NBC Weather Plus

NBC Weather Plus

Type	Defunct Digital broadcast television network (weather/meteorology)
Country	United States
Slogan	Local Weather Forecasts
Owner	NBCUniversal and NBC affiliates (exact share unknown)
Launch date	November 15, 2004 (2004-11-15)
Dissolved	December 31, 2008 (2008-12-31) (national network) 2009–2015 (local stations)
Picture format	480i (SDTV)

NBC Weather Plus was an American weather-oriented digital broadcast and cable television network owned as a joint venture between NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the NBC television network. ^[1] The service, which was broadcast in standard definition, was carried on the digital subchannels of many NBC affiliates and on the digital tiers of cable providers (through a local affiliate).

Contents

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  1 Overview
  


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  2 History
  
  
  
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    2.1 Closure
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Programming
  
  
  
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    3.1 National programming
    
  
  
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    3.2 Local forecasts
    
  
  
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    3.3 The "L" bar
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Notable former on-air staff
  


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  5 Affiliates
  
  
  
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    5.1 Former affiliates
    
    
    
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      5.1.1 Alabama
      
    
    
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      5.1.2 Arizona
      
    
    
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      5.1.3 California
      
    
    
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      5.1.4 Colorado
      
    
    
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      5.1.5 Connecticut
      
    
    
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      5.1.6 District of Columbia
      
    
    
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      5.1.7 Florida
      
    
    
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      5.1.8 Georgia
      
    
    
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      5.1.9 Hawaii
      
    
    
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      5.1.10 Idaho
      
    
    
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      5.1.11 Illinois
      
    
    
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      5.1.12 Indiana
      
    
    
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      5.1.13 Iowa
      
    
    
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      5.1.14 Kentucky
      
    
    
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      5.1.15 Louisiana
      
    
    
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      5.1.16 Maine
      
    
    
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      5.1.17 Maryland
      
    
    
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      5.1.18 Massachusetts
      
    
    
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      5.1.19 Michigan
      
    
    
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      5.1.20 Minnesota
      
    
    
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      5.1.21 Mississippi
      
    
    
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      5.1.22 Missouri
      
    
    
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      5.1.23 Nebraska
      
    
    
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      5.1.24 Nevada
      
    
    
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      5.1.25 New Mexico
      
    
    
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      5.1.26 New York
      
    
    
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      5.1.27 North Carolina
      
    
    
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      5.1.28 Ohio
      
    
    
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      5.1.29 Oklahoma
      
    
    
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      5.1.30 Oregon
      
    
    
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      5.1.31 Pennsylvania
      
    
    
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      5.1.32 Rhode Island
      
    
    
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      5.1.33 South Carolina
      
    
    
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      5.1.34 South Dakota
      
    
    
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      5.1.35 Tennessee
      
    
    
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      5.1.36 Texas
      
    
    
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      5.1.37 Utah
      
    
    
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      5.1.38 Vermont
      
    
    
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      5.1.39 Virginia
      
    
    
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      5.1.40 Washington
      
    
    
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      5.1.41 West Virginia
      
    
    
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      5.1.42 Wisconsin
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Overview

NBC Weather Plus primarily competed with cable network The Weather Channel, as well as a similar digital multicast network, The Local AccuWeather Channel.

The network also provides forecast content for both NBC News and MSNBC's news programs;^[2] Weather Plus staff also appeared on most of the programs (although Today mainly used certain meteorologists from the network as substitutes for the program's separate weather anchors). In 2006, after MSNBC moved its operations to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City's Midtown Manhattan district (integrating its operations with NBC News), Weather Plus moved into fellow sister network CNBC's Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.^[2]

In addition to the network, Weather Plus staff provided weather updates for CNBC and MSNBC; MSNBC also aired "sample" hours of the network during the morning hours on certain major holidays. In addition, Weather Plus was promoted during NBC's NFL pre-game show Football Night in America, and was used to provide the temperature and weather conditions at gametime for each week's NBC Sunday Night Football game during the NFL season. During significant national weather events (such as a major winter storm), Weather Plus meteorologists conducted live reports for NBC Nightly News to provide analysis (all of these services are now provided by The Weather Channel).

