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In addition to broadcasting on local US television affiliates, WeatherNation is available live via streaming on their website, on [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[mobile app]]s as well as select [[Samsung]] and [[Sony]] TV as well as [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] players.<ref>[http://www.weathernationtv.com/OnTV ''WeatherNation Streaming Weather'']</ref><ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weathernation-free/id541589698?mt=8 ''iTunes: WeatherNation'']</ref><ref>[http://www.weathernationtv.com/Docs/WeatherNation%20TV%20Inc%20Launch%20Release%20-%20Sony%20final.pdf WeatherNation Launches on Sony Connected TVs and Other Entertainment Devices] Retrieved September 14, 2013</ref><ref>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xav.wn&hl=en ''Google Play: WeatherNation'']</ref> On September 13, 2013, WeatherNation TV launched a streaming channel on the [[Roku]] streaming player, which provides the live national feed, on demand video and local weather conditions and forecast.<ref>[http://www.roku.com/channels/#!details/30547/weathernationtv ''Roku: WeatherNation TV'']</ref> |
In addition to broadcasting on local US television affiliates, WeatherNation is available live via streaming on their website, on [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[mobile app]]s as well as Roku and select [[Samsung]] and [[Sony]] TV as well as [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] players.<ref>[http://www.weathernationtv.com/OnTV ''WeatherNation Streaming Weather'']</ref><ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weathernation-free/id541589698?mt=8 ''iTunes: WeatherNation'']</ref><ref>[http://www.weathernationtv.com/Docs/WeatherNation%20TV%20Inc%20Launch%20Release%20-%20Sony%20final.pdf WeatherNation Launches on Sony Connected TVs and Other Entertainment Devices] Retrieved September 14, 2013</ref><ref>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xav.wn&hl=en ''Google Play: WeatherNation'']</ref> On September 13, 2013, WeatherNation TV launched a streaming channel on the [[Roku]] streaming player, which provides the live national feed, on demand video and local weather conditions and forecast.<ref>[http://www.roku.com/channels/#!details/30547/weathernationtv ''Roku: WeatherNation TV'']</ref> |
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WeatherNation launched on [[DirecTV]] channel 361 on December 16, 2013, one channel over from The Weather Channel. The launch occurred as DirecTV renegotiated its contract with The Weather Channel.<ref>{{cite web|last=Flint|first=Joe|title=DirecTV issues veiled threat in talks with Weather Channel|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-directv-weather-20131226,0,3840158.story|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=26 December 2013|date=25 December 2013}}</ref> When DirecTV stopped broadcasting The Weather Channel on January 14, 2014, the network was replaced with WeatherNation, so that WeatherNation aired on both channels 361 and 362.<ref>{{cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|title=Weather Channel Pulled from DirecTV|url=http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/weather-channel-pulled-from-directv-1201054279/|work=Variety|accessdate=14 January 2014|date=13 January 2014}}</ref> |
WeatherNation launched on [[DirecTV]] channel 361 on December 16, 2013, one channel over from The Weather Channel. The launch occurred as DirecTV renegotiated its contract with The Weather Channel.<ref>{{cite web|last=Flint|first=Joe|title=DirecTV issues veiled threat in talks with Weather Channel|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-directv-weather-20131226,0,3840158.story|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=26 December 2013|date=25 December 2013}}</ref> When DirecTV stopped broadcasting The Weather Channel on January 14, 2014, the network was replaced with WeatherNation, so that WeatherNation aired on both channels 361 and 362.<ref>{{cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|title=Weather Channel Pulled from DirecTV|url=http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/weather-channel-pulled-from-directv-1201054279/|work=Variety|accessdate=14 January 2014|date=13 January 2014}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:24, 15 January 2014
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Greenwood Village, Colorado |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WeatherNation TV, Inc. |
WeatherNation TV is a 24-hour weather TV network that broadcasts coverage of current weather forecasts and events. The channel was founded by meteorologist and entrepreneur Paul Douglas.[1]
Background
The network began in 2008 as a syndicated service for local television stations to outsource their weather forecasts, as well as a service for cable and online outlets.[1] The company didn't use WeatherNation branding on its content, instead using its partners' branding. For four days in May 2010, the company produced a channel for Dish Network called The Weather Cast, replacing The Weather Channel during a carriage dispute.
