NBC Weather Plus

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NBC Weather Plus

NBC Weather Plus logo
Type	Digital television network Cable television network (Weather/meteorology)
Country	United States
Availability	National (in select areas)
Owner	NBC Universal
Launch date	November 15, 2004
Website http://www.weatherplus.com/
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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. NBC Weather Plus's main competitor is The Weather Channel (which NBCU announced on July 7, 2008 their intent to purchase) and AccuWeather's own Local AccuWeather Channel, on October 8, 2008, NBC announced that NBC Weather Plus would be shut down .

Programming

Local forecasts

Template:Cleanup 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.

Local version of NBC Weather Plus from Milwaukee's WTMJ, showing an ad in the top-left corner, local branding above the Weather Plus logo, and time in the bottom-left.

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

Template:Cleanup 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, continuing to show the L-Bar on air during educational programming.

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). 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
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

During severe weather, stations can choose to drop the national segments in favor of local coverage; the NBC Weather Plus control room can then choose to show that feed nationally during the Coast To Coast Forecast or the Plus Five Forecast, depending on what part of the programming cycle the network is in. The local broadcast is shown live if possible.

NBC Weather Plus also aired the "NBC Weather Plus Weather Alert," which interrupted regular programming when a breaking weather story occurs. Breaking severe weather news and images from a particular NBC affilate may be shown.

To fulfill FCC E/I requirements, NBC Weather Plus showed Weather Plus University on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

In late October 2008, the national OCM segments have been phased out, as well as some of the local Weather Plus systems. This leaves with only six minute music forecast segments and commercial breaks. With this, the remaining OCM staff of the channel are now referred to on other NBC News programs as only "NBC meteorologists".

At least one station (WXIA-TV 11.2 Atlanta) showed the state's election results by coloring each county red or blue.

Closure

NBC announced on October 7, 2008 that Weather Plus would be phased out by the end of the year, after the NBC affiliates expressed a desire to shut the service down. Though NBC cited its purchase of The Weather Channel as a factor in the shutdown, it has been stated that the closure would have happened even if the acquisition had not happened.

According to NBC, Weather Plus will begin its phase-out late November, with its closure date set for December 1 2008.

