Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 39 minutes ago
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First EASyPLUS capture of the year (the Local Access Alert demonstration does not count), featuring a participant-issued Tornado Warning from WHO, Iowa's statewide Primary Entry Point for EAS messages. For some reason, WHO toned the alert for the entire state of Iowa, which tripped KSUX's relay. (I don't remember KMNS going off for this event, as I think they only monitor WHO for the Monthlies and EANs, not weather warnings.)
This was recorded on March 5, 2022 at around 5:17 PM local time to a VHS tape, digitized using VirtualDub2 and deinterlaced with QTGMC. Video footage of a decommissioned Trilithic EASyPLUS receiving radio from KSUX-FM in Sioux City, IA.
[For the geeks: the tones in the video decode to 'ZCZC-EAS-TOR-019000-019053-019117-019185+0100-0642314-PjFrix -'. I'm unsure why anybody would want this information because it's literally displayed on screen in the video.]
[ =- a Frix's Media Archive 1st! -= ]
First EASyPLUS capture of the year (the Local Access Alert demonstration does not count), featuring a participant-issued Tornado Warning from WHO, Iowa's statewide Primary Entry Point for EAS messages. For some reason, WHO toned the alert for the entire state of Iowa, which tripped KSUX's relay. (I don't remember KMNS going off for this event, as I think they only monitor WHO for the Monthlies and EANs, not weather warnings.)
This was recorded on March 5, 2022 at around 5:17 PM local time to a VHS tape, digitized using VirtualDub2 and deinterlaced with QTGMC. Video footage of a decommissioned Trilithic EASyPLUS receiving radio from KSUX-FM in Sioux City, IA.
[For the geeks: the tones in the video decode to 'ZCZC-EAS-TOR-019000-019053-019117-019185+0100-0642314-PjFrix -'. I'm unsure why anybody would want this information because it's literally displayed on screen in the video.]
![Retro 8s Live / WeatherSTAR 4000 (style)- June 28, 2023 [partial recording/snippet]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ngrzO93cu4A/mqdefault.jpg "Retro 8s Live / WeatherSTAR 4000 (style)- June 28, 2023 [partial recording/snippet]
From June 27 to November 3, 2023, The Weather Channel has seemingly decided to bring back its famous Weather STAR 4000 (more accurately, its visuals) for an hour-long week-morning (3 AM CT) broadcast consisting of nationwide local forecasts with smooth jazz. Some may say that this is almost just like the real thing, although if I had to be perfectly honest, nothing can beat the real thing.
About the only critism I have about this (other than the font being used, admittedly its pretty close to whatever the 4000 used back in the day.) is the lack of Current Conditions icons, as the only icon set that appears throughout (from the amount that Ive seen of this) is often associated with the Regional Conditions/Regional Forecast segments.
The content provided is owned by The Weather Channel / Weather Group LLC / Allen Media Group. I am not affiliated with either company, just a long time fan of things like these. On the other hand, the music seems to be sourced from Transition Music according to YouTubes Content ID.
Clipped around Cincinnati since a TCF recreation follows shortly and I wanted to provide some high quality footage of that. For the curious, the full hour has been re-uploaded by TWCZach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcH63awa5ow")
![Paramount Television [90th Anniversary] (2002, in-credit, HQ)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/odkAZoWL05o/mqdefault.jpg "Paramount Television [90th Anniversary] (2002, in-credit, HQ)
Taken from an airing of Entertainment Tonight on March 10, 2002.*
[*exact date unconfirmed.]
Previous upload was captured with a mono-only VCR and had a watermark in the lower right corner.")
