The Weather Channel: owned by Weather Group, LLC, a division of Allen Media Group, is the American pay television network The Weather Channel (TWC).Georgia’s Atlanta is home to the channel’s corporate offices. When the station first opened on May 2, 1982, it carried documentaries and entertainment shows about weather, in addition to weather-related news and analysis. Radar images and automated local predictions were available around-the-clock on Weatherscan, a sister network that was available via digital cable and satellite. As of December 12, 2022, Weatherscan was formally closed. Weathercasts for CBS News and RFD-TV are among the broadcasts that The Weather Channel outsources. The number of American pay television homes that have access to The Weather Channel as of November 2023 is roughly 68,000,000, a decrease from the record of 101,000,000 households hit in 2013. That happened in August 2023.
The Weather Channel
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The Weather Channel Quick Info
Country
United States
Broadcast area
United States (including Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) and The Bahamas
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Programming
Language(s)
English and Spanish
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
480i (SDTV; letterboxed with weather information)
Ownership
Owner
Allen Media Group
Parent
Weather Group Television, LLC
Sister channels
Weatherscan
Local Now
Entertainment Studios Networks
Justice Central
History
Launched
May 2, 1982; 42 years ago
Links
Website
weather.com
Availability
Streaming media
Official service
streamtwc.com
(requires subscription or trial to access content)
Service(s)
Frndly TV, FuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu with Live TV
NewsLive
Watch live stream (free)
History
On July 18, 1980, the Weather Channel was established by television meteorologist John Coleman, who had previously worked as a chief meteorologist at the Chicago ABC-owned station WLS-TV and as a forecaster for Good Morning America, and Frank Batten, who was the president of Landmark Communications, the channel’s original owner (now Landmark Media Enterprises). On May 2, 1982, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the channel debuted. At first, the National Weather Service provided regional and local data for transmission. All forecasting has been completed on-site in Atlanta since 2002. Landmark Communications listed the Weather Channel and its properties for sale on January 3, 2008. The Weather Channel was acquired from Landmark by NBC Universal, Bain Capital, and Blackstone Group on July 6, 2008, marking the combined acquisition of the channel.
Ratings and Reception
In September of 2018, there were roughly 79.128 million households in the US with pay television subscriptions that were receiving the Weather Channel. An Economist and YouGov study conducted in 2022 found that Americans believe the Weather Channel to be the most reliable media outlet.
