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English: Logo for The Weather Channel, an American cable and satellite television network that, since May 2, 1982, broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news, along with entertainment programming related to weather (such as Storm Stories, 24 hours a day.
The Weather Channel was founded on July 18, 1980, [9] by television meteorologist John Coleman (who had served as a chief meteorologist at ABC owned-and-operated station WLS-TV in Chicago and as a forecaster for Good Morning America) and Frank Batten, then-president of the channel's original owner Landmark Communications (now Landmark Media Enterprises).
First logo of The Weather Channel, created in Inkscape and optimised using Scour: Date: 24 March 2016: Source: Own work, using File:The Weather Channel original logo ...
Local on the 8s (or the Local Forecast) is a program segment that airs on the American network The Weather Channel.It provides viewers with information on current and forecasted weather conditions for their respective area; a version of this segment is also available on the channel's national satellite feed that features forecasts for each region of the United States.
The Weather Network HD logo. The Weather Network HD is a 1080i high definition simulcast of The Weather Network that launched on May 30, 2011. It is currently available on Cogeco, EastLink, Bell MTS, Rogers Cable, Telus Optik TV, and Shaw Cable. The HD simulcast for cable and IPTV providers currently do not offer local forecasts unlike the ...
The Weather Channel also appointed Decker Anstrom to serve as president of the network. [20] By 1999, The Weather Channel reached 70 million homes, or 98% of all households that subscribe to cable television. [21] It also provided radio forecasts to more than 250 radio stations and weather information to 52 newspapers. [21]
Local Now (stylized as "local now") is an American over-the-top internet television service owned by The Weather Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Entertainment Studios. [1] [2] A spinoff of The Weather Channel, Local Now primarily provides a cyclic playlist of weather, news, sports, entertainment and lifestyle segments, incorporating localized content through feeds geared to a user-specified area.
On July 7, 2008, Landmark announced it would sell The Weather Channel, Weatherscan and related assets (including weather.com, forecasting service provider Weather Services International and a 30% stake in Montreal-based Pelmorex, owner of TWC's Canadian counterpart The Weather Network) to a consortium of NBC Universal and private equity firms ...