• Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      so do national networks not show the weather? only local/state ones? no like, big picture weather forecast where there is one/two symbols per state?

      • KantNeverCould [any]
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        edit-2
        4 years ago

        They show a very generic map, cover some highlights and then they usually cut over to the local affiliate station with your local weather. That's your NBC, ABC, CBS. CNN and Fox don't do much weather.

        • Luther [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Your local Fox station does but that's still a different organization from Fox News

          • KantNeverCould [any]
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            4 years ago

            True, I should have clarified that. Fox local affiliates don't really have a "national" news program like the CBS morning/night shows though

        • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          im from italy. the country is small enough to show all the country at once. they show all the places, and then scroll top to bottom saying stuff like "the heat wave is advancing, storms this weekend, the sea is rough, we can expect sunny days". there is also regional networks, which can show a single region's weather.

          • spectre [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            They will do the same on a local station which covers a similar amount of territory. Like others said, a national weather report is pretty brief (like 1 minute)

          • post_trains [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            American population centers are spread pretty far apart compared to Italy. Think of it like if each regione had a local news channel that produces their own content (news, weather, sports) and also airs nightly and morning news programs produced by Rai for the whole country. Remember also that Italy is smaller than California, which doesn't really even do statewide weather on TV iirc, so a really solid national report would be impractical.

            • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
              hexagon
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              4 years ago

              Think of it like if each regione had a local news channel that produces their own content (news, weather, sports) and also airs nightly and morning news programs produced by Rai for the whole country.

              we litterally do tho