NBC WEATHER PLUS

'NBC Weather Plus' is a 24-hour weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and its broadcast affiliates. It debuted on November 15 2004 and is the first-ever 24/7, all-digital national-local broadcast network. NBC Weather Plus is headquartered at MSNBC World Headquarters in Secaucus, 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' main competitor is The Weather Channel.

Contents

About NBC Weather Plus

Local forecasts

Programming

The "L" Bar

Online services

Personalities

Current on-camera meteorologists

Former on-camera meteorologists

Programming schedule

Affiliates

See also

External links

About NBC Weather Plus

As a joint venture between NBC and its affiliates, NBC Weather Plus features a balance of national and local coverage. Live broadcasts are aired throughout the day from national and NBC-affiliated local meteorologists, along with a mix of real-time video, meteorological reports and dynamic graphics. When severe weather breaks, affiliate stations may decide to forego the national forecast to continue with their local reporting; this local reporting, in turn, may be picked up by the national channel to show breaking severe weather news and images across the country.
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 the ''NBC Nightly News'' to provide analysis.

Local forecasts

Programming

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.
Digital television and cable 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 which weatherplus.com and nbcweatherplus.com 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.

The "L" Bar

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.
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.
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. Example: Dallas NBC affiliate KXAS' Weather Plus feed displays the current conditions for Alliance, Texas 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.

Online services

In early 2006, NBC Weather Plus launched its online component, www.nbcweatherplus.com and www.weatherplus.com both of which highlight on-air content, provide up-to-the-minute local forecasting, and cover additional weather-related stories. Many NBC affiliates carrying NBC Weather Plus also broadcast their local feeds on their respective websites and at nbcweatherplus.com and weatherplus.com

Personalities

Current on-camera meteorologists

★ Gary Archibald

★ Samantha Davies

★ Bill Karins

★ Jackie Meretsky

★ Britta Merwin

★ Michelle Grossman

★ Jeff Ranieri

★ Todd Santos

Former on-camera meteorologists

★ Ibby Carothers

★ Kristen Cornett

★ Elise Finch

★ Byron Miranda

Programming schedule

''Source: NBC Weather Plus.''
The following list is the current programming lineup provided by NBC Weather Plus (as of September 2007).

Time	Show
Top of hour-:04 past the half-hour	'Local Weather'
:04-:06 past the half-hour	'National Forecast'
:07.30-:09.30 past the half-hour	'Local Weather'
:09.30-:13.30 past the half-hour	'Seasonal Outlook'
:15-:19 past the half-hour	'Local Weather'
:19-:21 past the half-hour	'Extended Forecast'
:22.30-:24.30: past the half-hour	'Local Weather'

