The Weather Channel was founded on July 18, 1980, 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). Main article: History of The Weather Channel 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. A sister network, Weatherscan, is a digital cable and satellite service that offers 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 an American pay television channel owned by Weather Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Allen Media Group. Seems the weather forecast is the next cold front in America’s culture wars, and the future is cloudy with a chance of outrage.(requires subscription or trial to access content) As the Times notes, the two channels have already started a Twitter beef over climate coverage, with the Weather Channel’s boss likening the rivals to Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. One thing is for sure: Fox Weather isn’t taking any guff from the bleeding-heart tornado huggers at the Weather Channel. But the forward-thinking Murdoch, 90 years young, surely has a plan in mind – perhaps Tucker Carlson can schedule some rants on hurtful anti-blizzard bias before throwing to a bristling meteorologist for further insight. Some might argue that a 24-hour channel is less convenient than, say, checking the weather app on your phone. Sunshine will, of course, be a holdover from Trump-era policies for which the Biden administration is taking credit. Rain will presumably be Joe Biden’s fault tornadoes will be blamed on the “woke left”. That hurricane headed for Mar-a-Lago can simply be rerouted away from Real America toward a progressive den of sin like New York. If forecasters follow the example of their favorite former US president, all it will take is a Sharpie to change the course of major weather events. That’s why Fox Weather will surely be more entertaining than the competition. The future Sean Hannity of weather broadcasting wouldn’t waste time offering a measured assessment of whether global heating might have played a role he’d probably focus instead on big weather’s efforts to require background checks amid a surge in squirt-gun sales. The forthcoming channel would surely have plenty to say on the Pacific north-west’s “heat dome”, which may have contributed to hundreds of deaths. So with the west in a drought, fire season under way and hurricanes brewing, Murdoch’s timing couldn’t be better. These days, of course, politics and the weather are inextricably linked – and Fox has a remarkable track record on climate, with 86% of segments on the issue bolstering denialism, according to a 2019 Public Citizen analysis.
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