History

NBC Weather Plus was unveiled at the NBC affiliate meeting in 2004.^[3] The network debuted on November 15, 2004, with NBC's New York City owned-and-operated station WNBC serving as the test station. At the time, the network was operating out of NBC News office in Charlotte, North Carolina. NBC and MSNBC weather anchors and meteorologist staff the network to start.^[4]Raycom Media agreed by April 2005 to affiliated its 13 NBC stations' subchannel with NBC Weather Plus,^[5]

On March 30, 2005, Sunbeam Television, Liberty Corporation, Sunbelt Communications and Bonneville International announced that 30 stations of their station would launch the network bring coverage up to 67% of U.S. households.^[3] Weather Plus was moved to NBC News division in 2007 after NBC Station Group President Jay Ireland returned to General Electric.^[2]

Closure

Former logo for NBC Plus.

In September 2008, Landmark Media Enterprises sold The Weather Channel to a consortium of NBC Universal, and private equity firms Blackstone Group and Bain Capital. Shortly afterward, on October 7, 2008, NBC Universal announced that it would phase out Weather Plus by December 31, 2008, after the NBC affiliates expressed a desire to shut the service down.^[2] Though NBC cited its purchase of The Weather Channel as a factor in the shutdown,^[6] it was stated that the network's closure would have occurred even if the acquisition had not happened.^[2]

Segments featuring on-camera personalities were discontinued on October 24, 2008. Afterwards until the network formally ceased operations, it ran only a loop of various national satellite, radar and temperature maps accompanied by music, local weather maps inserted by the network's affiliates, and Weather Plus University. With this, the remaining on-camera meteorologists from Weather Plus were referred to on other NBC News and MSNBC programs as only "NBC meteorologists," before eventually being mentioned as being part of the Weather Channel's staff. The Weather Channel's main Atlanta staff also began appearing on NBC News programs, either from the cable channel's Atlanta headquarters, NBC's New York City operations or via satellite on-location during weather events. In early December 2008, the website of Weather Plus was redirected to The Weather Channel's website.

The service formally shut down operations on December 31, 2008. While some of its affiliates switched to other networks, the remaining affiliates running them as local weather services.^[7] Many operating under the unofficial brand, "NBC Plus". This option allowed the equipment that had been used to insert local content onto the former national feed of NBC Weather Plus to remain in use. The network's forecast system and maps continued to be used until 2010 for studio segments on CNBC and MSNBC, with Weather Channel branding along the top-third banner, before being replaced entirely with graphics used by The Weather Channel by mid-2010 (the graphics system used for Weather Plus's national feed remains in use on NBC's Early Today as of 2014^[update]).

Until 2011, several NBC owned-and-operated stations ran a barebones variant of Weather Plus, which was finally replaced with a localized news and lifestyle service called NBC Nonstop (which was replaced by Cozi TV in 2012). Other stations have discontinued their use of Weather Plus in order to take advantage of upgraded weather technology after converting to high-definition news production, or switched to an entertainment-based multicast network featuring programming more palatable to different advertisers. WVIR-TV kept the Weather Plus look until reportedly May 2015 when it was replaced by WeatherNation

Programming

National programming

From its launch until the network discontinued on-camera segments in October 2008, NBC Weather Plus maintained a wheel format for its forecast segments, which were scheduled at fixed timeslots each half-hour:^[8]

