best #Weatherscan track https://archive.org/details/weatherscancompletecollection/Weatherscan+Track+1.mp3

Calling the preservationists here on the fediverse:

Next week, on December 9th, all remaining TWC #IntelliStar units powering the #Weatherscan TV channel will be decommissioned and the channel will be shut down across the US. Both the IntelliStar units and the software used on the channel are currently unpreserved, and may remain as such if we don't act fast.

Since the channel was run entirely at cable headends with almost no intervention from The Weather Channel, the remaining cable companies that carry it are dropping it at different times, so it's likely that very few remain, if any at all. It is currently unknown if anyone has secured a unit.

Frankfort Plant Board Cable, a provider that seemed like our best bet to get a unit from, discontinued the channel on November 17, with the unit powering it seemingly nowhere to be found. We have very few options left, so if possible, please call the providers in the list linked below and try to get in contact with someone that currently manages the units:

https://jort.link/www.twcarchive.com/wiki/Weatherscan

We can't let these pieces of tech and communications history be thrown away. We don't have much time left, so please help!

#tech #preservation #archive #tv #weather #nocross

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