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The Weather Channel(R), based in Atlanta, Ga., is the nation's premier provider of weather information. As the only 24-hour national weather network, The Weather Channel can be seen in over 72 million homes nationwide.
The Weather Channel Web site, located at www.weather.com, is the leading weather provider on the Web and offers current conditions and forecasts for over 1,700 cities worldwide as well as local radar, satellite and special lifestyle features. Weather.com attracts over 100 million page views every month, and is consistently ranked as the top single content news site by Relevant Knowledge.
The Weather Channel provides weather related products and services to several leading edge online organizations, including: CompuServe, Time Warner's Pathfinder, National Geographic Online, MindSpring and Bell South, among others.
In addition to its cable network, The Weather Channel produces home video products; offers 1-900-WEATHER, its interactive telephone service; supplies weather forecasts for radio and newspapers; and provides free resources to educators. The Weather Channel is owned by Landmark Communications, a Norfolk, Va.-based privately held media company with global interests.
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