Timeslot		Segment	Description
	Top of hour-:04 past the half-hour	Local weather	Weather inserts from the local Weather Plus affiliate
	:04-:06 past the half-hour	Coast To Coast Forecast	Regional forecasts for the Northeastern, Midwestern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Northwestern United States
	:07.30-:09.30 past the half-hour	Local weather	Weather inserts from the local Weather Plus affiliate
	:09.30-:13.30 past the half-hour	Severe Weather Outlook	A summary of ongoing or forecasted severe weather; the segment focused primarily on tropical weather from July to November and winter weather from December to March
	:15-:19 past the half-hour	Local weather	Weather inserts from the local Weather Plus affiliate
	:19-:21 past the half-hour	Plus Five Forecast	Five-day national weather and temperature forecast
	:22.30-:24.30: past the half-hour	Local weather	Weather inserts from the local Weather Plus affiliate
	:25.00-bottom of half-hour	National feature segment or affiliate report spotlight	A selected weather- or climate-related news report from NBC News or an NBC-affiliated station

Much of NBC Weather Plus' programming is not broadcast live; a digital video jukebox system is used to shuffle certain segments (particularly during seasonal outlook and weather news segments as well as the network's late night programming), except in the event of severe weather of particular significance ongoing in the United States. A viewer that watched NBC Weather Plus in any given day would be able to see a weather news segment that originally aired in the morning repeated long into the night, the same weather information that aired at 11:00 p.m. airing at 4:00 a.m., and the same seasonal outlook (severe weather, tropical weather, or winter weather) segment that originally aired in the morning repeating long into the late afternoon. In the latter instance, this was an issue as updated information may not have been available during any type of severe weather (unless very significant) that was ongoing.

Some of the segments featured on the network used different titles at times if it is a sponsored forecast segment such as State Farm Road Coverage, which replaced Coast To Coast Forecast. The network also produced Weather Plus University, a half-hour program focusing on educating viewers about weather, and featured segments from NBC News and NBC affiliates relating to climate.

During severe weather events, stations could opt to replace the national segments with news simulcasts or a constant radar display, with the Weather Plus network showing a local affiliate's coverage nationally during the "Coast To Coast Forecast" or "Plus Five Forecast" segments, depending on the current programming cycle. During the network's "Weather Alert" mode, specifically when a major severe weather event was occurring or a dangerous hurricane is preparing to make landfall, regular programming was interrupted to provide constant coverage. Most of NBC Weather Plus' affiliates used a respective combination of the station and "Weather Plus" branding, for both the subchannel and for the station's general weather branding during newscasts and weather updates on the NBC affiliate's main channel. After the shutdown of the digital network, many NBC affiliates continued to use the "Weather Plus" brand as part of their on-air weather branding, although most have switched to other brands in the succeeding years.

Local forecasts

NBC Weather Plus gives 24 minutes of programming time per hour to its affiliates to air pre-recorded local forecast segments conducted by weather staff from local NBC-affiliated stations, running eight times an hour. In addition, current weather conditions for a given area and surrounding areas within the affiliate's viewing area or state; regional and five-day forecasts; and almanacs (featuring the day's observed high and low temperatures) were also provided during the local segments.

Local version of NBC Weather Plus from Milwaukee's WTMJ-TV, showing an ad in the top-left corner, local branding above the Weather Plus logo, and time in the bottom-left.

The forecast segment seen in place of the local forecasts on the national feed (which was streamed on the network's website where a local Weather Plus feed was not available for streaming, and was not carried on satellite via DirecTV, Dish Network or C band services) cycled through daily forecasts and composite satellite/radar loops for the respective regions of the Northeastern, Southeastern, Midwestern, Northwestern and Southwestern United States. Music associated with the local forecast segments came from commercial sources, including 615 Music, which composed the music package (mostly the tracks from Positive Pop Grooves, with the other tracks being DJ Gruv, Voccho, Sneez and Pyraflex) used by NBC Weather Plus' weather radar forecasts from 2005 to 2008.

