If your meteorologist didn't want to hold a remote, the weather producer would have to sit in front of the workstation with their hand over the spacebar waiting for the right cues to advance to the next loop/pause point.
At some stations, it wasn't about the talent not wanting to hold the remote, it was about the station not having an engineer on staff who could rig up the remote.
At many stations in the 90's, and even some today, the "remote" is nothing fancier than a garage door opener, with the relays hooked into a breakout box to a DB25 serial port.
At some stations, it wasn't about the talent not wanting to hold the remote, it was about the station not having an engineer on staff who could rig up the remote.
At many stations in the 90's, and even some today, the "remote" is nothing fancier than a garage door opener, with the relays hooked into a breakout box to a DB25 serial port.