The Front Panel

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The Front Panel, also known simply as The Front, was a survey panel website run by The Weather Channel for product and viewer feedback purposes between circa 2013 and 2016.

History

The Front Panel appears to have been utilized beginning in mid-to-late 2013, with The Weather Channel distributed a survey to determine the kind of music featured on its Local on the 8s segments sometime in early to mid May 2014. In August 2014, following a survey promising a gift for participation, survey participants received a photo of Jim Cantore with a copied signature and a notecard with a message from then-CEO of The Weather Company, David Kenny, thanking participants for loyalty to the network.

The last survey released through The Front Panel was a survey regarding newly-added video segments to news programming which ran from May 26-31, 2016. An archived version of the page from early July 2016 shows a "service unavailable" message, indicating that the service closed most likely in or around June 2016.

Surveys

The following is a list of known surveys based on emails sent to The Front Panel members.

  • August 8-14, 2014: Survey about The Weather Channel personalities
  • August 19-26, 2014: Survey about a potential sports segment
  • August 28-September 4, 2014: Survey about a TWC program
  • October 16-21, 2014: Survey about TWC morning programming
  • February 14-17, 2015: Survey about viewers' viewing experiences regarding SD and HD resolution
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  • March 18-28 (originally 18-24), 2015: Survey about TWC and viewers' cable providers
  • March 28-31, 2015: Survey about new 3D video technology
  • April 8-12, 2015: Survey about TWC morning viewing
  • May 5-13, 2015: Survey about a new show concept for TWC weekday programming (most likely Weather Underground)
  • June 11-16, 2015: Survey about a new product from The Weather Channel
  • June 27-30, 2015: Survey about new taglines for The Weather Channel
  • August 4-9, 2015: Survey, otherwise unclear subject
  • September 23-October 2, 2015: Survey about Weather Underground
  • November 12, 2015: Survey about viewer news consumption
  • December 16-21, 2015: Survey about The Weather Channel (otherwise unclear)
  • May 9-14, 2016: Survey about The Weather Channel (otherwise unclear)
  • May 19-28, 2016: Survey about viewer relationships with pets
  • May 26-31, 2016: Survey about new video segments in TWC news programming
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