User:ZLMedia/Remaining Weather Star 4000s

Below is a list of 4000s that are still in use.

Sources: Analog refers to the station's Analog channel. VC refers to the station's digital PSIP virtual channel. RF refers to the station's physical digital RF channel.

City/town	Primary observation site	Cable company/headend	Analog	VC	RF	STAR ID	Notes
Auburn University, Alabama	Auburn, Alabama	Auburn University campus cable					No degradation
Troy, Alabama	Cairns Airfield	Troy Cable					Used as a backup unit if the Weather Star XL should fail.
Blytheville, Arkansas		Ritter Communications
Fairfield Bay, Arkansas		Ritter Communications
Fordyce, Arkansas	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	Media3 Communications
Marked Tree, Arkansas		Ritter Communications
Pine Bluff, Arkansas	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	Suddenlink	15			3042
Tahoe City, California	Truckee, California	WestStar Cable					Last confirmed in 2008, one of the last working 4000s in California.
Port Hueneme, California	Point Mugu NAS, California	Communication Services Cable	25				As of May 2011, one of the last working 4000s in California.
Astatula, Florida	Leesburg, Florida	Florida Cable	13				No signs of degradation currently present.
Mexico Beach, Florida	Panama City, Florida	Mediacom	27			1323
Springfield, Florida	Panama City, Florida	Springfield Cablevision
Pensacola, Florida	Pensacola, Florida	Mediacom
Belleville, Illinois	Belleville, Illinois	Charter Communications	28				No degradation exists on this unit.
Bellevue, Illinois		Tele-Star?	14				No signs of degradation
DeKalb, Illinois	DeKalb, Illinois	Northern Illinois University Campus Cable	35				No degradation exists on this unit.
Litchfield, Illinois	Litchfield, Illinois Alton, Illinois (backup) St. Louis, Missouri (backup)	NewWave Communications	31			2509	Still in use February 2013
Metropolis, Illinois	Paducah, Kentucky	Charter Communications	27
Morris, Illinois	Morris, Illinois
Churdan, Iowa	Fort Dodge, Iowa	Gowrie Cablevision	18				Has trouble showing moon phases.
Fort Scott, Kansas	Chanute, Kansas	Suddenlink	53				Occasionally fails to work at all, resulting in viewers seeing the national loop instead. Animated weather icons will sometimes appear in inverted colors. Will occasionally malfunction and appear over regular programming or commercials.
Monona, Iowa	Dubuque, Iowa	Northeast Iowa Telephone Company	8
Perry, Kansas Lecompton, Kansas	Topeka, Kansas	SCI Cable Inc.	51				Repaired a few years ago to fix severe degradation (radar issues and major legibility issues), so it appears as a brand new 4000.
Wamego, Kansas		WTC Communications
Fort Polk, Louisiana	Fort Polk, Louisiana	Suddenlink	27
Bel Air, Maryland	Baltimore, Maryland	Armstrong	3				This unit has some slight degradation and has recently experienced garbled text.
Mackinac Island, Michigan	Mackinac Island, Michigan	Charter Communications					As of June 29, 2011, this system has slight degradation on the radar. The green "dragon" symbol appears on the new moon.
Yale, Michigan	Port Huron, Michigan	Comcast	31				Has some degree of degradation. The almanac shows the green "dragon" on new moon symbols. It is currently unclear where the headend that serves this area is actually located. It is possible that Yale is also served by the same headend that Bad Axe to the north is. In which case, this area could be served by an XL. Last confirmed in 2005.
Muskegon, Michigan	Muskegon, Michigan	Glen Oaks Apartment Cable System	34
Alexandria, Minnesota	Alexandria, Minnesota	Selective TV Inc.	50			6216	See K50DB: over the air broadcast in a UHF cable system. No degradation.
Warroad, Minnesota	Warroad, Minnesota
Willmar, Minnesota	Willmar, Minnesota	UHF-TV Inc.		34.1	34		See K34HO: over the air broadcast in a UHF cable system. No degradation.
Boonville, Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	SuddenLink
Brookfield, Missouri
Kirksville, Missouri	Kirksville, Missouri	CableOne
West Plains, Missouri	Pomona, Missouri	Charter Communications					No degradation. Last confirmed on May 27, 2010.
Wolf Point, Montana	Wolf Point, Montana
Chadron, Nebraska	Chadron, Nebraska	Great Plains Communications
