Weather Center (1998)
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Weather Center was a news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...

/weather
Weather
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 program produced by The Weather Channel in Atlanta, Georgia
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. Initially, Weather Center was the lone news program for The Weather Channel. By 2000, the show had started being significantly pared down. By the end of 2008, Weather Center only aired for one hour a day during the week and two hours on weekends.

History

In 1995, The Weather Channel introduced WeatherScope, programming on an hourly "wheel" format. WeatherScope was carried through the 1996 channel redesign. In its early days (before 1996), WeatherScope This Morning was a morning version, differing only in presentation. In 1997, the weather wheel system was retooled with a new TWC programming schedule.
WeatherScope was renamed Weather Center on March 10, 1998. The show continued to be the bulk of the channel's schedule, running for the entire program day (excluding the 30-minute overnight The Weather Classroom
The Weather Classroom
The Weather Classroom is an educational program for children that has aired on The Weather Channel since the 1990s. It is part of the Cable in the Classroom initiative, and airs at a time when the show can be recorded for later showings in the classroom....

 program for Cable in the Classroom
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). TWC's meteorologists would show weather forecasts and current conditions around the United States
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 as well as international forecasts. From its debut in 1998 through early 2000, the program was divided into 3 blocks: Weather Center AM, Weather Center, and Weather Center PM. In February 2000, much of Weather Center AM was replaced with First Outlook
First Outlook
First Outlook is a morning weather program produced by The Weather Channel, an American television channel. The program regularly airs from 4-6 a.m...

and Your Weather Today
Your Weather Today
Your Weather Today is a morning television program on The Weather Channel, an American television station, airing from 7 am to 10 am Eastern Time on weekdays...

. In April 2001, Weekend Now replaced the entire Weather Center AM block on weekends. A revamp of the channel's presentation in June 2001 dropped the "AM/PM" distinction; this revamp also saw a slew of programs to erode the Weather Center evening and weekend time slots; by 2008, only one hour remained.

On March 1, 2009, the original Weather Center was discontinued and a new program with the same title debuted with an entirely different format.

Schedule

This was very close to what the schedule was in 2005. (Excluding Long form shows except during overnight.)

4:00-7:00- First Outlook

7:00-9:00- Your Weather Today

9:00-12:00- Day Planner

12:00-3:00- Weather Center

3:00-6:00- Afternoon Outlook

6:00-8:00- PM Edition

9:00-12:00-Evening Edition

12:00-1:00- Overnight Outlook

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