On March 30, 2011, WeatherNation announced that they would be relaunching their national weather channel as WeatherNation TV, beginning in the second quarter of 2011, with the member cable television systems of the National Cable Television Cooperative being the first to offer the new network.[2] WeatherNation TV began broadcasting on the last week of July 2011.[3] WeatherNation would gain at least one terrestrial TV outlet by October 2011, WHDT in Stuart, Florida, serving the West Palm Beach media market, with translators in Naples, Miami and Boston.[4] WIYC in Montgomery, Alabama also started carrying WeatherNation in October 2011.[5] Further affiliate carriage continued in January 2012, when WeatherNation added affiliates in Minneapolis, Minnesota (KARE-TV);[6] KMYA-DT in Little Rock, Arkansas; KFDF-CA in Fort Smith, Arkansas; and Springfield, Missouri.[7] Its studios are located in St. Paul, Minnesota, while its headquarters and master control facilities are located in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
Availability
In addition to broadcasting on local US television affiliates, WeatherNation is available live via streaming on their website, on Android and Apple mobile apps as well as Roku and select Samsung and Sony TV as well as Blu-ray players.[8][9][10][11] On September 13, 2013, WeatherNation TV launched a streaming channel on the Roku streaming player, which provides the live national feed, on demand video and local weather conditions and forecast.[12]
WeatherNation launched on DirecTV channel 361 on December 16, 2013, one channel over from The Weather Channel. The launch occurred as DirecTV renegotiated its contract with The Weather Channel.[13] When DirecTV stopped broadcasting The Weather Channel on January 14, 2014, the network was replaced with WeatherNation, so that WeatherNation aired on both channels 361 and 362.[14]
On-air staff
Current[15]
- Paul Douglas - weekday afternoons
- Kristin Clark - weeknights
- Rob Koch - weeknights
- Susie Martin - weekday
- Gretchen Mishek - weekend mornings
- Todd Nelson - weekday mornings
- Aaron Shaffer - weekday mornings
- Addison Green - weekend mornings
- Mace Michaels - weekend evenings
- Katie Ferrier - weekend evenings
- Bryan Karrick - weekend days
- Miranda Hilgers - weekend mornings
Affiliates
| City | Station | Virtual channel |
Physical channel |
Cable channel |
Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | |||||
| Mobile/Pensacola, FL | WPMI-TV | 15.2 | 15 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | |
Arkansas | |||||
| Little Rock | KTHV | 11.2 | 11.2 | Comcast 233 (Little Rock) | Gannett Company |
Colorado | |||||
| Denver | KUSA-TV | 9.2 | 9.2 | Comcast 249 | Gannett Company |
| Cortez | K18DR-D | 24.5 | 18.9 | Southwest Colorado TV Translator Association | |
| Dove Creek | K32EY-D | 27.7 | 32.9 | ||
Georgia | |||||
| Atlanta | WXIA-TV | 11.2 | 10.2 | Comcast 211 | Gannett Company |
Illinois | |||||
| Chicago | WOCK-CD | 13.4 | 4.4 | KM Communications Inc. | |
Louisiana | |||||
| New Orleans | WHNO | 20.2 | 20 | LeSEA Broadcasting | |
Massachusetts | |||||
| Boston | WBIN-TV | 50.3 | 50 | Carlisle One Media | |
Michigan | |||||
| Flint/Tri-Cities | WJRT-TV | 12.3 | 12 | Comcast 293 Charter Communications 431 |
SJL Broadcasting, Inc. |
Minnesota | |||||
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE-TV | 11.2 | 11 | Comcast 249 (St. Paul) 216 (Minneapolis) Charter Communications 391 |
Gannett Company |
| Olivia | K18IR-D | 11.2 | 18.4 | ||
| Granite Falls | K40MC-D | 11.2 | 40.4 | ||
| Alexandria | K14LZ-D | 11.2 | 14.4 | Selective TV, Inc. | |
| Willmar | K39FE-D | 11.2 | 39.4 | UHF-TV Inc. | |
| Frost | K31EF-D | 11.2 | 31.4 | ||
| Jackson | K19HZ-D | 11.2 | 19.4 | ||
| St. James | K21DG-D | 11.2 | 21.4 | ||
Nevada | |||||
| Laughlin | KMCC | 34.3 | 32.3 | Cranston II, LLC (managed by Fusion Communications) | |
New Hampshire | |||||
| Derry | WBIN-TV | 50.3 | 50 | Carlisle One Media | |
New Mexico | |||||
| Albuquerque | KYNM-LD | 30.6 | 51.6 | Belmax Broadcasting | |
| Santa Fe | KCHF-DT | 11.2 | 10.2 | Son Broadcasting | |
New York | |||||
