NBC Weather Plus
 
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| Type | Defunct Digital broadcast television network (weather/meteorology) |
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| Country | United States |
| Slogan | Local Weather Forecasts |
| Owner | NBC Universal and NBC affiliates (exact share unknown) |
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Launch date
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November 15, 2004 |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2008 |
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Picture format
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480i (SDTV) |
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Official website
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www |
NBC Weather Plus was an American weather-oriented digital broadcast and cable television network that was owned as a joint venture between NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the NBC television network. It operated from November 15, 2004 to December 31, 2008. The service, which 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).
NBC Weather Plus debuted on November 15, 2004, with NBC's New York City owned-and-operated station WNBC serving as the test station for the network. It was originally headquartered in the office facility that also served as the headquarters of sister cable news channel MSNBC in Secaucus, New Jersey. 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 provided forecast content for both NBC News and MSNBC's news programs; 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.
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