MétéoMédia
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MétéoMédia is a 24-hour Canadian French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 Category A specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....

 and web site, which provides weather information 24 hours a day. It primarily serves viewers in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, although some cable TV systems in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 and New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 carry the channel as well. It is available nation-wide via satellite as well. It is a sister station to its English-language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 counterpart, The Weather Network
The Weather Network
The Weather Network is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel that broadcasts weather-related news and information 24 hours a day....

. MétéoMédia went on the air along with The Weather Network for the first time on September 1, 1988.

MétéoMedia has a separate feed for the Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 area, much like how the English-language Weather Network has a special separate feed for the Greater Toronto Area
Greater Toronto Area
The Greater Toronto Area is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million. The Greater Toronto Area is usually defined as the central city of Toronto, along with four regional municipalities surrounding it: Durham, Halton, Peel, and York...

.

Ownership

Both MétéoMedia and The Weather Network are owned by Pelmorex
Pelmorex
Pelmorex Media Inc. is a Canadian broadcast group. The company operates the broadcasting licence for The Weather Network and its French sister station, MétéoMédia. The Weather Network and MétéoMédia are Canada’s only 24-hour national specialty television networks devoted to weather reporting...

 (in turn half-owned by The Weather Channel). The two originally shared an analogue
Analog television
Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...

 transponder
Transponder
In telecommunication, the term transponder has the following meanings:...

 on one of the Anik
Anik (satellite)
The Anik satellites are geostationary communications satellites launched by Telesat Canada for television in Canada. In Inuktitut, Anik means "little brother".-The Satellites:-Anik A:...

 satellite
Communications satellite
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications...

s, with computer-generated local forecast
Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...

s airing on one while the video
Video
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 feed
Feed
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 of a live forecaster or TV commercials aired on the other.

On January 3, 2008, it was reported that Landmark Communications
Landmark Communications
Landmark Media Enterprises LLC is a privately held media company headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia specializing in cable television, broadcast television, print publishing, and internet publishing...

, part-owner of MétéoMédia, may be for sale. In July 2008, The Weather Channel was sold to NBC Universal
NBC Universal
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 and Bain Capital
Bain Capital
Bain Capital LLC is a Boston-based private equity firm founded in 1984 by partners from the consulting firm Bain & Company. Originally conceived as an early-stage, growth-oriented investment fund, Bain Capital today manages approximately $65 billion in assets, and its strategies include private...

; the sale includes Landmark's stakes in MétéoMedia and The Weather Network.

Schedule

MétéoMedia follows a schedule which repeats itself each hour, based on the current season. The spring/summer programming schedule often starts on the first Monday of April. It switches to the winter schedule on the first Monday of December. The following schedule is effective Monday, March 24, 2008.
| Weekday mornings
(5:30–9:00 am)
| Weekday daytime and evenings
(9 am–1 am)
| Weekends
(7 am Saturday – 5:30 am Monday)
| Nights
(1 am–5:30 am (7 am Weekends))
:02 Météo active :02 Météo active :02 Météo active :02 Prévisions régionales
:06 Circulation (Mtl) / Prévisions régionales :08 Prévisions pollen :08 Prévisions pollen :04 Météo à venir
:08 Prévision pollen :08 Prévisions internationales
:12 Nouvelles :12 Nouvelles :12 Nouvelles :15 Vert l'avenir / Météo 101 :15 Vert l'avenir / Météo 101 :14 Vert l'avenir
:16 Prévisions écoliers :19 Votre météo :19 Votre météo :17 Votre météo
:19 Votre météo :18 Prévisions pollen
:22 Météo active :22 Météo active :22 Météo active :25 Reportage :25 Reportage :22 Prévisions régionales
:25 Circulation (Mtl) / Prévisions régionales :28 Météo à long terme :28 Météo à long terme :24 Météo à venir
:28 Météo à long terme :27 Roulez, c'est vert!
:32 Météo à venir :32 Météo à venir :32 Météo à venir :37 Prévisions jardinage :37 Prévisions jardinage :32 Prévisions régionales
:37 Prévisions jardinage :34 Météo à venir
:42 Nouvelles en bref :42 Nouvelles en bref :37 Reportage
:42 Nouvelles en bref :43 Météo à venir :43 Météo à venir :43 Météo à venir :46 Prévisions plein-air :46 Prévisions plein-air :42 Prévisions régionales
:46 Prévisions plein-air :47 Prévisions internationales :47 Prévisions internationales :44 Météo à venir
:47 Escales :46 Météo plein-air
:52 Conditions actuelles :52 Conditions actuelles :47 Météo 101
:52 Conditions actuelles :53 Météo à venir :53 Météo à venir :53 Météo à venir :57 Secrets du jardinier / Roulez, c'est vert! :57 Secrets du jardinier / Roulez, c'est vert! :52 Prévisions régionales
:56 Circulation (Mtl) / Prévisions régionales :58 Bulletin UV :58 Bulletin UV :53 Météo à venir
:58 Bulletin UV :57 Secrets du jardinier
:58 Bulletin UV

