WeatherNation TV is a 24-hour weather TV network that broadcasts coverage of current weather forecasts and events.
Background
The network began as The Weather Cast, a television channel exclusive to Dish Network, replacing The Weather Channel during a carriage dispute for just four days in May 2010.
On March 30, 2011, WeatherNation announced that they would be relaunching their national weather channel, now called 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. WeatherNation TV began broadcasting on the last week of July 2011. WeatherNation would gain at least one terrestrial TV outlet by October 2011, WHDT in Stuart, Florida, serving the West Palm Beach media market, withtranslators in Naples, Miami and Boston. WIYC in Montgomery, Alabama also started carrying WeatherNation in October 2011. In January of 2012, WeatherNation addedaffiliates in Minneapolis, Minnesota (KARE-TV); KMYA-DT in Little Rock, Arkansas; KFDF-CA in Fort Smith, Arkansas; and Springfield, Missouri. In early March 2012, LPTVstation WTBS-LD brought the network to much of metro Atlanta on channel 26.3. On June 13, 2012, WSET-TV in Lynchburg, Virginia will start carrying it.
On-air staff
Current
Paul Douglas - weekday afternoons
Kristin Clark - weeknights
Rob Koch - weeknights
Susie Martin - weekday late mornings and afternoons
Gretchen Mishek - Fridays and weekends
Todd Nelson - weekday mornings
Bay Scroggins - weekends
Aaron Shaffer - weekday mornings
Addison Green - weekends
Mace Micheals - weekends
Jason Parkin - weekends
Kate Farrier - weekends
Bryan Karrick - weekends
Laura Betker - fill-in
Affiliates
List of WeatherNation TV affiliates | |||||
City | Station |
Virtual channel |
Physical channel |
Cable channel |
Owner |
Alabama | |||||
Opelika/Columbus, GA | WLGA | 47.3 | 47 | Pappas Telecasting Companies | |
California | |||||
Fresno | KAIL | 7.3 | 7.3 | Trans-America Broadcasting Corporation | |
Colorado | |||||
Denver | KUSA-TV | 9.2 | 9.2 | Gannett Broadcasting | |
Cortez | K26CI-D | 27.7 | 26.9 | Southwest Colorado TV Translator Association | |
Dove Creek | K32EY-D | 27.7 | 32.9 | ||
Florida | |||||
Naples | WXDT-LP | N/A | 23 | Günter Marksteiner | |
WYDT-LP | N/A | 32 | |||
WZDT-LP | N/A | 39 | |||
North Miami/Miami | WHDT-LD | 9.1 | 44 | ||
Stuart/West Palm Beach | WHDT | 9.1 | 42 | ||
Georgia | |||||
Columbus | WLGA | 60.1 | 30.1 | Pappas Telecasting Companies | |
Illinois | |||||
Chicago | WOCK-CD | 13.4 | 4.4 | KM Communications Inc. | |
Kansas | |||||
Wichita | KCTU-LD | 43.6 | 43 | River City Broadcasters | |
Louisiana | |||||
New Orleans | WHNO | 20.2 | 20 | LeSEA Broadcasting | |
Massachusetts | |||||
Boston | WBIN-TV | 50.3 | 50 | Carlisle One Media | |
Minnesota | |||||
Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE-TV | 11.2 | 11 | 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 | |
Virginia | |||||
Lynchburg | WSET-TV | 13.3 | 13.3 | Allbritton Communications Company | |
Washington | |||||
Seattle | KFFV | 44.5 | 44.5 | OTA Broadcasting, LLC | |
Wisconsin | |||||
Fond du Lac/Milwaukee | WIWN | 68.1 | 5.1 | Pappas Telecasting Companies |