For decades, since the station signed on the air in 1955, the channel 8 news teams, headed by Paul Rhoades and Russ Van Dyke, dominated the ratings and the coverage of the big events in Iowa.. After four years, Norman left for CBS42 in Birmingham, Ala. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). By Alan Pergament. Photo: Carolyn Cole Source: Getty Images Do you have a groundbreaking story you would like us to publish? Luckily, we longtime fans are not without anything to remember the good days by. If you've been wondering where your favorite former Weather Channel personality (circa 1982-2005) is these days, wonder no more! Here are the weather details from the Nationa. Farewell Quad Cities! The Weather Cast ceased operations in anticipation of the launch of a Weatherscan-based service announced as part of the agreement that would provide local weather information for Dish Network customers. Current anchors Brian Sterling and Susan Shaw hosted a discussion with former political reporter and news director Matt McLogan, former anchor Jane Brierley, former weatherman and host of "The . 814 Good. Haynes, who quickly earned the moniker "Cedric the Entertainer," became a popular weatherman during his two-year tenure at KWQC-TV 6. Thank you @KWQCMorgan, @DavidNelsonNews, @wxphelps and EVERYONE behind the scenes for the kind words this morning. In late October that same year, Espinosa revealed she was the new He still does some weather freelancing at Los Angeles' KABC-TV. Only several months later, Peralez announced she was leaving TV news to focus on an "online business" with her husband. However, representatives for the channel claimed to be shocked that "Verizon FiOS would deny their subscribers access to the best live weather coverage and expertise that only the Weather Channel can provide." She also serves as a volunteer lawyer with Wills for Heroes. Longtime KPRC-TV weathercaster Anthony Yanez left for the sunny skies of Los Angeles in January 2015, joining fellow ex-KPRC-TV staffer Daniela Guzman at KNBC-TV. "I'll miss you all so much! Vaughn hasn't said anything and neither is Channel 26 or its parent, Fox Television Stations. While Verizon claimed it was a long-term business decision (instead of a carriage dispute) that it made, the Weather Channel launched a campaign, originally urging viewers to contact FiOS about restoring the cable channel and its services. She joined 5 Eyewitness News in June 2017. Dubbed "Texas' Most Experienced Weatherman," Ed Brandon joined ABC 13 KTRK-TV in 1972, taking his audiences through the sunny days and the not-so-sunny days, like Hurricane Alicia. The network got somewhat of a bad reputation as a clearinghouse for bad smooth jazz and cheesy canned jingles usually included as part of their local forecasts that I watched thousands of times but thats unfair. A good Thursday to all. The same things that ticked them off ticked him off. [52][53] SimilarWeb rates the site as the second most visited weather website globally, attracting more than 126 million visitors per month. Lee's last day at the station was in August 2013, and she moved to Seattle's KING-TV. Cell phone customers could also receive local forecasts from TWC sent to their mobile handsets via SMS by sending a text message with their ZIP code to 42278 (which spells "4cast"). During the summer especially when I was home from school I kept it on almost all the time, even if it was just background noise. The IntelliStar 2, the seventh-generation STAR system and the first to generate graphical weather data in HD, was officially released in July 2010 (although similar to previous recent STAR systems, among its modifications include an animated Lower Display Line and a Vocal Local narration track recorded by TWC meteorologist Jim Cantore). Meet the anchors, reporters and meteorologists of KING5 in Seattle, Washington [citation needed] The system was gradually rolled out to major U.S. cable providers strictly for use on the HD feed, and would not replace existing operational STAR units from IntelliStar and older used on TWC's standard definition feed or Weatherscan, making it one of the few channels which by necessity does not have an "autotune to HD" version for providers that utilize set-top boxes allowing HD tuning to standard definition channel positions, unless the HD version has local forecast capabilities. [78], The Weather Channel has provided the criteria behind their decisions to name certain storms, in particular Athena,[80] Brutus,[81] Gandolf,[82] Iago,[83] Khan,[84] Luna,[85] Magnus,[86] Nemo,[87] Saturn,[88] and Virgil.[89]. It announced that AMHQ would be refocused on weather, eliminating lifestyle segments, with Stephanie Abrams becoming host and original host Sam Champion as a contributor for its prime time schedule starting November 2. Riley, 66, worked in the are, A good Monday to all. Former KWQC-TV anchor Gary Metivier has started a new enterprise that still involves telling the stories of the Quad-City community. I-Team Dana Fowle - consumer reporter Beth Galvin - health reporter Dale Russell - senior investigative reporter Randy Travis - investigative reporter Sky FOX Traffic Natalie McCann - Good Day Atlanta traffic reporter (4:30am-10am) The Georgia Gang Lori Geary - moderator Tharon Johnson - panelist Phil Kent - panelist Janelle King - panelist Thats the thing he took the most pride in.. Prior to joining KHOU-TV as their chief meteorologist in June 1987, Dr. Neil Frank was the director for the National Hurricane Center in Florida. Marion Meginnis former manager of WQAD-TV. (Photo via YouTube), Watch: Astros SP Luis Garcia debuts new windup after rule changes, Oops! https://t.co/TefynBnBDY. Weather Stories. The Weather Channel's chief executive officer David Kenny stated that it offered DirecTV the best rate for its programming (according to SNL Kagan, the Weather Channel's average carriage fee at the time was 13 per subscriber), and blasted the satellite provider's removal of the channel by stating that it was putting profits ahead of public safety. Orr, a Westvale native, is a graduate of the . FiOS customers have enjoyed a bundle of services from the Weather Channel including the network, Weatherscan, On-Demand, a Weather Widget and streaming on mobile devices. "It's been 27 years you've needed to endure me, my bad jokes, my love of Wisconsin, and my