The Weather Channel (Latin America)

The Weather Channel Latin America

The logo used in The Weather Channel Latin America. It was used in United States in the same period.
Country	Latin America (including Hispanophone areas of the United States)
Broadcast area	Latin America and the Caribbean [1]
Headquarters	Atlanta Buenos Aires Mexico City São Paulo
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish Portuguese
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Landmark Media Enterprises
History
Launched	1996 (Latin America) 1998 (Brazil)
Closed	December 20, 2002

The Weather Channel Latin America (Spanish : El Canal del Tiempo, Portuguese : Canal do Tempo) is a website which formerly served as a cable and satellite channel based on the American cable and satellite television network, The Weather Channel. The channel was launched in 1996, mainly in Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina, ^[2] before going on to launch a Portuguese language version for Brazil in 1998. The channel operated from Atlanta, with later sales offices initiated in several Latin American countries, until December 20, 2002, when the network closed the channel to avoid cost cuts at its American operations.

Programs

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• Tiempo Internacional: 24-hour forecasts for Europe, America and the Americas (at :03:45 past each hour).
• Destinos (Destinations): The 3-day forecast for cities in Florida (at :13:35 min past each hour) and cities in Latin America, like Acapulco, Rio de Janeiro and Santo Domingo (at :43:35 min each hour).
• Nuestro Planeta / Nosso Planeta (Our Planet): Information about the Earth (at :24:00 and :53:50 past each hour).
• Negocios: Similar to TWC's Business Traveler's Forecast (at :28:15 and :58:05 past each hour).
• Deportes: Forecasts for sporting events and outdoor activities (at :55:00 past each hour).
• Programming blocks launched in September 17, 2001 ^[4] and continued until the channel's demise:
  • Primera Vista en las Américas, hosted by Carolina Saiz and Luis Carrera from 5am-12pm ET.
  • Ahora en las Américas, hosted by Selene Feria and José Díaz-Arias from 12-8pm ET.
  • Esta Noche en las Américas, hosted by Katrina Voss and Eduardo Rodriguez from 8pm-5am ET.

Pronóstico Local / Previsão Local

The Latin American version of Local on the 8s, generated on the Weather Star XL platform. Forecasts aired every 10 minutes on the "0s" on the Spanish version and on the "5s" in Brazil. The length of segments is uniformly 2.5 and 5 minutes respectively. Some of the music used for these forecasts ended up playing on Weatherscan operated by The Weather Channel in 2003.

Meteorologists/Forecasters/Executives

• Director of Meteorology: Raul E. Jimenez.
• Meteorologists (Forecasters): Gladys Diaz, Kathy Hoffman, Jose Lezcano, Vinicius Ubarana, Jacquelina Michienzi.
• Director of Production/Programming: Antonio La Greca.
• Manager of Production/Programming: Marisa Garcia - Villanueva
• Coordinating Producer: Luis Alberto Gonzalez

Former Broadcasters

• Guillermo Arduino
• Lola Martinez
• Eduardo Rodriguez
• Carolina Saiz
• Katrina Voss
• Raul Ayrala
• Selene Feria
• Maria Antonieta Mejia
• Maricarmen Ramos
• Luis Carrera
• Armando Benitez
• Paola Elorza
• Sal Morales
• Luis Alberto Gonzalez

References

1. "Nassau (Bahamas) Intellistar I: 8/5/11 1:48 A.M." Archived from the original on 2021-12-20 – via www.youtube.com.
2. "Pantalla chica". May 10, 2000 – via La Nación (Argentina).
3. "espanol.weather.com - Televisión". 2002-03-12. Archived from the original on 2002-03-12. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
4. "espanol.weather.com - Televisión". 2002-03-17. Archived from the original on 2002-03-17.

Websites

The Weather Channel still has a Latin American website as well as a Brazilian version.