Just before Weather.com and Twitter kicked off their live feed of Monday’s solar eclipse, audio of people speaking could be heard on the feed.
Amidst music playing and a countdown clock ticking down on the video screen, what sounded like producers prepping for the show came over the audio feed. At one point, a female voice could be heard saying, “Who the fuck is calling the studio?”
The audio was resolved but not before a few viewers called out Weather.com on Twitter. While Weather.com’s Twitter account is still @weatherchannel, the IBM-owned website is separate from the Weather Channel TV network.
Don’t miss #Eclipse2017 LIVE now! See day turn to night coast to coast, across the path of totality! https://t.co/gJg87pfMID
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) August 21, 2017
.@Twitter/@weatherchannel doesn’t realize we can hear the audio of their hosts on the live eclipse feed. “Who the f- is calling the studio?”
— Rebecca Ford (@Beccamford) August 21, 2017
Anyone else hear the behind the scenes audio of @weatherchannel as they went live? “Who the f*ck is calling the studio?!”#SolarEclipse2017
— Matt Davis (@psumattdavis) August 21, 2017
@weatherchannel Prior to the start of your live coverage of Totality, your audio was on and a woman had used bad language (f…)
— Liberty Justice (@LibertyDecency) August 21, 2017
@weatherchannel your audio is live on the stream… “who the fuck is calling the studio??” Nice…. #Eclipse2017
— zvch (@FortuitousZach) August 21, 2017
Aug. 21, 2:09 p.m. This story has been updated to clarify that Twitter’s livestream was with Weather.com not the Weather Channel TV network, which is a separate entity.
