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Press ReleasesPress > January 4, 2006 Release ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8 and WeatherBug® Partnership Offers D.C. Area Viewers the Only Live, Neighborhood-Level Weather Reporting On-air and Online Chief Meteorologist Doug Hill and Team Launch WeatherBug Broadcast Program, Accessing 650 D.C. Area and 8,000 National WeatherBug Tracking Stations Washington, D.C. and Germantown, MD – January 4, 2006 – WeatherBug, the leading provider of live, local weather information services, and ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8 today announced the two companies have entered an exclusive, three-year partnership agreement. ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8 are now the only local Washington, D.C. television stations to offer viewers access to WeatherBug’s up-to-the-second, live, neighborhood-local weather conditions from 650 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and 106 WeatherBug Cameras in the Washington, D.C. area. (Other local stations rely primarily upon hourly data from area airport stations in D.C., Dulles, VA and Baltimore, MD.) WeatherBug Tracking Stations are located at approximately 597 area schools throughout D.C., Maryland and Virginia, as well as 55 local business organizations and landmarks, including the National Zoo, the Smithsonian, the National Wildlife Federation, the City of Rockville, PEPCO and FedEx Field, home of the Washington Redskins. The WeatherBug Program offers broadcasters the competitive edge in weather reporting and forecasting on-air and online. WeatherBug owns and operates the worlds largest weather network - over 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras nationwide - to deliver live, truly local weather content. Partners are able to deliver viewers live weather conditions right from their neighborhood. In addition, broadcast meteorologists are automatically warned of severe weather alerts or dramatic changes in weather conditions – increased wind speed, for instance – in enough time to warn viewers to react. In addition ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8 will also offer viewers WeatherBug reports via their website, desktop application, mobile alerts, podcasts, and RSS feeds. As an integral facet of ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8’s advanced web weather content, the following is now available to website visitors:
"ABC 7 and NewsChannel 8 are committed to providing our viewers with the weather information they need to protect their property and lives, and to better plan their day,” said Frederick J. Ryan, Jr, President & COO of Allbritton Communications, the parent company for ABC 7/WJLA-TV & NewsChannel 8. “We can’t stress enough the importance of timely and effective weather information, and know that the WeatherBug is another important tool in our effort to help keep our communities informed." "With instant access to more than 650 live, local weather stations, ABC 7 will be able to offer vital local weather information more accurately, more effectively, more often, and over more platforms than any other TV News station in the area,” said ABC 7 Chief Meteorologist Doug Hill. “And, the fact that our viewers can download the WeatherBug onto their computers and access the same information that we can, in real time…what could be cooler than that?" "WeatherBug welcomes ABC 7 and NewsChannel 8 to our broadcast family,” said Andy Jedynak, WeatherBug GM and senior vice president. “We look forward to working with the stations and the Emmy-award winning chief meteorologist, Doug Hill. Known as Washington’s most accurate weather forecaster, Hill and his meteorology team of Brian van de Graaff and Joe Witte do an excellent job forecasting the weather for ABC 7 News and for Doug Hill’s Weather Now, the area’s only all-local 24-hour weather channel. We know this is only the beginning of a long-term relationship." WeatherBug Data is utilized by the National Weather Service (NWS), state and local Government agencies, consumers, mobile users, businesses and broadcasters across the U.S. WeatherBug had 16 million unique visitors in November 2005 and is ranked the #1 news and information site, and as a top 10 Internet property in daily reach and loyalty, according to comScore Media Metrix. To subscribe to WeatherBug go to www.weatherbug.com. About WJLA-TV (ABC 7 and NewsChannel 8)ABC 7/WJLA-TV and NewsChannel 8 are divisions of Washington, D.C.-based Allbritton Communications. Allbritton Communications owns and operates eight television stations in seven broadcast markets in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C. It also owns and operates News Channel 8, a 24-hour cable news channel which shares facilities with ABC 7/WJLA-TV. About WeatherBug®WeatherBug ensures that individuals, schools, businesses and communities always get the most precise live weather conditions, the most relevant reports, and the earliest weather warnings to safeguard their property and their lives. WeatherBug owns the world's largest exclusive weather network, which has over 8,000 live WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras that generate neighborhood level reports every second versus other weather providers whose data is up to an hour or more old. This network powers various products and services, including: WeatherBug, the number one weather Internet application, with over 60 million downloads, that streams live neighborhood conditions to its home and work users; WeatherBug Media Services, which delivers live weather information to over 80 million U.S. households through partnerships with more than 100 local television stations; WeatherBug Education, which provides engaging weather information and educational tools to schools and colleges, including an online learning program for K-12 schools called WeatherBug Achieve; and WeatherBug Professional Services, which uses the company's unique weather network and software to provide high-value solutions for vertical industries such as energy, transportation, and first response. WeatherBug is a brand of AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. # # # Press Contacts:Editors Note - To schedule an interview with WeatherBug meteorologists: Debra Eisenberg Alyce Menton Kathy McGriff
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