Weather channel .... Potential adios on Directv but won't be missed in my mind

Well it seems we may lose the Weather Channel from the Directv lineup tonight at midnight eastern.  Let me be among the millions who say...good riddance.

The Weather channel started out with a purpose.  It was a 24/7 channel that showed nothing but current weather situations and events.  In recent years the channel was bought out by NBC universal and all this changed pretty much overnight. It went gradually from showing nothing but current weather to showing historical weather stories.  This was not so much an issue until there were local outbreaks of severe weather be it winter weather or storms.  

After many years of doing actual weather historical shows, the Weather Channel hopped on the reality show bandwagon.  As of today five of the six original series that are on the channel have nothing much to do with weather outside of weather sometimes impacting the characters.  When your channel goes from showing weather to showing things like trucking, mining, and people with "extraordinary skills" you cease to be a valid 24/7 weather channel.

With the impending release in the third quarter (summer) of a new 24/7 weather channel from Accuweather it is becoming more evident that the Weather Channel's current way to do business will not be workable.  

It has become even more obvious that the Weather Channel has noticed that they are losing the battle with not only the carriage fight but also with their local cable company, Comcast Atlanta.  In the last 48 hours it has become the Weather Channel of old by showing only about three hours of dramatic shows in a 24 hour period.  This is obviously only a ploy to garner sympathy from people who believe that the Weather channel of old has never left from view.  

To me as a Directv subscriber I won't miss the channel if it is taken off the air.  Past experience, however, has shown that even if a channel goes off the air on Directv it is for a mere days until a new agreement is reached. My opinion is that Directv should stand their ground and get a written statement from The Weather Channel that they will go back to carrying 80-90% of their day doing live weather as contingency of a carriage agreement being signed.