Wayback Playback - 2 Hours - Aug 7 1997 - Lakehurst, NJ

[@johngligo4049]

I had just moved to Las Vegas in June of 1997 and I can tell you that our Summer Monsoon season was definitely one to be remembered! Very busy that summer! Lot's of thunderstorms!

[@michaelolsen5041]

Love watching these old clips. I like the second, third, fifth, and sixth local forecast songs......and love the fourth one. Brings tears to my eyes when I hear it. Ohhhh, those were the good ol days. Been watching TWC since I was 4......now I'm about to be 37.

[@jeepthing98]

1997 was a good year for TWC. Still had the OG meteorologists, Trammell Starks on the LFs, you could tune in at just about any point of the hour and actually get weather information without the extra news magazine segments and distractions. Crisp, watchable, genuine TWC. I don't even turn to it any more.

[@jamesmo2932]

I have to say the best era of the weather channel was during the 80s and 90s, after the early 2000's it went downhill and turned into a bunch of hype like it is today.

[@Alex-fx5es]

Cheryl Lemke, one of my favorites

[@epzik8]

I'm really feeling the 1997 vibe here. I was a 2-year-old doing whatever 2-year-olds do. I like the graphics of this time period because they were fresh and modern for the day, yet at the same time maintained a "classic" or "retro" feel.

[@JavanHamiltonTV]

Those were the golden days of TWC, visually. Used to be the highlight of my afterschool; I was eight at the time. 26:28 is what made me pursue a career in motion graphics.

[@stgx6186]

Cheryl Lemke now does Local weather in Decatur, Illinois. (ABC 20) Just saw her yesterday & this came up in my feed. Weird. 🙂⚡

[@King-gx1uv]

Boy this bring back some memories I wish we can go back in time.

[@UNCJerry77]

I miss this Weather Channel. NBC messed up a good thing.

[@MarkMeadows90]

Best era of the Weather Channel. The late 90s up until the mid 2000s.

[@fsukb]

I graduated in 97. I've been a big fan of the weather channel since I was a kid.

[@Caysen52TheSecond]

It sure is being the current version of the weather channel or weatherstar 4000! Hi, squidward!

[@SCREAMINGinCAPS]

This is a VERY COLD map for early August. It's one of the coldest I've seen, certainly since that year, 1997. Mid 60's at noon in Dallas is unheard of on Aug. 7th!

[@michaelwilson1461]

From watching this clip, I definitely remember this from the radar clip. My mother died the next day on August 8, 1997. It was a Friday morning and Memphis had Heavy, Severe Thunderstorms that whole morning and afternoon. It was so loud.

[@King-gx1uv]

I love the old locals on the 8s

[@NetscapeNavigator10.0]

This slaps so hard 🔥

[@PsychicSploob]

I have no good reason to be watching this... But I watched it all...

[@willsco76]

Date: Thursday August 7, 1997

[@nicholasmorales24]

Love listening to seasons on the edge

[@Intelliguy]

I knew I remember seeing the Marine Forecast down there, and I was right! Seems like all former Garden State systems had them. I remember for sure the Atlantic City XL did.

[@gfalcon]

On these flavors that debuted in 1995, It replaced the extended forecast on the 60 and 90 second flavors. At first it replaced the extended forecast in ALL of the newly created flavors, but that made the extended forecast very, very rare (you had to wait for an overnight 3-minute flavor) The extended forecast was brought back to the 2-minute flavors sometime in 1996.

[@gfalcon]

It appeared on the 2-minute LF's. All of the screen timings were shortened which allowed for extra time to insert the marine forecast before the tides screen. This same practice was done on the WS4000 E flavors (pre-1995)... the screens were shortened and the marine forecast appeared between the extended forecast and current radar. When the XL flavors were revamped in spring 2002, the marine forecast was dropped.

[@gfalcon]

only one... from around christmas 2001

[@gfalcon]

a couple of other odd tidbits about the XL's marine forecast... 1. The re-timing of the LF screens somehow disabled Alan Jackson's narration except for the current conditions at the begining. 2. Whenever there was a weather bulletin scrolling at the bottom... there was no marine forecast, the screen durations were normal, and the narration would be intact throughout the entire LF.

[@gfalcon]

done and done

[@yankeesman14]

Does anyone know the name of the song starting at 14:56?

[@NetscapeNavigator10.0]

I wish I knew. It's a Banger 💥

[@jbsmg]

This is the good shit.

[@act6629]

Soft spoken female meteorologists that enunciated their Ss and Ts. I’m pretty sure TWC in the 90s is where I discovered what is now known as ASMR.

[@thegospelofchristsaves7174]

What is that music at 34:30? It is my all-time favorite and I just found it and used to listen to it as a kid in 97. If someone knows please let me know :) Thank you!

[@phillholbrook9515]

Trammell Starks - Season on the Edge/Do You Believe?

[@thegospelofchristsaves7174]

@@phillholbrook9515 Thank you!

[@phillholbrook9515]

54:46 You're welcome :)

[@alientortie]

if ANYONE can please please ID the track at about 45 minutes, i would really really appreciate it!

[@jamesjimmy1953]

No idea name of song, but pretty sure it's by Trammell Starks if that helps.

[@ssye2618]

What's the name of the track in the first local forecast of this clip? at 4:30

[@jeepthing98]

It's from the Trammel Starks collection, not sure the name of it, but I bought the CD's several years ago and still have them (autographed too)

[@countrymann5040]

14:56 anyone know the tune?

[@megamanfan3]

23:48 I guess this was recorded from an Adelphia head-end. I remember that company all too well. 56:29 I was correct.

[@ckfinke7625]

I believe Adelphia in Toms River, later sold to Comcast.

[@megamanfan3]

@@ckfinke7625 That's also true for the Bethel Park headend.

[@SCREAMINGinCAPS]

Didn't they all go to jail

[@David-ty1xz]

The good ole days, no mention of any political climate change mumbo jumbo, just the facts mam.