History

1992
AWS pioneers the School WeatherNet Program concept. Schools install professional-grade automated weather stations to help teachers apply real-world technology for math, science and geography. All schools are networked.

1993
AWS develops a broadcast partnership model, WeatherNet, and is the first to connect schools to broadcast meteorologists across the United States. The broadcast meteorologists use valuable live, local weather from neighborhood schools in their newscasts.

1995
AWS is the first to stream live neighborhood weather content.

1996-97
AWS WeatherNet Program becomes the world's largest automated weather network with 1,200 neighborhood schools, surpassing the National Weather Service. WeatherNet schools receive state-of-the-art curriculum to meet national science and math standards.

1997
AWS School WeatherNet Program becomes the hottest program on television broadcast news, clearing 25 cities.

1998-99
AWS WeatherNet Program expands to more than 100 cities. 80 million households watch WeatherNet in local newscasts each month. School network growth accelerates to 3,500 neighborhood schools.

2000
AWS introduces WeatherBug in April, which quickly becomes the fastest growing website, amassing 1.5 million registered users by December. AWS School WeatherNet launches WeatherNet Classroom to 5,000 neighborhood schools.

2001
AWS introduces one of the largest Interactive Advertising Units on the Web, 625 x 433. WeatherBug BrandWrap™ wraps advertising messages around weather content. Visit Mexico Tourism Board is the first advertiser in February.

AWS also launches WeatherBug® Pro, an ad-free version of WeatherBug available for a yearly fee.

2002
WeatherBug surpasses 16 million registered users and launches a program that lets consumers choose their own advertisers.

AWS forms a partnership with the National Weather Service unveiling a major new public-private partnership that will bolster the government's ability to respond to a homeland security event and protect lives and property.

AWS launches WeatherNet Business Services with the most advanced real-time weather applications available on the market.

2003
WeatherBug introduces version 5.0 and surpasses 25 million registered users, and the number of WeatherBug Pro subscribers reaches 100,000.

AWS certifies weather stations individually to provide data in the event of a terrorist attack, based on the partnership formed with the National Weather Service.

2004
AWS unifies its entire product line under the WeatherBug brand – WeatherBug, WeatherBug Achieve, WeatherBug Professional and WeatherBug Media Services.

WeatherBug reaches 55 million registered users.

WeatherBug Launches WeatherBug Achieve to meet the changing needs of today’s K-12 educators.

WeatherBug launches WeatherBug 6.0 and WeatherBug Plus 6.0 (formally WeatherBug Pro).

WeatherBug joins Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors (COAST).

WeatherBug and AOL AIM join forces to help consumers chat about the weather.

WeatherBug Launches Zoom 1.2, the next generation platform for Broadcast partners and focused on increasing community outreach.

WeatherBug Wireless launched two products in Q4 – SMS Text Alerts, Mobile WAP 2.0 with future expansion into other wireless mediums.