Affiliates

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'DMA'	'Market'	'NBC Weather Plus Affiliate'	'Digital subchannel'	'Digital cable channel'	'Station Owner'
#1	New York City	WNBC-TV/WNBC-DT 4	DT2	Time Warner Cable 731 Comcast 248 Cablevision 109 (NY/NJ) Cablevision 118 (CT) FIOS 860 (NY/NJ)	NBC O&O
#2	Los Angeles	KNBC-TV/KNBC-DT 4	DT2	Charter Communications 304 Comcast 193 Cox Communications 804 Time Warner 1194	NBC O&O
#3	Chicago	WMAQ-TV/WMAQ-DT 5	DT2	Comcast 194 RCN 190 WOW! Internet Cable Phone 130	NBC O&O
#4	Philadelphia	WCAU 10	DT2	Comcast 248	NBC O&O
#5	San Francisco	KNTV-TV/KNTV-DT 11	DT 2	Comcast 186	NBC O&O
#6	Dallas-Ft. Worth	KXAS-TV/KXAS-DT 5	DT2	Time Warner Cable 365 Charter Communications 105	NBC/LIN TV
#7	Boston, Massachusetts	WHDH-TV/WHDH-DT 7	DT2	Comcast 297	Sunbeam Television
#8	Washington, D.C.	WRC-TV/WRC-DT 4	DT2	Comcast 208 Cox Communications 803	NBC O&O
#9	Atlanta	WXIA-TV/WXIA-DT 11	DT2	Comcast 211	Gannett
#10	Houston	KPRC-TV/KPRC-DT 2	DT?	Time Warner Cable 320	Post-Newsweek Stations
#11	Detroit	WDIV-TV/WDIV-DT 4	DT2	Comcast 249	Post-Newsweek
#12	Tampa Bay, Florida	WFLA-TV/WFLA-DT 8	DT2	Bright House 607 Knology 133 Comcast 243	Media General
#13	Phoenix	KPNX-TV/KPNX-DT 12	DT2	Cox Communications 83 Qwest Choice TV 66	Gannett
#14	Seattle	KING-TV/KING-DT 5	DT2	Comcast 115 Millennium Digital Media 108	Belo
#15	Minneapolis-St. Paul	KARE-TV/KARE-DT 11	DT+2	Comcast 249 Time Warner Cable 1112 Charter Communications 391	Gannett
#16	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL	WTVJ-TV/WTVJ-DT 6	DT2	Comcast 250	NBC O&O
#17	Cleveland	WKYC-TV/WKYC-DT 3	DT2	Time Warner Cable 522 Comcast 208 WOW! Internet Cable Phone 130	Gannett
#18	Denver	KUSA-TV/KUSA-DT 9	DT2	Comcast 249	Gannett
#19	Orlando, FL	WESH-TV/WESH-DT 2	DT+2	Brighthouse Networks 1021	Hearst-Argyle
#20	Sacramento	KCRA-TV/KCRA-DT 3	DT+2	Comcast 193	Hearst-Argyle
#21	St. Louis	KSDK-TV/KSDK-DT 5	DT+2	Charter Communications 127	Gannett
#22	Pittsburgh, PA	WPXI-TV/WPXI-DT 11	DT+2	Comcast 208 Armstrong 445 Former Adelphia 111	Cox Enterprises/Sinclair Broadcast Group
#23	Portland, Oregon	KGW-TV/KGW-DT 8	DT+2	Comcast 308	Belo
#24	Baltimore	WBAL 11	DT2	Comcast 208	Hearst-Argyle
#25	Indianapolis, IN	WTHR 13	DT?	TBA	Dispatch Broadcast Group
#26	Charlotte, NC	WCNC 36	DT2	Time Warner Cable 221	Belo
#27	San Diego	KNSD-TV/KSND-DT 7/39	DT+2	Cox Communications 107 Time Warner Cable (channel unknown)	NBC/LIN TV
#28	Hartford-New Haven, CT	WVIT 30	DT2	Comcast 248 Cox 800 Cablevision 109	NBC O&O
#29	Raleigh-Durham, NC	WNCN 17	DT2	Time Warner 219	Media-General
#31	Kansas City	KSHB-TV>KSHB-DT 41	DT2	TBA	E.W. Scripps
#32	Columbus, Ohio	WCMH-TV>WCMH-DT 4	DT2	Time Warner Cable 80 Insight Communications 100 WOW! Internet Cable Phone 130	Media General
#33	Cincinnati	WLWT-TV/WLWT-DT 5	DT2	Insight Communications 431 Time Warner Cable 906	Hearst-Argyle
#34	Milwaukee	WTMJ-TV>WTMJ-DT 4	DT2	Time Warner Cable 104	Journal Broadcast Group
#35	Salt Lake City	KSL-TV/KSL-DT 5	DT2	Comcast 153	Bonneville International
#36	Greenville/Spartanburg, SC/Asheville, NC	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, FL	WPTV 5	DT2	Comcast 216	E.W. Scripps
#40	Birmingham, AL	WVTM 13	DT2	Bright House Networks 183 Charter 653	Media-General
#41	Lancaster, PA	WGAL 8	DT2	Comcast 248	Hearst-Argyle
#43	Las Vegas	KVBC 3	DT?	Cox Communications 124	Sunbelt Communications Company
#44	Memphis	WMC-TV/WMC-DT 5	DT2	Time Warner Cable 4	Raycom Media
#45	Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM	KOB 4	DT2	Comcast 208	Hubbard Broadcasting
#45	Oklahoma City,OK	KFOR-TV/KFOR-DT 4	DT2	Cox Communications 247	The New York Times Company
#47	Greensboro, North Carolina	WXII 12	DT2	Time Warner Cable 541	Hearst-Argyle
#48	Louisville, KY	WAVE 3	DT2	Insight Communications 128	Raycom Media
#49	Buffalo, NY	WGRZ 2	DT2	Adelphia 114	Gannett
#50	Jacksonville, FL	WTLV 12	DT2	Comcast 201	Gannett
#51	Providence, RI	WJAR 10	DT2	Cox Communications 800 Comcast 750 Full Channel 190	Media General
#54	New Orleans,LA	WDSU-TV/WDSU-DT 6	DT2	Charter Communications 183	Hearst-Argyle
#55	Fresno, CA	KSEE 24	DT2	Comcast 195	Granite Broadcasting