Syracuse, Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	Galaxy Cablevision					Traces of degradation on the unit. Also, the moon phases on the almanac have the "dragon" symbols on all phases.
Red River, New Mexico	Angel Fire, New Mexico	Comcast	12			5243	Has no degradation, still has trouble showing the almanac sometimes, and used to not show the station ID, but that was fixed August 2007. Updated as of August, 2009 the title Forecast used to be Taos, NM but it was renamed to Angel Fire. Last confirmed on July 29, 2011.
Tucumcari, New Mexico	Tucumcari, New Mexico	Comcast	32				Severe degradation including color changes and an unusable radar. This unit uses a local sensor package on which the wind direction portion does not function. Degredaton was partially reduced as of December 2009.
Salamanca, New York	Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport	Atlantic Broadband	68				Some difficulty rendering radar loops. Otherwise, no degradation; machine is still regularly maintained.
Ocracoke, North Carolina	Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Clinton, North Carolina	Fayetteville, North Carolina	StarVision	24 (May be upgraded soon?)
Rocky Mount, North Carolina Wilson, North Carolina
Carrington, North Dakota Barlow, North Dakota New Rockford, North Dakota	Jamestown, North Dakota Devils Lake, North Dakota Bismarck, North Dakota	Midcontinent Communications	17	17.5	86.3		Has major degradation. Default EAS channel.
Hettinger, North Dakota	Hettinger
Williston, North Dakota	Williston, North Dakota	Provider unknown					No degradation
Pryor, Oklahoma	Claremore, Oklahoma	Time Warner Cable	25				Appears to suffer from degradation
Burns, Oregon	Burns, Oregon
Stayton, Oregon	Salem, Oregon	Wave Broadband	17				Recent installation. Little to no degradation on this unit. Only known operating Weather Star 4000 in Oregon.
Bentleyville, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	FairPoint	42			7851	Used to be Bentcom/local head-end
Forest City, Pennsylvania	Carbondale, Pennsylvania	NEP Datavision	19
State College, Pennsylvania	State College, Pennsylvania	Windstream	13			6825	State College, Pennsylvania also has an IntelliStar (Comcast). This Weather Star 4000 suffered from major graphical degradation problems, especially in the Extended Forecast and Almanac products, but reportedly was fully repaired before November 2008.
Seven Springs, Pennsylvania	Seven Springs Ski Resort (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)	Armstrong Cable and Telephone
Walnut Bottom, Pennsylvania	Shippensburg, Pennsylvania	Kuhn Communications Inc.	59				Some radar issues.
Ramona, South Dakota	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Alliance Communications
Spring City, Tennessee	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Spring City Cable					Slight degration in background.
Dalhart, Texas	Dalhart, Texas
Eastland, Texas	Abilene, Texas	Western Broadband
Northfield, Vermont	Montpelier, Vermont	Trans-Video Cable INC	47				Shows no signs of degradation.
Hampton, Virginia	Langley Air Force Base	NASA Langley Research Center	12			4984	The Weather Star 4000 used here is a local feed direct from the NASA research facility. Degradation has been seen on the unit. An IntelliStar also exists at Langley Air Force Base.
Chincoteague, Virginia	Chincoteague, Virginia	Charter Communications	33		(STAR displays 28)	4501	Slight signs of Degradation. Sometimes on a K Flavor, it will display a green LDL over the Satellite Local Forecast at the beginning.
Wakefield, Virginia	Wakefield, Virginia						This STAR is showing no signs of degradation.
Omak, Washington	Omak, Washington	Charter Communications	12			4275	This STAR is showing no signs of degradation, and also uses a local sensor package. It was also out throughout most of spring in 2006. Former WeatherStar III headend.
Cedar City, Utah	Cedar City, Utah		23				No degradation
Spearfish, South Dakota	Spearfish, South Dakota		21				No degradation, has sensor package.
Bowman, North Dakota	Williston, North Dakota						Only obvious degradation is on the almanac where random moons get shaded green. An oddity is that the reporting city is roughly 200 miles from the STAR.
Siren, Wisconsin	Siren, Wisconsin	Siren Telephone Company	15