The original WeatherStar technology has been upgraded on larger cable systems to the IntelliStar, which incorporates ' Vocal Local' to announce current conditions, weather bulletins and detailed local forecasts. The Weather Channel uses special proprietary equipment that inserts information on current and future local weather conditions, and weather alerts issued by the National Weather Service, the Storm Prediction Center, and National Hurricane Center, if it is viewed on a cable television provider. Since 2002, all forecasting has been done on-site in Atlanta. Originally, regional and local information was obtained from the National Weather Service for broadcast. The Weather Channel was founded on July 18, 1980, by television meteorologist John Coleman (who, at the time of the channel's founding, had formerly 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). Main article: History of The Weather Channel Īs of September 2018, the Weather Channel was received by approximately 79.128 million households that subscribe to a pay television service throughout the United States.

The Weather Channel licenses its weather data from IBM. The Weather Channel was a subsidiary of the Weather Company until the latter was bought by IBM in 2016.

The Weather Channel also produces outsourced weathercasts, notably for RFD-TV. Weatherscan was officially shut down on December 9, 2022. A sister network, Weatherscan, was a digital cable service that offered 24-hour automated local forecasts and radar imagery. Launched on May 2, 1982, the channel broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news and analysis, along with documentaries and entertainment programming related to weather. The channel's headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. The Weather Channel ( TWC) is a television channel owned by the Weather Group, LLC, a subsidiary of the Allen Media Group. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) You can also discuss any issues on the talk page. Please help improve it by adding additional content or cleaning up existing content. This article has been imported from another web source.

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