[RightGeek]

Never heard of this guy but the Weather Channel (on TV) has been crap for years.

[x]

That's just about the only thing that's on at my house.

And still I wear the wrong coat when I go out.

But this is really impressive about Byron Allen.

I always assumed he was the biggest joke and failure in show business.

It just goes to show you ...

[knarf]

Was it in the clinton years I heard Bain Capital ?

[Gay State Conservative]

My cable system dropped The Weather Channel a year or two ago.I liked it...particularly for blizzards and hurricanes.

[Cowboy Bob]

When I saw that he was described as a “mogul,” I knew he was black.

[shelterguy]

I have worked outside my whole life so weather is actually very important to me. I can get all the free weather apps on my phone I could want. Radars, forecasts, you name it.

I never watch the Weather Channel

[bgill]

Looked at his pic and still don’t know who he is.

[lee martell]

I had not heard anything from Byron Allen in over 10 years.
Who knew that he was good with a dollar?
Some people are smart enough to save while the cash is flowing.

Byron was never a ‘hot ticket’ comic as I recall him. He’s the type of comic you would see hosting game shows ,awards ceremonies or as an opening -warm up act before the featured star came out. Pleasantly bland and mostly inoffensive.

[W.]

Wasn’t he on Entertainment Tonight or some such crap?

[Yaelle]

I don’t think the Weather Channel is very popular here in SoCal. I’ve never seen it.

[SMGFan]

I remember him from Real People. He was successful . https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Allen

[Sopater]

Oh man! I’ve been saving up for that and only had about $73 more dollars to go.

Drat!

[kaktuskid]

Maybe they will stop giving winter storms and blizzards “names”

[Capt_Hank]

I gave up on The Weather Channel, when they had the totally worthless, Al Roker on in the morning.

[boomop1]

Gorebalwarming Central

[fatima]

Why did they sell?

[KarlInOhio]

Once upon a time, the ability to see local weather on the 8's mattered because the newspaper's forecast was a day old, the local TV forecast would be only on every few hours and even the radio station might be every half hour. Now you can get a current forecast with a glance at your phone. Most of the stuff I've seen recently on the Weather Channel has been along the lines of "When Tornadoes Attack".

[dforest]

Current weather broadcasts are a joke anyway. This will be stoopid weather laced with Trump hate.

[SaveFerris]

[ Never heard of this guy ]

I thought he was O.K. He bought up a bunch of internet domains and produces shows like Cars.TV which is usually alright. Made money off that.

Then I noticed his comedy show would have “special” episodes called “Hot Chocolate” - i.e., featured only black comedians.

Oddly enough, I never noticed a “White Chocolate” version. Or “Red Licorice”, “Yellow Cake”, “Brown Cocoa” version.

Odd, that.

[Enchante]

Am I missing something?? In 10 yrs the selling price has dropped from $3.5 billion to a mere $300 million??? Sounds like a desperation fire sale....

[MrBambaLaMamba]

It is supposed that he bought TWC for its satellite service which he’ll then use for his other properties and TWC will go away.