Weekdays

| Timeslot
(All Times Eastern)
| Hosts | CMOS
Certified?
| On MétéoMédia since
5:30 - 9:00 am
MétéoMédia Ce Matin
Vicky Latour No 2010–Present
Jessica Laventure No 2009–Present
Lynda Piché (Traffic) No 2008–Present
9:00 am – 1:30 pm
C'est dans l'air
Patrick de Bellefeuille Yes 1988–Present
1:30 - 6:00 pm
En tout temps
Christian Hamel No 1992–Present
6:00 pm – 1:00 am
MétéoMédia Ce Soir
Nadine Alcindor Yes 1999–Present
Réjean Ouimet Yes 1988–Present
1:00 am – 5:30 am
MétéoMédia Ce Soir
Nadine Alcindor Yes 1999–Present
Réjean Ouimet Yes 1988–Present

Weekends

| Timeslot
(All Times Eastern)
| Hosts | CMOS
Certified?
| On MétéoMédia since
7:00 am – 12:00 pm Yann Barrière No 2010–Present
12:00 - 5:30 pm Gisèle Quiniou Yes 1989–Present
5:30 pm – 7:00 am Anaïs Guertin-Lacroix No 2011–Present

Other on-air hosts

|
| Hosts | CMOS
Certified?
| On MétéoMédia since
Reports and On Call Éliane Larouche Yes 1997–Present
Reports and On Call Suzie Poisson No 2006–Present
On Call Cynthia Lemieux No 2007–Present
On Call Marie-Ève Campeau No 2007–Present
On Call Marco Parent No 2011–Present
On Call Joanie Gonthier No 2011–Present
Reports Marc Larouche No 2008–Present
On Call (Traffic) Pierre Olivier No 2004–Present

Former on-air hosts

(In alphabetical order)
Personality Former Role(s) on MétéoMédia Current Whereabouts
Chantal Beaudin (-2003) Entretemps,Visa Week-end and À la carte ce soir Weather broadcaster
Main Collaborators: Réjean Ouimet, Louis de Belleval, Suzanne Gariépy, Gisèle Quiniou
Weather broadcaster for Radio-Canada and its sister station RDI
RDI
RDI can refer to:* Real Disposable Income, the amount of national income left over after taxes and inflation* Reference Daily Intake , a quantity of recommended nutrient intake...

 in Montreal
Nathalie Boudreau (2009-2010) MétéoMédia ce soir
Main Collaborator: Réjean Ouimet
Unknown
Line Bourdeau (2007-2009) Weather broadcaster & Reports
Main Collaborator: Martin Bélanger
Unknown
Élisabeth Caron (2006–2008) Keywall
Chroma key
Chroma key compositing is a technique for compositing two images together. A color range in the top layer is made transparent, revealing another image behind. The chroma keying technique is commonly used in video production and post-production...

 Presenter
Main Collaborators: Réjean Ouimet, Karine Pietrantonio
Host at RockDétente Bois-Franc
Evelyne Charuest (2009-2010) On Call Unknown
Sophie Chiasson (1999–2002) Keywall
Chroma key
Chroma key compositing is a technique for compositing two images together. A color range in the top layer is made transparent, revealing another image behind. The chroma keying technique is commonly used in video production and post-production...

 Presenter
Opération Enfant Soleil Ambassador
Sherry Claridge Weather Broadcaster Unknown
Nathalie Chung
Nathalie Chung
Nathalie Chung is a Canadian news anchor and journalist for the Réseau de l'information television network, a Canadian French language news channel owned by the Société Radio-Canada...

 (before 1991)
Weather Broadcaster News anchor for Radio-Canada and its sister station RDI
RDI
RDI can refer to:* Real Disposable Income, the amount of national income left over after taxes and inflation* Reference Daily Intake , a quantity of recommended nutrient intake...

 in Montreal.
Josianne Cuierrier (-2006) Keywall Presenter Weather broadcaster for Radio-Canada and its sister station RDI
RDI
RDI can refer to:* Real Disposable Income, the amount of national income left over after taxes and inflation* Reference Daily Intake , a quantity of recommended nutrient intake...

