What is The Weather Network?
'''The Weather Network''' (TWN) is an [[English language]] [[weather]] channel. It gives weather information on [[television]], the [[Internet]] and TV apps. The Weather Network is shown in [[Canada]], the [[United States of America]] (USA) and the [[United Kingdom]] (UK). The Weather Network was [[license]]d by Canadian-Radio television and Telecommunications Commission on December 1, 1987.<ref>{{cite web|title=Decision CTRC|publisher=Government of Canada|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1987/DB87-899.HTM|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}</ref> It began [[broadcast]]ing on September 1, 1988 (six years after the United States' [[The Weather Channel|Weather Channel]]). The name then was WeatherNow. The channel gained its present name on May 1, 1989. The Weather Network's [[news]] department won the first annual Adrienne Clarkson Diversity Award for network television. This award is given under the Radio and Television News Director's Association for the best news reports on a subject of cultural diversity. The Weather Network later won for its 2006 two-part series on weather and [[black history]], with inclusion and equity. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weather Network, The}} [[Category:1988 establishments in Canada]] [[Category:Companies based in Mississauga]] [[Category:Canadian television channels]] {{tv-stub}}