Columbus TV station WBNS interrupts Kentucky-UNC finish for weather alert
College basketball fans in Columbus, Ohio, are furious after their local CBS affiliate missed the incredible finish to the Kentucky-North Carolina game to air a weather alert.
According to multiple Twitter users, WBNS cut into the Elite Eight game with about 30 seconds left in order to show a weather alert about a tornado. Here’s a look at what those viewers were seeing while the game was ending:
For those curious followers outside Columbus, how the final seconds of North Carolina-Kentucky went down here during tornado warning pic.twitter.com/KqI5Kts229
— Doug Lesmerises (@DougLesmerises) March 26, 2017
My screen on CBS. A rookie weatherman decided to break in to tell us about a tornado warning. This is WBNS in Columbus right now pic.twitter.com/3SX8W7AAsy
— Wally's World (@Wallys_World) March 26, 2017
You are dead to me WBNS pic.twitter.com/EwzdI1LiwK
— Kevin Noon (@Kevin_Noon) March 26, 2017
The good news is they broke back into the game in time for the postgame handshakes.
Haha thanks WBNS for showing me the postgame handshake line. What a joke. No weather and no game. Well played.
— Chris Lauderback (@Chris11W) March 26, 2017
Here’s a sampling of some upset Twitter users reacting to the epic blunder:
Thanks for nothing WBNS. Pick one or the other. Couldn't have picked a worse time to screw up.
— Kavis K. Peak (@Mr_Kavis_Peak) March 26, 2017
We missed the last second shot in this game because WBNS Channel 10 wanted to ramble about a tornado warning we already knew about. Wow.
— Golden Hoops (@GoldenHoops) March 26, 2017
@10TV are you guys serious?? We missed a last second shot for you to interrupt us with a black screen. Unbelievable! I hate you so much
— Brady Houseman (@BHouse24) March 26, 2017
Horrible CBS!!! Someone should be fired for that stupid interruption with conjecture and video issues!!! #WBNS
— Arvin Bhatnagar (@arvin_bhatnagar) March 26, 2017
@10TV SHOW THE GAME! You can't wait 30 seconds?!
— Andrew Moody (@SidBreamSlide) March 26, 2017
@10TV you interrupt the last 15 seconds of the game to show me a black screen. What a joke pic.twitter.com/MRJPJlfaxt
— Nate Longest (@n8longest) March 26, 2017
When your local station turns on their news for the weather over the #regionalfinal #NCAATourney #wbns #goodjobguys
— THE_AlexBaker (@AlexBak3r) March 26, 2017
Did we in central Ohio really just miss that?! I always hated WBNS!
— Kavis K. Peak (@Mr_Kavis_Peak) March 26, 2017
ARE YOU KIDDING ME @CBS? YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING. WBNS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO JUST CUT INTO THE UK VS UNC GAME WITH 30 SECONDS TO GO.
— Brian Joyce (@bjoyce_hoops) March 26, 2017
Man, that is rough. They’re just like that didn’t happen during a Buckeyes game. And for fans who didn’t get to see the amazing ending, here’s video of what you missed.
