Weather Channel to storm back onto Verizon
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Michelle Clancy
| 20 June 2019

The Weather Channel will once again join the Verizon Fios line-up in the United States, for the first time since being kicked off in 2015.

The signal will be on-air starting 24 June and via the FiOS app later this autumn, as the country enters the height of Atlantic hurricane season. “We are happy to bring FiOS TV customers another trusted resource for weather information with the addition of The Weather Channel to our Fios line-up,” said Erin McPherson, Verizon head of content strategy, Acquisitions and Programming. “Our customers are increasingly impacted by severe weather, and The Weather Channel will be a welcomed addition for our viewers.”

The network will air in critical media markets, including New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington D.C. – as well as others.

Verizon customers will also have access to Local Now, The Weather Channel’s hyperlocal news service, which delivers customers local weather, news, entertainment, sports reports and restaurant recommendations – down to the neighbourhood level.

“For nine consecutive years, The Weather Channel has been voted ‘TV news brand of the year’ and for 37 years has provided vital information to protect and save lives 24/7,” said Byron Allen, CEO of Entertainment Studios, The Weather Channel’s parent company. “I am very proud to extend our partnership with Verizon by adding The Weather Channel to the FiOS TV channel line-up, as well as the renewal of the portfolio of Entertainment Studios Television networks.”