Friday, September 7, 2007

Weather Ball switch


I was on a tour the other day at WZZM-TV (Channel 13). I was looking for the high-tech way that they get the weather ball to change colors. For those of you that don't know the weather ball is a West Michigan historic icon. As the weather changes, the ball changes color. How does it do that? How does it know what to do?
When President and General Manager Janet Mason gave me the extended tour, Linda Paige superstar Meteorologist, was on duty. She simply went to the weather set, pushed a button, and that was it. Bingo. Pizzaz. The weather ball changed from blue to green.
It was as simple as a push of a button. No magic. No leprechauns and certainly no high tech.

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