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User:ZLMedia/Remaining Weather Star 4000s

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Below is a list of 4000s that are still in use.

Sources:[1][2] Analog refers to the station's Analog channel. VC refers to the station's digital PSIP virtual channel. RF refers to the station's physical digital RF channel.

City/town Primary observation site Cable company/headend Analog VC RF STAR ID Notes
Auburn University, Alabama[3] Auburn, Alabama Auburn University campus cable No degradation
Troy, Alabama Cairns Airfield Troy Cable Used as a backup unit if the Weather Star XL should fail.
Blytheville, Arkansas Ritter Communications
Fairfield Bay, Arkansas Ritter Communications
Fordyce, Arkansas Pine Bluff, Arkansas Media3 Communications
Marked Tree, Arkansas Ritter Communications
Pine Bluff, Arkansas [4][5] Pine Bluff, Arkansas Suddenlink 15 3042
Tahoe City, California Truckee, California WestStar Cable Last confirmed in 2008, one of the last working 4000s in California.
Port Hueneme, California [6] Point Mugu NAS, California Communication Services Cable 25 As of May 2011, one of the last working 4000s in California.
Astatula, Florida Leesburg, Florida Florida Cable 13 No signs of degradation currently present.
Mexico Beach, Florida [7] Panama City, Florida Mediacom 27 1323
Springfield, Florida Panama City, Florida Springfield Cablevision
Pensacola, Florida Pensacola, Florida Mediacom
Belleville, Illinois Belleville, Illinois Charter Communications 28 No degradation exists on this unit.
Bellevue, Illinois Tele-Star? 14 No signs of degradation
DeKalb, Illinois DeKalb, Illinois Northern Illinois University Campus Cable 35 No degradation exists on this unit.
Litchfield, Illinois [8] Litchfield, Illinois

Alton, Illinois (backup)

St. Louis, Missouri (backup)

NewWave Communications 31 2509 Still in use February 2013
Metropolis, Illinois Paducah, Kentucky Charter Communications 27
Morris, Illinois Morris, Illinois
Churdan, Iowa [9] Fort Dodge, Iowa Gowrie Cablevision 18 Has trouble showing moon phases.
Fort Scott, Kansas Chanute, Kansas Suddenlink 53 Occasionally fails to work at all, resulting in viewers seeing the national loop instead. Animated weather icons will sometimes appear in inverted colors. Will occasionally malfunction and appear over regular programming or commercials.
Monona, Iowa Dubuque, Iowa Northeast Iowa Telephone Company 8
Perry, Kansas

Lecompton, Kansas [10][11]

Topeka, Kansas SCI Cable Inc. 51 Repaired a few years ago to fix severe degradation (radar issues and major legibility issues), so it appears as a brand new 4000.
Wamego, Kansas WTC Communications
Fort Polk, Louisiana [12] Fort Polk, Louisiana Suddenlink 27
Bel Air, Maryland [13] Baltimore, Maryland Armstrong 3 This unit has some slight degradation and has recently experienced garbled text.
Mackinac Island, Michigan [14] Mackinac Island, Michigan Charter Communications As of June 29, 2011, this system has slight degradation on the radar. The green "dragon" symbol appears on the new moon.
Yale, Michigan [15] Port Huron, Michigan Comcast 31 Has some degree of degradation. The almanac shows the green "dragon" on new moon symbols. It is currently unclear where the headend that serves this area is actually located. It is possible that Yale is also served by the same headend that Bad Axe to the north is. In which case, this area could be served by an XL. Last confirmed in 2005.
Muskegon, Michigan Muskegon, Michigan Glen Oaks Apartment Cable System 34
Alexandria, Minnesota Alexandria, Minnesota Selective TV Inc. 50 6216 See K50DB: over the air broadcast in a UHF cable system. No degradation.[16]
Warroad, Minnesota Warroad, Minnesota
Willmar, Minnesota Willmar, Minnesota UHF-TV Inc. 34.1 34 See K34HO: over the air broadcast in a UHF cable system. No degradation.[17]
Boonville, Missouri Columbia, Missouri SuddenLink
Brookfield, Missouri
Kirksville, Missouri [18][19] Kirksville, Missouri CableOne
West Plains, Missouri Pomona, Missouri Charter Communications No degradation. Last confirmed on May 27, 2010.
Wolf Point, Montana[20] Wolf Point, Montana
Chadron, Nebraska[21] Chadron, Nebraska Great Plains Communications
Syracuse, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Galaxy Cablevision Traces of degradation on the unit. Also, the moon phases on the almanac have the "dragon" symbols on all phases.
Red River, New Mexico Angel Fire, New Mexico Comcast 12 5243 Has no degradation, still has trouble showing the almanac sometimes, and used to not show the station ID, but that was fixed August 2007. Updated as of August, 2009 the title Forecast used to be Taos, NM but it was renamed to Angel Fire. Last confirmed on July 29, 2011.
Tucumcari, New Mexico Tucumcari, New Mexico Comcast 32 Severe degradation including color changes and an unusable radar. This unit uses a local sensor package on which the wind direction portion does not function. Degredaton was partially reduced as of December 2009.
Salamanca, New York Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport Atlantic Broadband 68 Some difficulty rendering radar loops. Otherwise, no degradation; machine is still regularly maintained.
Ocracoke, North Carolina [22] Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Clinton, North Carolina Fayetteville, North Carolina StarVision 24 (May be upgraded soon?)
Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Wilson, North Carolina

