Then-WNEP VP and GM Elden Hale was/is a genius. I’m not sure about either claim, but here’s what I know. The school closings were displayed on the screen-in alphabetical order-on something we named the “Winterwatch Computer.” We were "Newswatch 16," and we had the "Spotrtswatch" and the "Weatherwatch." Creative, huh?Ī case can be made that WNEP was the first station in America to computerize school closings, and that I was the one behind it. One year later the slips of paper were gone and Frank was back to anchoring.
WNEP SCHOOL CLOSINGS TODAY PATCH
It was rotten TV, but what could be more important than keeping little Johnny from freezing to death at the bus stop, or little Suzy from getting killed when her school bus slides on a patch of “black ice” and winds up on its side in a ditch? God, it was boring, reading them over…and over…and over. During commercials and the weather forecast he did his best to alphabetize the mess. When I took over as News Director at WNEP, back in 1983, morning anchor Frank Andrews would sit at the anchor desk with slips of paper-a pile of slips of paper-and read off the closings and delays. I don’t have children, but I always check for the status of “S.
WNEP SCHOOL CLOSINGS TODAY PC
All over the area people are tuning to WNEP-TV to see if the “Winterwatch” computer has their kids’ school on the list although these days you can also check the “Winterwatch” on your PC or even have closings and delays sent straight to your cell phone. Snow, sleet and freezing rain have delayed or canceled classes in dozens of school districts. It’s another crummy December morning in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania.
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