CBS Coverage

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by AremRed

Yeah but a blank screen is WAAAY too far. Keep showing the game and either 1) do a voiceover, or 2) show a graphic. Or both. Don't cut away from the game.

Seen this done several times. Never heard of the blank screen

Actually I mean Ohio.

Peace

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Seen this done several times. Never heard of the blank screen



Actually I mean Ohio.



Peace

I've seen it a few times, but as one poster pointed out, the station is overridden by the Emergency Broadcast System. Nothing the station can do about it. This usually only happens for no kidding life threatening events (tornado warning, earthquake, tsunami, etc.). Severe thunderstorm warnings don't usually result in the EBS black screen. Though if you live in Oklahoma or Kansas, the station will probably preempt on their own volition anyway.


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[scrounge]

I was not only in the described tv market, but actually smack dab in the middle of the storm path in suburban Columbus.

It was indeed a warning, but there wasn't a touchdown or sighted tornado but rather a tight thunderstorm that started showing rotation. The neighboring county was in T-warning for some time while the local CBS affiliate stayed with the game, and our county was in T-warning for a few mins too until they finally pulled the plug for weather preemption (the other local affiliates had been in meteorologist-nirvana preemption for awhile). It wasn't an EAS alert, just the normal preemption. But yea, they had tech difficulties and showed a blank green or black screen for about 5 mins - right at the end of the game. Idiotic.

Split screen, people.