shows it is a normal and regular fluctuation evidenced by historical record. We are Not going to have a ketchup shortage due to climate change, which is the explanation these fools use for everything that happens. Ketchup will be fine. If there is a greater demand for it, the private sector will generate enough ketchup. Tomatoes are a hot weather crop. Stop with the alarmist approach to everything that happens. According to the news stories published by the Weather Channel, the world is coming to an end very soon. I'm sure since I don't have proof of purchase of their Premium Service, probably wont get published.

Date of experience: June 18, 2022
Tennessee
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Weak and Careless
June 7, 2022

The Weather Channel on the web has always misinformed the public with its endorsement of false leading ads and now it forces the user to see ads that very few if anyone is interested in. The ads forces the user to stop and close the ad. This is a bulling mentality. They are increasingly getting worse and I am using other weather sources as a result. Too bad they can't just do weather and I don't mind the ads along the side panel but having to deal with the ads that keep you from seeing the weather info is over the top. RMann

Date of experience: June 7, 2022
Ohio
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Whether or Weather
May 22, 2022

The weather channel continues to disappoint, if I want to watch heavy rescue I can go to Youtube! Local on the 8' s was very useful for your viewing audience and that is precisely where your focus should be. My forecast concerning the weather channel is a continued drought when it comes to weather!

Date of experience: May 22, 2022
Georgia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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It's controlling my computer
May 21, 2022

Has anyone else noticed that when you try to leave the TWC site, and you click on your favorites list to drop down, and it just freezes, and you can't see your favorites, so you have to stay on the site for a while until they finally let you see your favorites list, and only then are you allowed to leave the site. Also, I have been seeing warnings that are essentially scare tactics, to get one to tune in more often because of an approaching storm. "Some storms may be sever, Have a plan" Here's my plan: I am deleting TWC from my favorites list and never going to allow IBM to control my computer again. The end.

Date of experience: May 21, 2022
Tennessee
1 review
13 helpful votes
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The Weather or Not Channel
May 14, 2022

Even when pretending to show weather they fail miserably. No national maps. Confusing graphics and haphazard presentations of what they do show. Hosts sitting on a couch showing off the female's legs and trying to make stupid jokes. In the evening just show tow trucks or the weather 20 years ago. If someone is watching TWC they want to see the actual weather and forecast for the whole nation. Why can't they understand this simple concept?

Date of experience: May 14, 2022
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Web site radar navigation design fail
March 28, 2022

Why do they have navigation button symbols that are 1% of the size of the button. Enlarge the symbols so we can actually see them! Make them almost the entire size of the button, why do I have to ask for this?

Date of experience: March 27, 2022
New York
1 review
8 helpful votes
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1 step above a Spam site
March 19, 2022

Whether channel latest upgrades have put strong emphasis on Advertising. New Radar map is horrible. 1/2 the screen are ads or sales pitch to buy premium. Radar was top notch before, now it's very user unfriendly.
Uninstalled app. Hope they roll back the upgrade.

Date of experience: March 19, 2022