Affiliates

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DMA	Market	NBC Weather Plus Affiliate	Digital subchannel	Digital cable channel	Station Owner	Replaced by
#1	New York	WNBC 4	DT2	Time Warner Cable 161 Comcast 248 RCN 189 Cablevision 109 (NY / NJ), 118 (CT) Verizon FiOS 860 (NY / NJ)	NBC O&O
#2	Los Angeles	KNBC 4	DT2	Charter Communications 304 Comcast 193 Cox Communications 804 Time Warner 1194	NBC O&O
#3	Chicago	WMAQ-TV 5	DT2	Comcast 194 RCN 190 WOW! Internet Cable Phone 130	NBC O&O
#4	Philadelphia	WCAU (TV) 10	DT2	Comcast 248	NBC O&O
#5	Dallas-Ft. Worth	KXAS-TV 5	DT2	Time Warner Cable 365 Charter Communications 105 Verizon FiOS 860	NBC / LIN TV
#6	San Francisco	KNTV 11	DT2	Comcast 186	NBC O&O
#7	Boston	WHDH-TV 7	DT2	Comcast 297	Sunbeam Television
#8	Atlanta	WXIA-TV 11	DT2	Comcast 211	Gannett
#9	Washington, D.C.	WRC-TV 4	DT2	Comcast 208 Cox Communications 803 Verizon FiOS 860	NBC O&O
#10	Houston	KPRC-TV 2	DT2	Comcast 320	Post-Newsweek Stations	This TV
#11	Detroit	WDIV-TV 4	DT2	Comcast 249	Post-Newsweek	This TV
#12	Phoenix	KPNX 12	DT2	Cox Communications 83 Qwest Choice TV 66	Gannett
#13	Tampa	WFLA-TV 8	DT2	Bright House 607 Knology 133 Comcast 243	Media General
#14	Seattle	KING-TV 5	DT2	Comcast 115 Millennium Digital Media 108	Belo
#15	Minneapolis-St. Paul	KARE 11	DT2	Comcast 249 Time Warner Cable 1112 Charter Communications 391	Gannett
#16	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	WTVJ 6	DT2	Comcast 216	NBC O&O
#17	Cleveland	WKYC-TV 3	DT2	Time Warner Cable 522 Cox Communications 211 Comcast 208 WOW! Internet Cable Phone 130	Gannett
#18	Denver	KUSA-TV 9	DT2	Comcast 249	Gannett
#19	Orlando	WESH 2	DT2	Brighthouse Networks 1021	Hearst-Argyle
#20	Sacramento	KCRA-TV 3	DT2	Comcast 193	Hearst-Argyle
#21	St. Louis	KSDK 5	DT2	Charter Communications 127	Gannett
#22	Pittsburgh	WPXI 11	DT2	Verizon FiOS 460 Comcast 208 Armstrong 445 Former Adelphia 111	Cox Enterprises
#23	Portland (OR)	KGW 8	DT2	Comcast 308	Belo
#24	Baltimore	WBAL-TV 11	DT2	Comcast 208 Verizon FiOS 860	Hearst-Argyle
#25	Charlotte	WCNC-TV 36	DT2	Time Warner Cable 221	Belo
#27	San Diego	KNSD 39	DT2	Cox Communications 107 Time Warner Cable 253	NBC / LIN TV
#28	Raleigh-Durham	WNCN 17	DT2	Time Warner 219	Media-General
#29	Hartford-New Haven	WVIT 30	DT2	Comcast 248 Cox 800 Cablevision 109 Charter 755	NBC O&O
#31	Kansas City	KSHB-TV 41	DT2	Time Warner Cable 1442	E.W. Scripps
#32	Columbus	WCMH-TV 4	DT2	Time Warner Cable 80 Insight Communications 100 WOW! Internet Cable Phone 130	Media General
#33	Cincinnati	WLWT 5	DT2	Insight Communications 431 Time Warner Cable 906	Hearst-Argyle
#34	Milwaukee	WTMJ-TV 4	DT2	Time Warner Cable 104	Journal Broadcast Group
#35	Salt Lake City	KSL-TV 5	DT2	Comcast 153	Bonneville International
#36	Greenville / Spartanburg / Asheville	WYFF 4	DT2	Charter Communications 244	Hearst-Argyle
#37	San Antonio	WOAI-TV 4	DT2	Time Warner 80 GVTC 130 Grande Communications 130	Clear Channel
#38	West Palm Beach	WPTV-TV 5	DT2	Comcast 216	E.W. Scripps
#40	Birmingham	WVTM 13	DT2	Bright House Networks 183 Charter 653	Media-General
#41	Lancaster	WGAL 8	DT2	Comcast 248 Blue Ridge Cable 136	Hearst-Argyle
#43	Las Vegas	KVBC 3	DT2	Cox Communications 124	Sunbelt Communications Company
#44	Albuquerque-Santa Fe	KOB-TV 4	DT2	Comcast 208	Hubbard Broadcasting
#45	Oklahoma City	KFOR-TV 4	DT2	Cox Communications 247	The New York Times Company
#46	Greensboro	WXII 12	DT2	Time Warner Cable 541	Hearst-Argyle
#47	Memphis	WMC-TV 5	DT2	Time Warner Cable 4	Raycom Media
#48	Louisville	WAVE (TV) 3	DT2	Insight Communications 128 Frankfort Plant Board Digital 150	Raycom Media
#49	Buffalo	WGRZ 2	DT2	Time Warner Cable 114 Time Warner Cable of Olean 111	Gannett
#50	Jacksonville	WTLV 12	DT2	Comcast 201	Gannett
#51	Providence	WJAR 10	DT2	Cox Communications 800 Comcast 750 Full Channel 190	Media General
#54	New Orleans	WDSU-TV 6	DT2	Cox Communications 108 Charter Communications 183	Hearst-Argyle
#55	Fresno	KSEE 24	DT2	Comcast 195	Granite Broadcasting