Carrington, North Dakota
Barlow, North Dakota
New Rockford, North Dakota 		Jamestown, North Dakota
Devils Lake, North Dakota
Bismarck, North Dakota 		Midcontinent Communications[23] 17 17.5 86.3 Has major degradation. Default EAS channel.
Hettinger, North Dakota[24] Hettinger
Williston, North Dakota Williston, North Dakota Provider unknown No degradation
Pryor, Oklahoma [25] Claremore, Oklahoma Time Warner Cable [26] 25[26] Appears to suffer from degradation
Burns, Oregon Burns, Oregon
Stayton, Oregon [27] Salem, Oregon Wave Broadband 17 Recent installation. Little to no degradation on this unit. Only known operating Weather Star 4000 in Oregon.
Bentleyville, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania FairPoint 42 7851 Used to be Bentcom/local head-end
Forest City, Pennsylvania Carbondale, Pennsylvania NEP Datavision 19
State College, Pennsylvania [28] State College, Pennsylvania Windstream 13 6825 State College, Pennsylvania also has an IntelliStar (Comcast). This Weather Star 4000 suffered from major graphical degradation problems, especially in the Extended Forecast and Almanac products, but reportedly was fully repaired before November 2008.
Seven Springs, Pennsylvania Seven Springs Ski Resort
(Johnstown, Pennsylvania) 		Armstrong Cable and Telephone
Walnut Bottom, Pennsylvania Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Kuhn Communications Inc. 59 Some radar issues.
Ramona, South Dakota Sioux Falls, South Dakota Alliance Communications
Spring City, Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee Spring City Cable Slight degration in background.
Dalhart, Texas[29] Dalhart, Texas
Eastland, Texas Abilene, Texas Western Broadband
Northfield, Vermont Montpelier, Vermont Trans-Video Cable INC 47 Shows no signs of degradation.
Hampton, Virginia [30] Langley Air Force Base NASA Langley Research Center 12 4984 The Weather Star 4000 used here is a local feed direct from the NASA research facility. Degradation has been seen on the unit. An IntelliStar also exists at Langley Air Force Base.
Chincoteague, Virginia [31][32] Chincoteague, Virginia Charter Communications 33 (STAR displays 28) 4501 Slight signs of Degradation. Sometimes on a K Flavor, it will display a green LDL over the Satellite Local Forecast at the beginning.
Wakefield, Virginia [33] Wakefield, Virginia This STAR is showing no signs of degradation.
Omak, Washington [34] Omak, Washington Charter Communications 12 4275 This STAR is showing no signs of degradation, and also uses a local sensor package. It was also out throughout most of spring in 2006. Former WeatherStar III headend.
Cedar City, Utah Cedar City, Utah 23 No degradation
Spearfish, South Dakota Spearfish, South Dakota 21 No degradation, has sensor package.
Bowman, North Dakota Williston, North Dakota Only obvious degradation is on the almanac where random moons get shaded green. An oddity is that the reporting city is roughly 200 miles from the STAR.
Siren, Wisconsin Siren, Wisconsin Siren Telephone Company 15

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.taiganet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=974 A 4000 Still Running! - WeatherSTAR 4000 emulator support
  2. ^ Board Message
  3. ^ http://twctoday.com/forums/index.php/topic,1910.msg78313/boardseen.html#new
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0UihdNXyko YouTube - WeatherSTAR 4000
  5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8OXzbJ4cnM&watch_response YouTube - Re: WeatherSTAR 4000
  6. ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssbn737rm/5699327635/ WeatherSTAR 4000 Port Hueneme
  7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=shaneomac1986+weatherstar+4000&search_sort=video_date_uploaded
  8. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mjuOXE-kgM
  9. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeiwdWchsE4
  10. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTEVjkcWRW0 YouTube - Hot Weather in Kansas
  11. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5xRupW7YLA YouTube - Weststar 4000 Perry / Lecompton, Kansas
  12. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmucGVTtOIc&feature=channel
  13. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXPIsKl7oxc
  14. ^ http://twctoday.com/forums/index.php/topic,2424.msg108009.html#msg108009
  15. ^ http://www.taiganet.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=1236&view=findpost&p=16703
  16. ^ http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/captures/mn/k50db.html
  17. ^ http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/captures/mn/k34ho.html
  18. ^ http://twctoday.com/7905/2006%2003-25%201138am%204000%20Jack%20Pierce.wmv Video of a WeatherStar 4000 from Kirksville, MO - March 1, 2005
  19. ^ http://twctoday.com/7905/2006%2003-25%201138am%204000%20Jack%20Pierce.wmv Video of a WeatherStar 4000 from Kirksville, MO - March 25, 2006
  20. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8SsSs2nucI&feature=channel_page
  21. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpiBmW4uwn8&feature=channel_page
  22. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yPadI17oWI Video of a WeatherStar 4000, Ocracoke, NC - August 31, 2007
  23. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ciqj64JFnY
  24. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVqFTBBJ5Uo&feature=channel_page
  25. ^ http://twctoday.com/forums/index.php/topic,116.msg112406.html#msg112406
  26. ^ a b http://weather.com/search/channels/USOK0441?x=0&y=0
  27. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-paiqF36nY
  28. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnqT2hX2nGg YouTube - WeatherSTAR 4000 - All Flavors - 02-02-2008
  29. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ84JzfFdN8&feature=channel_page
  30. ^ http://www.taiganet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1272&pid=15203&st=0&#entry15203 WeatherStar 4000 Used At NASA - WeatherSTAR 4000 emulator support
  31. ^ http://twctoday.com/forums/index.php/topic,2408.0.html
  32. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3DOsCItums
  33. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJEgh3nIvY
  34. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01s3mDIuD_A
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