The
Weather Channel is a
cable TV network that revolutionized the reporting of weather-related news by being on 24 hours a day. The Weather Channel went on the air in
1982 and reports the
weather and other
meteorological information for the
United States as well as other countries and regions of the
world. The Weather Channel does not gather its data directly from the
National Weather Service[?], a
U.S. government agency that is part of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The Weather Channel also uses special decoding equipment that inserts local weather forecast information if it is viewed on a cable TV system.