ill-tempered remarks toward James (Zahara)," Mertens said in a social media post. pic.twitter.com/bP05heek9d, Final day on QC Today Weekendtune-in for some highlights from me and @chayneswx! Meet the people who report on the weather, news, and sports in St. Louis, Missouri. She was a television weathercaster who was the chief meteorologist at KSDK-TV 5, the NBC affiliate in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1998 until 2016. Matt Hammill has returned to the Quad Cities and will join Morgan, Kevin, Jenna and Emily on QCT! NBC Universal also owned NBC Weather Plus, a rival service which was carried by and featured content from the NBC television network's local network affiliates; that service announced its discontinuation three months later. By using this website, you accept the terms of . On March 10, 2015, Verizon FiOS dropped the Weather Channel and WeatherScan for their rival AccuWeather. We've compiled a list of those meteorologists and TV weather casters who've left Houston stations or even the business entirely. Listeners who felt they knew him lost a friend; third-shifters lost a morning coffee buddy; his daughter lost a father. Brandon Ortega. public information officer for the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office. spent three years at KPRC Local 2 before shipping off to North Carolina's WNCN's "Precision Weather Team" in 2006. In its 60 years on the air, WCCO-TV has brought you quite a few notable names. Lisa Vaughn joined KRIV-TV in March 2016 as a meteorologist. For the Australian Weather Channel that formerly went by the same name as the U.S. channel, see, Sale to NBCUniversal, Bain, and Blackstone, USPTO filings: First Use (not First Use in Commerce date on various filings, including filing w/ serial number 73369821), Last edited on 23 February 2023, at 11:41, the latter was discontinued in favor of an all ad-supported model on January 6, 2014, List of programs broadcast by The Weather Channel, The Weather Channel Presents: The Best of Smooth Jazz, "Nassau (Bahamas) Intellistar I: 8/5/11 1:48 A.M.", "Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Acquires The Weather Channel TV Network For $300 Million", "Byron Allen Acquires The Weather Group in $300 Million Deal", "RFD-TV Connects with the Weather Channel", "CBS News And The Weather Channel Announce Content Partnership", "IBM Finalizes Deal for Weather Channel Product and Tech Business", "The Weather Channel's Parent Company is Renamed", "IBM in Deal for Weather Channel Digital Assets", "Weather Channel Celebrates 38th Birthday", "The forecast is good for The Weather Channel, on sale for $5bn", "Weather Channel Brings Back Fan Favorite Dave Schwartz, My Friend", "Veteran Meteorologist Dave Schwartz Returns to The Weather Channel", "Suit alleges Weather Channel Star was fired for military service", "Google Maps: 300 Interstate North Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia", "Sam Champion loses show in major Weather Channel shakeup", "Weather Channel's Sam Champion moving to primetime; Stephanie Abrams joining AMHQ", "Weather Channel Cuts Shows, Personnel, In Stormy Operating Climate", "Weather Channel cuts shows and staff amid uncertain future", "The Weather Channel is getting back to weather, sort of", "Weather Channel Owners Hire Banks To Explore Sale Report", "IBM Agrees to Acquire Weather Channel's Digital Assets", "Storms Are In, Reality Shows Out As Weather Channel Gets Back to Basics", "The Weather Channel Could Have a Prospective Buyer", "The Weather Channel knocked off air by 'malicious software attack', "The Weather Channel Rolls Out New Initiatives as It Looks Back on Its First 40 Years", "Nielsen coverage estimates for September see gains at ESPN networks, NBCSN, and NBA TV, drops at MLBN and NFLN (Cable Network Coverage Area Household Universe Estimates: September 2018)", "Trust in Media 2022: Where Americans get their news and who they trust for information | YouGov", "No local information on The Weather Channel", "Multichannel News October 6, 2009 DirecTV Goes HD With Weather Channel's Interactive Apps Operator Says SD Version Has Generated Almost 1 billion Impressions In One Year", "Hear The Weather Channel's live Hurricane Matthew coverage on SiriusXM", "Hear The Weather Channel on SiriusXM Ch. You have permission to edit this collection. Prior to coming to Moline, he worked at WAXX-FM/WAYY Radio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, WEAU-TV Eau Claire, and WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [65] Representatives for DirecTV stated that it added WeatherNation TV in response to subscriber complaints regarding the number of reality programs on the Weather Channel, which it estimated had amounted to 40% of its daily schedule[66][68] (WeatherNation TV, which outside of its carriage by DirecTV is primarily carried on broadcast television stations as a main channel affiliation or a digital multicast service, does not run programming outside of forecasts with the only interruption in its weather coverage coming from affiliates that carry children's programs to fulfill FCC educational programming requirements; however, WeatherNation has been criticized for its very limited amount of live programming, which TWC does provide, especially during significant weather events[69]). John Knicely co-anchors live at 4, 5, 6:30, and 10 p.m. nightly on 6 News WOWT. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times), Pauli Mayfield is a former Miss Iowa and former WQAD reporter. This is one of those things you either get or just shake your head over. June 7, 2018 / 6:51 PM / CBS Boston. In a memo sent out to network staff by Weather Company CEO David Kenny, it explained its refocus on weather-based programs was done so that "our most passionate fans come to us for the weather and the science behind the weather, not our original shows." Melissa Barrington Melissa Barrington is the Meteorologist for 2 NEWS Weekend Mornings. It shared channel space with, Carl Parker: On-Camera Meteorologist, Climate reporter, Storm specialist special coverage (1999present), Tom Niziol: 2012-2019, retired, former winter weather expert, Alexandria Steele: 2005-2008, later with CNN, now with, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 11:41. She is 47 years old as of 10 October 2021. 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