| Buffalo | WGRZ | 2.2 | 33.2 | Time Warner Cable 1245 | Gannett Company |
North Carolina | |||||
| Greensboro | WFMY | 2.2 | 51.2 | Time Warner Cable 111 | Gannett Company |
Ohio | |||||
| Toledo | WTVG-TV | 13.3 | 13 | Buckeye CableSystem 615 | Lilly Broadcasting |
Puerto Rico | |||||
| Ponce | WTSV-DT | 43.3 | WTSV-TV, Inc. | ||
South Carolina | |||||
| Columbia | WLTX | 19.3 | 17.3 | Time Warner Cable 812 | Gannett Company |
Texas | |||||
| Lubbock | KJTV-CD | 32.2 | 33.2 | Ramar Communications | |
Virginia | |||||
| Lynchburg | WSET-TV | 13.3 | 13.3 | Comcast Channel 206 Cox Channel 109 Giles-Craig Channel 183 |
Allbritton Communications Company |
Wisconsin | |||||
| Fond du Lac/Milwaukee | WIWN | 68.1 | 5.1 | Pappas Telecasting Companies | |
| Madison | WMTV | 15.2 | 19.2 | Charter Communications 247 | Gray Television |
Former Affiliates
| City | Station | Virtual channel |
Physical channel |
Owner | Current Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | WTBS-LD | 26.3 | 26 | Prism Broadcasting Network | Channel Currently Blank |
| Boston | WHDN-LD | 6.1 | 38.1 | Günter Marksteiner | Now Affiliated with Deutsche Welle |
| Camden | KMYA-DT | 49.1 | 49 | Ellis-Wilson LLC | Now a full-time Me-TV Affiliate |
| Cortez | K26CI-D | 27.7 | 26.9 | Southwest Colorado TV Translator Association | Replaced by My Car TV |
| Fayetteville/Springfield, MO | KFFS-CA | N/A | 36 | Pinnacle Media | Now a full-time Me-TV Affiliate |
| Fresno | KAIL | 7.3 | 7.3 | Trans-America Broadcasting Corporation | Now a Bounce TV affiliate |
| Fort Smith | KFDF-CD | 44.1 | 44 | Pinnacle Media, LLC | Now a full-time Me-TV affiliate |
| Little Rock | KKYK-CD | 20.1 | 20 | Ellis-Wilson LLC | |
| Naples | WXDT-LP | N/A | 23 | Günter Marksteiner | Replaced by TACH-TV |
| WYDT-LP | N/A | 32 | |||
| WZDT-LP | N/A | 39 | |||
| North Miami/Miami | WHDT-LD | 9.1 | 44 | ||
| Opelika, AL/Columbus, GA | WLGA | 66.1 | 30 | Pappas Telecasting Companies | Replaced by Antenna TV |
| Seattle | KFFV | 44.5 | 44.5 | OTA Broadcasting, LLC | Replaced by Movies! |
| Stuart/West Palm Beach | WHDT | 9.1 | 42 | Günter Marksteiner | Replaced by TACH-TV |
| Troy/Montgomery | WIYC | 48.1 | 48 | Enterprise Capital Group (operated by Southern Venture Capital Group pending acquisition) |
Now Affiliated with Cozi TV |
| Pascagoula | WKFK-LD | 7.4 | 13 | NCN Cable Advertising | Was Affiliated with The Nashville Network, Now Heartland. |
| Wichita | KCTU-LD | 43.6 | 43 | River City Broadcasters | Replaced with TV Scout |
| Winslow | KWNL-CD | 31 | 9.2/31.2 | Pinnacle Media | Channel Currently Blank |
References
- ^ a b Grayson, Katharine (June 19, 2008). "Douglas forecasts sun for his startups". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ^ "Broadcasting & Cable: "WeatherNation TV Cuts Distribution Deal with NCTC", March 30, 2011". Broadcastingcable.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ "Radio-Info: "WeatherNation tv is now live", July 28, 2011". Boards.radio-info.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ "WHDT Drops RTV For Weather Nation". TVNewsCheck.com. October 27, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ "WIYC 48 Drops The Country Network". Montgomery TV and Radio. October 6, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ "Gannett's KARE 11, WeatherNation Partner for 24/7 Twin Cities Weather Coverage". MarketWatch. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ Mon, Mar 5, 2012, 9:35 PM EST - U.S. Markets closed (January 23, 2012). "WeatherNation Continues to Add More Affiliates - Yahoo! Finance". Finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ WeatherNation Streaming Weather
- ^ iTunes: WeatherNation
- ^ WeatherNation Launches on Sony Connected TVs and Other Entertainment Devices Retrieved September 14, 2013
- ^ Google Play: WeatherNation
- ^ Roku: WeatherNation TV
- ^ Flint, Joe (December 25, 2013). "DirecTV issues veiled threat in talks with Weather Channel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (January 13, 2014). "Weather Channel Pulled from DirecTV". Variety. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
- ^ WeatherNation: Meet The Team