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Revision as of 06:08, 27 September 2008
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| Type | Digital television network Cable television network (Weather/meteorology) |
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| Availability | National (in select areas) |
| Owner | NBC Universal |
Launch date | November 15, 2004 |
Official website | http://www.weatherplus.com/ |
NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour, commercially-sponsored, weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and its broadcast affiliates of NBC. It debuted on November 15 2004. The network's headquarters is located at the CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The service is broadcast on digital subchannels of certain NBC affiliates in the United States, and is available on digital cable systems in Standard Definition (SD) format. NBC Weather Plus's main competitor is The Weather Channel (which NBC U announced on July 7, 2008 their intent to purchase) and AccuWeather's own Local AccuWeather Channel. When Severe Weather occurs the local station can choose to drop the National Forecast's and show only local programing, the NBC Weather Plus control room can then choose to show that feed nationally during the plus 5 forecast or the Coast To Coast forecast, depending on what part of the programing cycle they are in. They will show the local stations broadcast of the severe weather event Live if possible.
Programming
Local forecasts
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The local forecasts are the part of NBC Weather Plus' programming schedule which viewers see the current conditions and local forecast for their respective area. These forecasts are usually shown after most national forecast segments. Pre-recorded weather segments featuring local weather information from meteorologists of local NBC affiliates are shown proceeding weather information.
Viewers can see current weather conditions for their location and surrounding areas, weather forecasts, doppler radars of the region, and the day's actual high and low temperatures.
WNBC in New York was the test station for NBC Weather Plus. Internet viewers who see the national feed, including those areas where the network's website does not supply a certain city's Weather Plus feed, things are different for its viewers. During this time, the segment includes daily forecasts for each region of the United States and satellite loops and Doppler radars of the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, and Southwest, respectively.
Music for the local forecasts comes mostly from commercially available music, including those composed by 615 Music, who composed the music package used by NBC Weather Plus.
Appearance on other networks
The channel's staff also provides weather updates for fellow NBC Universal cable channels CNBC and MSNBC, and MSNBC airs 'sample' hours of the channel in holiday periods during the morning hours. In addition, Weather Plus is promoted during Football Night in America, and is used to provide gametime temperature and conditions for the later NBC Sunday Night Football game. Increasingly during times of significant national weather events (such as a major winter storm system), Weather Plus meteorologists will appear live on NBC Nightly News to provide analysis.
The "L" Bar
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NBC Weather Plus uses an "L-Bar" across the left side third and bottom third of the screen to continuously air local weather information, even during commercial breaks, national weather, and Weather Plus University.
The left side of the bar is reserved for sponsorship of Weather Plus programming on the top left (sponsors of NBC Weather Plus' programming is more often seen on local feeds), the middle left displays the sky condition, temperature, wind speed/direction and humidity for each city and the bottom left is reserved for station identification (on local feeds, featuring the NBC affiliate's logo augmented above the Weather Plus portion of the logo) and current time is on the lower left.
The cycle for each city's weather information display are as follows:
- The current condition display cycle for one city runs for 30 seconds.
- The 24-hour forecast cycle runs 15 seconds.
- The five-day forecast cycle runs 15 seconds.
However, the above does not hold true for the left side of the L-Bar on Sacramento NBC affiliate KCRA. Instead, the current conditions cycle continuously and the time is on the right-hand side in the lower-third.
The bottom of the bar to the right of the time and station ID displays the forecast for the next 24 hours featuring sky condition, temperature and estimated precipitation, followed by the five day forecast showing sky condition and predicted high and low temperatures. Occasionally, the current conditions display shows the icons telling the sky condition with the icon displaying sun despite it being nighttime. This also occurs on The Weather Channel but usually only in the hour following sunset. Not all cities where the current conditions are displayed on the left side of the "L" bar feature that city's forecast and may instead use the conditions of the closest reporting station to that community. Example: Dallas NBC affiliate KXAS' Weather Plus feed displays the current conditions for Alliance Airport but shows the forecast for Dallas-Fort Worth.
Digital television and cable viewers can see current weather conditions and weather forecasts for their location and surrounding areas, while internet viewers who see the national feed instead of a local feed, the bar displays current conditions and daily forecasts for 50 U.S. cities.
To fulfill FCC E/I requirements, NBC Weather Plus shows Weather Plus University on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, continuing to show the L-Bar on air during educational programming, however the sponsorship tag is removed during the program.
Personalities
Current on-camera meteorologists
- Gary Archibald
- Samantha Davies
- Bill Karins
- Raphael Miranda
- Jackie Meretsky
- Britta Merwin
- Jim Nichols
- Jeff Ranieri
- Todd Santos
Former on-camera meteorologists
- Ibby Carothers
- Kristen Cornett
- Elise Finch
- Michelle Grossman
- Sean McLaughlin
- Byron Miranda
Programming schedule
The following list is the current programming lineup provided by NBC Weather Plus (as of September 2007).[1] Note that some network segments may have a different title at times due to a sponsor for the forecast such as State Farm Road Coverage, which replaces Coast To Coast Forecast.
| Time | Show |
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| Top of hour-:04 past the half-hour | Local Weather |
| :04-:06 past the half-hour | Coast To Coast Forecast |
| :07.30-:09.30 past the half-hour | Local Weather |
| :09.30-:13.30 past the half-hour | Severe Weather Outlook |
| :15-:19 past the half-hour | Local Weather |
| :19-:21 past the half-hour | Plus Five Forecast |
| :22.30-:24.30: past the half-hour | Local Weather |
| :25.00-bottom of half-hour | National feature segment or affiliate report spotlight |
Affiliates
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