The "L" bar

The network utilizes an on-screen graphic, known as the "L-bar," to display local weather forecasts on the left and bottom third of the screen to provide local weather information on a continuous basis, even during commercial breaks, national weather segments and Weather Plus University. The sidebar displayed sponsorship tags on the top left (which were more often seen on local feeds, and was removed during Weather Plus University), current weather conditions (sky condition, temperature, wind speed/direction and humidity) for the affiliate's city of service and other cities within the viewing area or state on the middle left; station identification on the bottom left (in which affiliates augmented their logo above the Weather Plus logo); and the current time and on some stations, perpetual station identification text on the lower left. The bottom right two-thirds of the bar displayed 24-hour and five-day forecasts for each city (with the 24-hour forecasts also incorporating forecasted precipitation amounts).

A planned revamp of Weather Plus prior to the shutdown announcement (from KOMU-TV).

Similar to The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s segment in the hour after sunset (which determined the usage of daypart-based icons partly on the time of sunset in a given locality), an occasional bug in the "L-bar" displayed weather icons incorporating the sun when detailing the current sky condition for some observation sites at night. If an observation site was located within or near a larger city, the forecast for the next closest reporting station would be shown instead (for example, on Dallas affiliate KXAS-TV's Weather Plus subchannel, the current conditions for Fort Worth Alliance Airport were displayed alongside the forecast for nearby Dallas). The current conditions for a single city cycled for 20 seconds; while the 24-hour and five-day forecasts cycled for 10 seconds. In the case of Sacramento affiliate KCRA, the current conditions cycled continuously and the current time was placed on the right-hand side in the lower-right third. The national feed featured a different "L-bar," which cycled through current conditions, 24-hour and five-day forecasts for 50 major U.S. cities.

Prior to the announcement of Weather Plus' shutdown, the network had planned to revamp the "L-bar". The redesigned graphic was adopted by at least one former Weather Plus affiliate, WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio, following the closure of Weather Plus when it reformatted its weather subchannel into a local format, before the station converted the subchannel into a local radar loop.^[9]

Notable former on-air staff

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  Gary Archibald (now with The Weather Network)


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  Bill Karins (now chief meteorologist for NBC News)


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  Sean McLaughlin (now at KPHO-TV in Phoenix)


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  Byron Miranda (now weather anchor at WMAQ-TV in Chicago)


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  Raphael Miranda (now at WNBC in New York City)


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  Jim Nichols (now at WBAL-TV in Baltimore)


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  Jeff Ranieri (now at KNTV in San Francisco)

Affiliates

Former affiliates

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+ Indicates an affiliate converted to The Local AccuWeather Channel following the shutdown of Weather Plus.