#56	Albany, NY	WNYT-TV/WNYT-DT 13	DT2	Time Warner Cable 556 Adelphia 169 Berkshire Digital Cable 713	Hubbard Broadcasting
#59	Mobile, AL/Pensacola, FL	WPMI-TV/WPMI-DT 15	DT2	Cox Communications 716 Comcast 194	Clear Channel
#60	Knoxville, TN	WBIR-TV 10	DT2	Comcast 196 Charter Communications 196	Gannett
#61	Richmond, VA	WWBT-TV/WWBT-DT 12	DT2	Comcast 208	Lincoln Financial Media
#64	Fort Myers, FL	WBBH-TV/WBBH-DT 20	DT2	Comcast 247	Waterman Broadcasting Corporation
#69	Green Bay, WI	WGBA-TV/WGBA-DT 26	Unknown	TBA	Journal Broadcast Group
#71	Toledo, OH	WNWO 24	DT2	Time Warner Cable 80 Buckeye CableSystem 626	Barrington Broadcasting
#72	Honolulu	KHNL 13	DT?	TBA	Raycom
#74	Portland, ME	WCSH 6	DT2	Time Warner Cable 166	Gannett
#76	Springfield, MO	KYTV-TV/KYTV-DT 3	DT3	Mediacom (channel unknown)	Schurz Communications
#77	Spokane, WA	KHQ-TV 6	DT2	Comcast 114	The KHQ Television Group
#78	Rochester, NY	WHEC 10	DT2	Time Warner Cable 110	Hubbard Broadcasting
#79	Syracuse, NY	WSTM 3	DT3	Time Warner Cable 133	Barrington Broadcasting
#83	Columbia, SC	WIS 10	DT2	Time Warner Cable 806	Raycom Media
#84	Huntsville, AL	WAFF 48	DT+2	Comcast 194 Knology 133 Mediacom 99	Raycom Media
#86	Chattanooga, TN	WRCB 3	DT?	Comcast 244 Charter Communications 196	Sarkes-Tarzian, Inc.
#87	Jackson, MS	WLBT 3	DT?	Time Warner Cable 102	Raycom Media
#89	Waterloo/Cedar Rapids, IA	KWWL 7	DT2	Mediacom 22 & 107 Cedar Falls Utilities 11	Quincy Newspapers
#90	Burlington, VT	WPTZ 5	DT2	Burlington Telecom 305	Hearst-Argyle
#90	White River Junction, Vermont/Lebanon, New Hampshire	WNNE 31 (''coming soon'')	DT2	TBA	Hearst-Argyle
#91	Brownsville, TX	KVEO 23	DT2		Communications Corp of America
#93	Baton Rouge, LA	WVLA-TV/WVLA-DT 33	DT2	TBA	White Knight Broadcasting
#95	Waco/Temple, TX	KCEN 6	DT2		Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Inc.
#96	Peoria, IL	WEEK-TV/WEEK-DT 25	DT2	Insight Communications 138	Granite Broadcasting
#98	Johnstown, PA	WJAC-TV 6	DT2	Atlantic Broadband 11 Former Adelphia 106	Cox Enterprises
#99	El Paso, TX	KTSM 9	DT2	Time Warner Cable 1302	Communications Corp of America
#106	Fort Wayne, IN	WISE-TV 33	DT3	Comcast 249	Granite Broadcasting Corporation
#110	Reno, NV	KRNV-TV/KRNV-DT 4	DT2	Charter Communications 224	Sunbelt Communications Company
#111	Tyler, TX	KETK 56	DT2	Suddenlink 222	Communications Corp of America
#113	Traverse City/Cheboygan, MI	WPBN/WTOM 7/4	WPBN DT3	Charter Communications 201	Barrington Broadcasting
#115	Sioux Falls, SD	KDLT 46	Secondary Affiliate and on DT2		Red River Broadcasting
#117	Montgomery, AL	WSFA 12	DT2	Brighthouse Networks 213 / 228 Knology 121 Charter Communications 183	Raycom Media
#122	Santa Barbara, California	KSBY-TV/KSBY-DT 6	DT3	Unknown	Cordeilla Communications
#124	Salinas, CA	KSBW 8	DT2	Comcast channel 186	Hearst-Argyle
#126	Yakima, WA	KNDO 23	DT2		The KHQ Television Group
#126	Kennewick/Pasco/Richland, WA	KNDU 25	DT3	TBA	The KHQ Television Group
#130	Chico, CA	KNVN 24	DT2	TBD	Evans Broadcasting
#136	Wilmington, NC	WECT 6	DT2	Time Warner Cable 939	Raycom Media
#137	Duluth, MN	KBJR 6	DT3	TBA	Granite Broadcasting
#139	Columbia, MO	KOMU-TV/KOMU-DT 8	DT2	Mediacom 247	University of Missouri–Columbia
#145	Albany, Georgia	WALB-TV>WALB-DT 10	DT2	Mediacom 26	Raycom Media
#147	Lubbock, Texas	KCBD 11	DT2	Cox Communications 112	Raycom
#152	Bangor, ME	WLBZ 2	DT2	TBA	Gannett
#155	Steubenville, OH/Wheeling, WV	WTOV 9	DT3	Comcast 208	Cox Enterprises
#163	Pocatello, ID	KPVI 6	DT2	TBA	Sunbelt Communications Company
#165	Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS	WDAM 7	DT3	TBD	Raycom
#170	Billings, MT	KULR 8	DT?	TBA	Max Media
#175	Lake Charles/Lafayette, LA	KPLC-TV 7	DT2	TBD	Raycom
#178	Marquette, MI	WLUC 6	DT2	Charter Communications 306	Barrington Broadcasting
#194	Bend, OR	KTVZ 21	DT+4	TBA	News-Press & Gazette Company
#196	Lima, OH	WLIO 35	DT+3	TBA	Block Communications

All Verizon FiOS subscribers can watch NBC Weather Plus on channel 860.

See also

★ NBC News

★ List of United States television networks

★ List of NBC affiliates

★ Lists of corporate assets

External links

★ Official Site