ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8 and WeatherBug(R) Partnership Offers D.C. Area Viewers the Only Live, Neighborhood-Level Weather Reporting On-Air and Online.WASHINGTON & GERMANTOWN, Md. -- WeatherBug:
Chief Meteorologist Doug Hill and Team Launch WeatherBug Broadcast
Program, Accessing 650 D.C. Area and 8,000 National WeatherBug
Tracking Stations
ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8 Donate WeatherBug Plus to All D.C. Metro
School PCs to Enhance Emergency Preparedness
WeatherBug, the leading provider of live, local weather information services See Information Systems. , and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8 today announced the two companies have entered an exclusive, three-year partnership agreement. ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8 are now the only local Washington, D.C. television stations to offer viewers access to WeatherBug's up-to-the-second, live, neighborhood-local weather conditions from 650 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and 106 WeatherBug Cameras in the Washington, D.C. area. (Other local stations rely primarily upon hourly data from area airport stations in D.C., Dulles, VA and Baltimore, MD.) WeatherBug Tracking Stations are located at approximately 597 area schools throughout D.C., Maryland and Virginia, as well as 55 local business organizations and landmarks, including the National Zoo, the Smithsonian, the National Wildlife Federation, the City of Rockville, PEPCO PEPCO Potomac Electric Power Company (Washington, DC, USA) PEPCO Pakistan Electric Power Company PEPCO Professional Electric Products Company and FedEx Field, home of the Washington Redskins The WeatherBug Program offers broadcasters the competitive edge in weather reporting and forecasting on-air and online. WeatherBug owns and operates the worlds largest weather network - over 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras nationwide - to deliver live, truly local weather content. Partners are able to deliver viewers live weather conditions right from their neighborhood. In addition, broadcast meteorologists Atmospheric scientists
--Live Maps - an area map that shows all live weather stations and cameras across the entire Washington, DC viewing area, with links to each weather station and camera. --Viewer Interaction - post your own weather-related photos, videos and stories online, and you may see them featured on ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8! --Up-to-the-Second Live Weather Readings - get live weather information from your neighborhood or across the country at the click of your mouse! See local readings and forecasts or check out another location for a mini-vacation! "ABC 7 and NewsChannel 8 are committed to providing our viewers with the weather information they need to protect their property and lives, and to better plan their day," said Frederick J. Ryan, Jr, President & COO of Allbritton Communications, the parent company for ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8. "We can't stress enough the importance of timely and effective weather information, and know that the WeatherBug is another important tool in our effort to help keep our communities informed." "With instant access to more than 650 live, local weather stations, ABC 7 will be able to offer vital local weather information more accurately, more effectively, more often, and over more platforms than any other TV News station in the area," said ABC 7 Chief Meteorologist Doug Hill Doug Hill is the Chief Meteorologist for ABC 7 News/WJLA-TV. He is the meteorologist for ABC 7 News at 5, 6, and 11. He has been awarded the "Seal of Approval" from the American Meteorological Society . Hill has also been honored the Washington Emmy Award for Broadcast Excellence . . "And, the fact that our viewers can download the WeatherBug onto their computers and access the same information that we can, in real time...what could be cooler than that?" "WeatherBug welcomes ABC 7 and NewsChannel 8 to our broadcast family," said Andy Jedynak, WeatherBug GM and senior vice president. "We look forward to working with the stations and the Emmy-award winning chief meteorologist, Doug Hill. Known as Washington's most accurate weather forecaster, Hill and his meteorology meteorology, branch of science that deals with the atmosphere of a planet, particularly that of the earth, the most important application of which is the analysis and prediction of weather. team of Brian van de Graaff Noun 1. Van de Graaff - United States physicist (1901-1967) Robert Jemison Van de Graaff, Robert Van de Graaff and Joe Witte Joe Witte (born 1943) is a weekend weatherman for the broadcast television station WJLA in Washington, D.C., where he has been since 2003. Witte has worked for WCBS-TV, WABC-TV, and WNBC-TV in New York City, as well as at stations in other television markets. do an excellent job forecasting the weather for ABC 7 News and for Doug Hill's Weather Now, the area's only all-local 24-hour weather channel. We know this is only the beginning of a long-term relationship." WeatherBug Data is utilized by the National Weather Service (NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) ), state and local Government agencies, consumers, mobile users, businesses and broadcasters across the U.S. WeatherBug had 16 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. in November 2005 and is ranked the #1 news and information site, and as a top 10 Internet property in daily reach and loyalty, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. comScore Media Metrix. To subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; WeatherBug go to www.weatherbug.com. About WJLA-TV (ABC 7 and NewsChannel 8) ABC 7/WJLA-TV and NewsChannel 8 are divisions of Washington, D.C.-based Allbritton Communications. Allbritton Communications owns and operates eight television stations in seven broadcast markets in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Virginia and Washington, D.C. It also owns and operates News Channel 8, a 24-hour cable news channel which shares facilities with ABC 7/WJLA-TV. About WeatherBug WeatherBug (weatherbug.com) ensures that individuals, schools, businesses and government agencies receive the most precise live weather information, the most relevant weather reports, and the earliest weather warnings to safeguard property, lives and to plan with confidence. With 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and over 1,000 cameras primarily based at neighborhood schools and public safety facilities across the U.S., WeatherBug maintains the largest exclusive weather network in the world. The live, local weather conditions are delivered to millions of consumers via the Internet and mobile devices, more than 100 state and local government agencies including the National Weather Service, and to broadcast television stations, schools, and businesses. WeatherBug data is unique as it is the only live, neighborhood weather available anywhere. WeatherBug is a brand of AWS AWS Amazon Web Services AWS American Welding Society AWS Advanced Warning System AWS Advanced Wireless Services AWS Automatic Weather Station AWS Alien Workshop (skateboard company) AWS Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH Convergence Technologies, Inc. (www.aws.com) |
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