#56	Albany	WNYT 13	DT2	Time Warner Cable 556 Adelphia 169 Berkshire Digital Cable 713	Hubbard Broadcasting
#59	Mobile / Pensacola	WPMI-TV 15	DT2	Cox Communications 716 Comcast 194	Clear Channel
#60	Knoxville	WBIR-TV 10	DT2	Comcast 196 Charter Communications 196	Gannett
#61	Richmond	WWBT 12	DT2	Comcast 208 FIOS 860	Raycom Media
#62	Tulsa	KJRH 2	DT2	Cox Communications 222	Scripps-Howard Broadcasting
#64	Fort Myers	WBBH-TV 20	DT2	Comcast 247	Waterman Broadcasting Corporation
#71	Toledo	WNWO 24	DT2	Time Warner Cable 80 Buckeye CableSystem 626	Barrington Broadcasting
#72	Honolulu	KHNL 13	DT2	Oceanic Time Warner 115	Raycom
#73	Des Moines	WHO-TV 13	DT2	Mediacom 246	Local TV, LLC
#74	Portland	WCSH 6	DT2	Time Warner Cable 166	Gannett
#76	Springfield (MO)	KYTV (TV) 3	DT3	Mediacom 212	Schurz Communications
#77	Spokane	KHQ-TV 6	DT2	Comcast 114	The KHQ Television Group
#78	Rochester (NY)	WHEC 10	DT2	Time Warner Cable 110	Hubbard Broadcasting
#79	Syracuse	WSTM-TV 3	DT3	Time Warner Cable 133	Barrington Broadcasting
#83	Columbia (SC)	WIS 10	DT2	Time Warner Cable 806	Raycom Media
#84	Huntsville	WAFF (TV) 48	DT2	Comcast 194 Knology 133 Mediacom 99	Raycom Media
#86	Chattanooga	WRCB 3	DT2	Comcast 244 Charter Communications 196	Sarkes-Tarzian, Inc.	Retro Television Network
#87	Jackson (MS)	WLBT 3	DT2	Time Warner Cable 102	Raycom Media
#89	Waterloo / Cedar Rapids	KWWL 7	DT2	Mediacom 22 & 107 Cedar Falls Utilities 11	Quincy Newspapers
#90	Burlington	WPTZ 5	DT2	Burlington Telecom 305	Hearst-Argyle
#91	Brownsville	KVEO 23	DT2	Time Warner Cable 861	Communications Corp of America
#93	Baton Rouge	WVLA 33	DT2	Cox Communications 133	White Knight Broadcasting
#95	Waco / Temple	KCEN 6	DT2		Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Inc.
#96	Peoria	WEEK-TV 25	DT2	Comcast 138	Granite Broadcasting
#98	Johnstown	WJAC-TV 6	DT2	Atlantic Broadband 11 Former Adelphia 106	Cox Enterprises
#99	El Paso	KTSM 9	DT2	Time Warner Cable 1302	Communications Corp of America
#103	Myrtle Beach	WMBF 32	DT2	TBA	Raycom Media
#106	Fort Wayne	WISE-TV 33	DT3	Comcast 249	Granite Broadcasting Corporation	VIPIR radar
#110	Reno	KRNV 4	DT2	Charter Communications 224	Sunbelt Communications Company
#111	Tyler	KETK 56	DT2	Suddenlink 222	Communications Corp of America
#113	Traverse City	WPBN 7	DT3	Charter Communications 201	Barrington Broadcasting
#115	Sioux Falls	KDLT 46	DT2	Midcontinent Communications 606 Knology 132	Red River Broadcasting
#117	Montgomery	WSFA 12	DT2	Brighthouse Networks 213 / 228 Knology 121 Charter Communications 183	Raycom Media
#123	Lafayette	KPLC-TV 7 (Lake Charles) WVLA 33 (Baton Rouge)	DT2 DT2	Cox Communications 130 (KPLC)	Raycom
#124	Salinas	KSBW 8	DT2	Comcast channel 186	Hearst-Argyle
#126	Yakima	KNDO 23	DT3	Charter Communications 287	The KHQ Television Group
#126	Kennewick / Pasco / Richland	KNDU 25	DT3	Charter Communications 287	The KHQ Television Group
#130	Chico / Redding	KNVN 24	TBA	TBA	Evans Broadcasting of Chico, L.L.C.
#131	Amarillo, Texas	KAMR-TV 4	DT3	Suddenlink 218	Nexstar Broadcasting
#136	Wilmington	WECT 6	DT2	Time Warner Cable 939	Raycom Media
#137	Duluth	KBJR 6	DT3	Charter Communications 391	Granite Broadcasting
#139	Columbia (MO)	KOMU-TV 8	DT2	Mediacom 247	University of Missouri
#145	Albany (GA)	WALB 10	DT2	Mediacom 26	Raycom Media
#147	Lubbock	KCBD 11	DT2	Cox Communications 112	Raycom
#152	Bangor	WLBZ 2	DT2	Time Warner Cable 166	Gannett
#155	Steubenville / Wheeling	WTOV 9	DT2	Comcast 208 Jefferson County Cable 11	Cox Enterprises
#163	Pocatello	KPVI 6	DT2		Sunbelt Communications Company
#165	Hattiesburg / Laurel	WDAM 7	DT3	Comcast 243	Raycom
#175	Lake Charles	KPLC-TV 7	DT2	Suddenlink 247	Raycom
#178	Marquette, Michigan	WLUC 6	DT2	Charter Communications 306	Barrington Broadcasting
#181	Charlottesville	WVIR 29	DT2	Comcast 208	Waterman Broadcasting Corporation
#196	Lima	WLIO 35	DT3		Block Communications

External links

• NBC Weather Plus Official Site

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