City of license/market	Station	Owner at network's shutdown (current owner in parentheses)	Subchannel status/notes
Alabama
Birmingham	WVTM 13.2	Media General (now owned by Hearst Television)	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Huntsville	WAFF 48.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV
Mobile–Pensacola	WPMI-TV 15.2	Newport Television (now owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Subchannel now operating as a local weather service, as "Local 15 Weather Plus Network"
Montgomery	WSFA 12.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with Bounce TV
Arizona
Phoenix	KPNX 12.2	Gannett Company (now known as Tegna)	Subchannel was operating as a local weather service, as "12 News Weather Plus",[10] now affiliated with Justice Network
California
Fresno	KSEE 24.2	Granite Broadcasting (now owned by Nexstar Media Group)	Subchannel is now dark
Los Angeles	KNBC 4.2	NBC Owned Television Stations	Subchannel now affiliated with Cozi TV
Sacramento	KCRA-TV 3.2	Hearst-Argyle Television	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Salinas–Monterey –Santa Cruz	KSBW 8.2	Hearst-Argyle Television	Subchannel now affiliated with ABC[11]
San Diego	KNSD 39.2	NBC Owned Television Stations	Subchannel now affiliated with Cozi TV
San Francisco–Oakland– San Jose	KNTV 11.2
Colorado
Denver	KUSA-TV 9.2	Gannett Company (now known by Tegna)	Subchannel now affiliated with WeatherNation TV
Connecticut
Hartford–New Haven	WVIT 30.2[10]	NBC Owned Television Stations	Subchannel now affiliated with Cozi TV
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.	WRC-TV 4.2	NBC Owned Television Stations	Subchannel now affiliated with Cozi TV
Florida
Fort Myers	WBBH-TV 20.2	Waterman Broadcasting Corporation	Subchannel now operating as a local weather service, as "NBC 2 News Now +"
Jacksonville	WTLV 12.2	Gannett Company (now known by Tegna)	Subchannel was affiliated with ZUUS Country, now affiliated with Antenna TV
	WJXX 25.2		Moved to ABC-affiliated WJXX's second subchannel in 2008; Subchannel now operating as a local weather service, looping "First Coast News Live Doppler"
Miami–Ft. Lauderdale	WTVJ 6.2	NBC Owned Television Stations	Subchannel now affiliated with Cozi TV
Orlando	WESH 2.2	Hearst-Argyle Television	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Tampa	WFLA-TV 8.2	Media General (now owned by Nexstar Media Group)
West Palm Beach	WPTV-TV 5.2	E. W. Scripps Company
Georgia
Albany	WALB 10.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with ABC affiliate; weather service was then exclusive to Mediacom as "WALB 24/7 Weather," before the programming was dropped altogether and switched to Bounce TV
Atlanta	WXIA-TV 11.2	Gannett Company (now known by Tegna)	Subchannel now affiliated with WeatherNation TV
Hawaii
Honolulu	KHNL 13.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel serves as 720p simulcast of CBS-affiliated sister station KGMB-TV
Idaho
Pocatello–Idaho Falls	KPVI 6.2	Sunbelt Communications Company (now owned by Northwest Broadcasting)	Subchannel now affiliated with Antenna TV
Illinois
Chicago	WMAQ-TV 5.2	NBC Owned Television Stations	Subchannel now affiliated with Cozi TV
Peoria	WEEK-TV 25.2	Granite Broadcasting (now owned by Quincy Media)	Subchannel now affiliated with ABC
Indiana
Fort Wayne	WISE-TV 33.3	Granite Broadcasting (now owned by Quincy Media)	Subchannel now dark
Evansville	WFIE-TV 14.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel was operating as a local weather service, as 14Xtra, Now MeTV
Iowa
Des Moines	WHO-TV 13.2	Local TV (now owned by Tribune Broadcasting)	Subchannel now operating as a local weather service, as "Iowa's Weather Channel"
Waterloo–Cedar Rapids	KWWL 7.2	Quincy Media	Subchannel now affiliated with The CW
Kentucky
Louisville	WAVE 3.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV
Louisiana
Baton Rouge	WVLA 33.2	White Knight Broadcasting (operated by Communications Corporation of America; now operated by Nexstar Media Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with Laff
Lafayette	Served by Lake Charles affiliate KPLC-TV 7.2 and Baton Rouge affiliate WVLA 33.2
Lake Charles	KPLC-TV 7.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with Grit
