DFW TV Station Delays Tornado Warning

[rdale]

Boy gotta argue everything...

No, not "argue." You argue over opinions. Your claims were factually wrong. If you want to post factually wrong stuff, go to Facebook

Actually it is legal to stream the game. NFL does all prime-time and local FREE!

The NBC affiliate is not allowed to put the NFL game on their livestream.

Is your defense PDS vs Emergency?

I'm not defending anything. I'm pointing out where you were factually incorrect.

They should have been on the air.

Which is the point we've all made from the get-go

 

[Andy Wehrle]

If you ask me, this "policy" was an attempt by NBC Universal to drive folks to install their app, while maybe also cutting down on a few complains about interrupted programming. It is worth noting that KXAS NBC5 is one of 12 stations that NBC Universal actually owns directly. What surprises me is they implemented this "policy" in spite of a heavy investment in weather. NBC5 has it's own S-band radar, a mobile X-band radar, and 2 fully equipped chase vehicles. They also have 6 meteorologists on staff. Getting a rap of not breaking in for a PDS Tornado Warning kind of goes against that investment. Of course NBC Universal also invests heavily in broadcasting the NFL.

Very interesting. I work (as a technical director/video editor) for the NBC affiliate here in Madison and we have (and have had since long before I started) a wall-to-wall ON AIR policy for any time there is a tornado warning in effect for any part of our market area.

 

[rdale]

That's probably a bit too far in the other direction If you don't trust your weatherperson, get a real meteorologist. Let them make the call.