 in Montreal
Caroline Côté (2009-2010) On Call Unknown
Louis de Belleval (1988–2005) Weather news presenter and À la carte Outdoor Weather Broadcaster
Main Collaborators: Réjean Ouimet, Chantal Beaudin, Christian Hamel,Éliane Larouche, Brigitte Vauclair
Now at Radio-Canada in Montreal, QC.
Jean-François Desbiens (2006–2007) Weather broadcaster Reporter at TVA Nouvelles and LCN (to be verified)
Nathalie Desgroseilliers (-2005) Agenda Week-end Outdoor Weather broadcaster
Main Collaborators: Suzanne Gariépy, Gisèle Quiniou
Teacher in a elementary school
Jules Desjarlais (-2005) Keywall Presenter Reporter for sports / weather for "Le téléjournal/Colombie-Britannique" at Radio-Canada (to be verified)
Pascale Dudemaine (2010-2011) On Call Unknown
Dominique Dufour Unknown Unknown
Julie Émond (2007-2011) Ici et ailleurs Unknown
Suzanne Gariépy (-2006) Agenda Week-end Weather broadcaster and Entretemps Outdoor Weather Presenter
Main Collaborators: Gisèle Quiniou, Nathalie Desgroseilliers, Chantal Beaudin, Réjean Ouimet
Affiliated Real Estate Agent with Groupe Sutton - Actuel inc. in Longueuil, QC and weather broadcaster for Radio-Canada and its sister station RDI
RDI
RDI can refer to:* Real Disposable Income, the amount of national income left over after taxes and inflation* Reference Daily Intake , a quantity of recommended nutrient intake...

 in Montreal
Réjean Gaudreau Voice overs Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...

 Media Professor
Nadia Gendron (-2007) Weather broadcaster and Keywall Presenter Affiliated Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX
RE/MAX
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 Quebec - De L'Avenir Inc in Saint-Jérôme, QC
Sophie Giardina (1999) Keywall presenter Unknown
Marie-Audrey Houle (2010-2011) MétéoMédia weekend Unknown
Alain Jean-Mary (2006–2007) Keywall Presenter Radio host on 105.7 Rythme FM in Montreal(Laval), QC
Pierre Lacasse Météo Matin Traffic Specialist
Main Collaborators: Patrick de Bellefeuille, Michelle Therrien, Brigitte Vauclair
Morning Show Traffic Specialist on CKAC 730 in Montreal
Isabelle Lalonde (-2005) Météo Matin week-end Weather broadcaster and Keywall Presenter
Main Collaborators: Michelle Therrien, Pierre Lamontagne
Unknown
Chantal Lacroix (1995–1997) Unknown Television and radio host
Pierre Lamontagne (-2005) Facteur Temps Keywall Presenter and MétéoMatin Outdoor Weather presenter
Main Collaborators: Chantal Lepage, Patrick de Bellefeuille, Michelle Therrien, Isabelle Lalonde, Chantal Beaudin
Unknown
Éric Latour (-2005) Evening Traffic Specialist
Main Collaborators: Chantal Beaudin, Réjean Ouimet
Canal Vox
Canal Vox
Canal Vox or simply VOX is the brand of community channels owned by Vidéotron, a division of Quebecor, many of which share common programs....

 in Montreal.
Pierre-Michel LeBreton (2006–2008) Morning Traffic Specialist
Main Collaborators: Patrick De Bellefeuille, Suzie Poisson
Unknown
Chantal Lepage (-2005) Facteur Temps Weather broadcaster
Main Collaborators: Pierre Lamontagne
Unknown
Frédéric Loiselle Weather news presenter
Main Collaborators: Brigitte Vauclair, Patrick de Bellefeuille, Pierre Lacasse
Unknown
Lyse Marois Unknown Unknown
Valérie Mathieu (2006) Keywall Presenter Unknown
Eve-Audrey Mayrand (2007-2009) Keywall Presenter TVA
Angie Medrano (2011) On Call Unknown
Béatrice Noël (2003–2004) Keywall Presenter Unknown
Josée-Elise Paquet Weather broadcaster for MeteoMedia on CKMF-CKAC-CIEL-RYTHME FM-RADIOMEDIA-CKYQ FM Freelance Weather broadcaster at Radio-Canada - radio; Mortgage brooker for Multi-Prets Hypotheque
Christian Peeters Unknown Unknown
Karine Pietrantonio (2006–2010) Outdoor Weather Presenter
Main Collaborators: Patrick de Bellefeuille, Lynda Piché
Student
Chantal Plouffe (2009-2010) MétéoMédia le matin
Main Collaborators: Christian Hamel, Lynda Piché
Weather broadcaster for Radio-Canada / Téléjournal Ottawa-Gatineau since September 2010
Benoît Reid Unknown Unknown
Brigitte Roussy Weather News Presenter
Main Collaborators: Réjean Ouimet, Chantal Beaudin, Gisèle Quiniou
Unknown
Michelle Therrien (1992–2005) Météo Matin week-end, La Totale and Météo Matin Keywall Presenter
Main Collaborators: Isabelle Lalonde, Éliane Larouche, Patrick de Bellefeuille, Pierre Lamontagne
V-P Marketing at H. Grégoire
Brigitte Vauclair (-2005) Météo Matin and La Totale Host and Weather Broadcaster Main Collaborators: Patrick de Bellefeuille, Christian Hamel, Frédéric Loiselle, Pierre Lacasse, Éliane Larouche Unknown

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