New Orleans	WDSU-TV 6.2	Hearst-Argyle Television	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Maine
Bangor	WLBZ 2.2	Gannett Company (now known by Tegna)	Subchannel was operating as a local weather service, as "Newscenter Weather Plus", now affiliated with Justice Network
Portland	WCSH 6.2
Maryland
Baltimore	WBAL-TV 11.2	Hearst-Argyle Television	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Massachusetts
Boston	WHDH-TV 7.2	Sunbeam Television	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV; main channel now an independent station
Michigan
Detroit	WDIV-TV 4.2	Post-Newsweek Stations (now known as Graham Media Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV[10]
Marquette	WLUC 6.2	Barrington Broadcasting (now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with Fox
Traverse City–Cadillac	WPBN 7.3 WTOM-TV 4.3		Subchannel now serves as 720p simulcast of ABC-affiliated sister station WGTU
Minnesota
Duluth	KBJR 6.3	Granite Broadcasting (now owned by Quincy Media)	Subchannel was operating as a local news and weather service, as "News Now", now affiliated with Heroes & Icons and MyNetworkTV
Minneapolis–St. Paul	KARE 11.2	Gannett Company (now known by Tegna)	Subchannel now affiliated with WeatherNation TV
Mississippi
Hattiesburg–Laurel	WDAM 7.3	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV
Jackson	WLBT 3.2		Subchannel now affiliated with Bounce TV
Missouri
Columbia–Jefferson City	KOMU-TV 8.2	University of Missouri	Subchannel is now dark
Kansas City	KSHB-TV 41.2	E. W. Scripps Company	Subchannel now affiliated with Cozi TV
St. Louis	KSDK 5.2	Gannett Company (now known by Tegna)	Subchannel now affiliated With Bounce TV [10]
Springfield	KYTV 3.2	Schurz Communications (now owned by Gray Television)	Subchannel was affiliated with WeatherNation TV, now affiliated as a secondary affiliate with ABC via KSPR-LD
Nebraska
Hastings/Lincoln/Kearney	KHAS-TV 5.2	Hoak Media (now owned by Legacy Broadcasting, LLC)	Subchannel now dark; station is now known as KNHL
Nevada
Las Vegas	KVBC 3.2	Sunbelt Communications Company (now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with Estrella TV
Reno	KRNV 4.2	Sunbelt Communications Company (now owned by Cunningham Broadcasting; operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV
New Mexico
Albuquerque–Santa Fe	KOB-TV 4.2	Hubbard Broadcasting	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV
New York
Albany	WNYT 13.2	Hubbard Broadcasting	Subchannel was operating as a local news and weather service, as "WNYT NC 13 Now", moved to 13.3, now an affiliate of Heroes & Icons
Buffalo	WGRZ 2.2	Gannett Company (now known by Tegna)	Subchannel now affiliated with Antenna TV
New York City	WNBC 4.2	NBC Owned Television Stations	Subchannel now affiliated with Cozi TV
Rochester	WHEC 10.2	Hubbard Broadcasting	Subchannel now operating as a local weather service, as "News 10 NBC Pinpoint Weather", moved to 10.3
Syracuse	WSTM-TV 3.3	Barrington Broadcasting (now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Subchannel now operating as Comet TV
North Carolina
Charlotte	WCNC-TV 36.2	Belo (now owned by Tegna)	Subchannel now affiliated with Justice Network
Goldsboro– Raleigh–Durham	WNCN 17.2	Media General (now owned by Nexstar Media Group)	Currently a primary CBS affiliate after NBC moved to WRAL-TV in 2016, Subchannel now affiliated with Antenna TV
Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point	WXII 12.2	Hearst-Argyle Television	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Wilmington	WECT 6.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with Bounce TV
Ohio
Cincinnati	WLWT 5.2	Hearst-Argyle Television	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Cleveland	WKYC-TV 3.2	Gannett Company (now known by Tegna)	Was operating as a local weather service, as "3 Weather", [10] now affiliated with Justice Network
Columbus	WCMH-TV 4.2	Media General (now owned by Nexstar Media Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Lima	WLIO 35.3	Block Communications	Subchannel is now dark
Steubenville– Wheeling, West Virginia	WTOV 9.2	Cox Enterprises (now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with Fox
Toledo	WNWO 24.2	Barrington Broadcasting (now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Subchannel was affiliated with America One, now affiliated with Stadium
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City	KFOR-TV 4.2	Local TV (now owned by Tribune Broadcasting)	Subchannel now affiliated with Antenna TV
Tulsa	KJRH 2.2	E. W. Scripps Company	Subchannel was affiliated with Live Well Network, now affiliated with Bounce TV
Oregon
Portland	KGW 8.2	Belo (now owned by Tegna)	Subchannel was affiliated with Live Well Network, now affiliated with Justice Network
Pennsylvania
Johnstown–Altoona– State College	WJAC-TV 6.2	Cox Enterprises (now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Lancaster–Harrisburg– Lebanon–York	WGAL 8.2	Hearst-Argyle Television	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Philadelphia	WCAU 10.2	NBC Owned Television Stations	Subchannel now affiliated with Cozi TV
Pittsburgh	WPXI 11.2	Cox Enterprises	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Rhode Island
Providence	WJAR 10.2	Media General (now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina	WIS 10.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV
Greenville–Spartanburg– Asheville	WYFF 4.2	Hearst-Argyle Television	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV
Myrtle Beach	WMBF 32.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with Bouce TV
South Dakota
Sioux Falls	KDLT 46.2	Red River Broadcasting	Subchannel now affiliated with Antenna TV
Tennessee
Chattanooga	WRCB 3.2	Sarkes-Tarzian, Inc.	Subchannel now affiliated with Antenna TV
Knoxville	WBIR-TV 10.2	Gannett Company (now known by Tegna)	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Memphis	WMC-TV 5.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with Bounce TV
Texas
Amarillo	KAMR-TV 4.2	Nexstar Media Group	Subchannel now simulcasts MyNetworkTV affiliate KCPN-LP
Brownsville	KVEO 23.2	Communications Corporation of America (now owned by the Nexstar Media Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with Estrella TV
Dallas–Fort Worth	KXAS-TV 5.2	NBC Owned Television Stations	Subchannel now affiliated with Cozi TV
El Paso	KTSM 9.2	Communications Corporation of America (now owned by the Nexstar Media Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with Estrella TV
Houston	KPRC-TV 2.2	Post-Newsweek Stations (now known as Graham Media Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV[10]
Lubbock	KCBD 11.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV
San Antonio	WOAI-TV 4.2	Newport Television (now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with Antenna TV
Tyler-Longview	KETK-TV 56.2	Communications Corporation of America (now owned by the Nexstar Media Group)	Subchannel now affiliated with Estrella TV
Waco–Temple	KCEN 6.2	Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Inc. (now owned by Tegna)	Subchannel now affiliated with This TV
Utah
Salt Lake City	KSL-TV 5.3	Bonneville International	Subchannel was operating as a local weather service, as "Live 5 Weather Channel", now affiliated with This TV
Vermont
Burlington–Plattsburgh, New York	WPTZ 5.2	Hearst-Argyle Television	Subchannel now affiliated with The CW
Virginia
Charlottesville	WVIR 29.2	Waterman Broadcasting Corporation	Subchannel now affiliated with WeatherNation TV
Richmond	WWBT 12.2	Raycom Media	Subchannel now affiliated with MeTV
Washington
Kennewick–Pasco– Richland	KNDU 25.3	The KHQ Television Group	Subchannel now affiliated with sports and weather service, as SWX Right Now
Seattle	KING-TV 5.2	Belo (now owned by Tegna)	Subchannel was affiliated with Live Well Network,[10][10] now affiliated with Justice Network
Spokane	KHQ-TV 6.2	The KHQ Television Group	Subchannel now operating as a local sports and weather service, as SWX Right Now
Yakima	KNDO 23.3
West Virginia
Charleston-Huntington	W50DL 50	Eagle Broadcasting Group	Station now affiliated with Cozi TV. Was the only non-NBC affiliate to carry NBC Weather Plus.
Wisconsin
Milwaukee	WTMJ-TV 4.2	Journal Broadcast Group (now owned by The E. W. Scripps Company)	Subchannel was affiliated with The Local AccuWeather Channel, now affiliated with Laff

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External links

• 
  Archive copy at Internet Archive
  


• NBC Weather Plus Live Stream

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