Fox Weather

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Fox Weather

| logo = Fox Weather logo.svg

| logo_size = 220

| owner = Fox Corporation

| parent = Fox News Media

| country = United States

| area = Worldwide

| language = English

| headquarters = {{Plainlist|

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| sister_channels = Fox News
Fox Business
Fox Broadcasting Company
LiveNOW from Fox

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2021|10|25}}

| website = {{URL|http://foxweather.com/}}

| terr_serv_1 = Fox Television Stations

| terr_chan_1 = List of Fox Weather affiliates

| online_serv_1 = Online stream

| online_chan_1 = [https://www.foxweather.com/live Watch live]

| online_serv_2 = YouTube TV

| online_chan_2 = [https://www.youtube.com/@Foxweather Watch live]

| online_serv_3 = Service(s)

| online_chan_3 = DirecTV Stream, FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus, Sling Freestream, The Roku Channel, Tubi, Xumo, YouTube TV

}}

Fox Weather is a digital broadcast television network and streaming channel operated by Fox Corporation which launched on October 25, 2021, to provide weather forecasts and information for the United States.{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Shirley |title=Why Fox Is Betting Big on Weather Fans |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/fox-news-weather-channel/619408/ |access-date=16 July 2021 |publisher=The Atlantic |date=10 July 2021}} The service is available through free ad-supported streaming television services as well select digital subchannels of Fox Television Stations, YouTube TV,{{Cite web|last=Schoon|first=Ben|date=2022-02-02|title=Fox Weather is now available as YouTube TV's only dedicated weather channel|url=https://9to5google.com/2022/02/02/fox-weather-youtube-tv/|access-date=2022-02-02|website=9to5Google|language=en-US}} Hulu + Live TV,{{Cite web |title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News |url=https://press.foxnews.com/2024/02/fox-weather-expands-distribution-to-hulu-live-tv-and-tcltv |access-date=2024-07-01 |language=en}} their own YouTube channel,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iesPl7zRbVY |title=FOX Weather Live Stream: Millions Brace For Severe Weather As Two Storm Systems Eye The South |language=en |access-date=2024-05-13 |via=www.youtube.com}} The Roku Channel, FuboTV, DirecTV Stream, Xumo, Amazon Fire TV, Sling Freestream, Dish Network, Samsung TV Plus, Pluto TV, its website and mobile apps, the mobile and digital media player apps of Fox, Fox News and Fox Business, the websites of Fox's owned and operated stations, the OTT service Tubi,{{Cite web|last=Ingram|first=Brandon|date=2021-10-26|title=How to watch FOX Weather during first nor'easter of the season|url=https://www.foxweather.com/learn/how-to-watch-fox-weather-during-first-noreaster-of-the-season|access-date=2021-10-27|website=FOX Weather|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Lafayette|first=Jon|date=2021-11-03|title=Fox Weather Generates More Than 1 Million Downloads|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/fox-weather-generates-more-than-1-million-downloads|access-date=2021-11-07|website=Broadcasting Cable|language=en}} and simulcasted on weekend mornings from 6 to 9 AM ET on Fox Business and in daytime and various weekend slots on select MyNetworkTV stations.

During significant weather events, Fox Weather is often simulcast on Fox News, LiveNOW from Fox or Fox Business.{{Cite web|last=Mastrangelo|first=Dominick|date=2022-10-03|title=Fox Weather simulcast tops Weather Channel in viewer ratings during Hurricane Ian|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3672349-fox-weather-simulcast-tops-weather-channel-in-viewer-ratings-during-hurricane-ian/|access-date=2022-10-03|website=The Hill|language=en}}

History

On December 9, 2020, Fox News Media announced the forthcoming launch of an ad-supported weather service that would include local and national weather related news.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Fox News Media To Launch Streaming Weather Service In 2021 |url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/fox-news-media-weather-service-1234652972/ |access-date=7 July 2021 |publisher=Deadline |date=9 December 2020}} On June 24, 2021, Fox News Media announced a slate of six meteorologists who would make up the team reporting for the channel, joining from other local TV stations.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Fox News Media Builds Team For New Streaming Weather Service |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/fox-news-fox-weather-meteorologists-1234781270/ |access-date=6 July 2021 |publisher=Deadline |date=24 June 2021}}

The channel is overseen by Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and executive Sharri Berg.{{cite news |last1=Grynbaum |first1=Michael M. |title=Fox's New Channel Changes the Climate for Weather TV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/business/media/fox-weather-channel-plus.html |access-date=6 July 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 July 2021}}

News of the launch sparked discussion on how the channel will cover climate change, an issue their sister channel Fox News has often dismissed.{{cite news |last1=Gabbatt |first1=Adam |title=Fox News' planned 24-hour weather channel has climate experts worried |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jul/10/fox-news-weather-channel-climate-crisis |access-date=16 July 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=10 July 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Tani |first1=Maxwell |title=Top Climate Scientists Aren't Too Hot on Fox's Weather Channel |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/climate-scientists-arent-too-hot-on-foxs-weather-channel |access-date=16 July 2021 |publisher=The Daily Beast |date=7 July 2021}} Regarding how the issue of climate change will be addressed on the new network, Berg stated in an interview that “...climate change is part of our lives. It’s how we live. It’s not going to be ignored.”{{Cite web|date=2021-10-21|title=Fox News Launches Streaming Weather Service for Climate-Change Cycle|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/fox-weather-fox-news-streaming-wars-climate-change-1235094167/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=Variety|language=en|author-last1=Steinberg|author-first1=Brian}}

On August 18, 2021, Berg announced that Fox Weather would add three correspondents and five multimedia journalists to the team.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-18|title=FOX Weather Names Correspondents Ahead of Fall Launch|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210818005536/en/FOX-Weather-Names-Correspondents-Ahead-of-Fall-Launch|access-date=2021-08-18|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}

On September 1, 2021, Fox Weather released their first promo and announced that they would be launching in October.{{Cite web|title=Fox begins teasing 'powerful' weather service|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/09/02/fox-weather-preview/?og=1|access-date=2021-09-02|website=NewscastStudio| date=2 September 2021 |language=en-US}} The launch date was later announced for October 25.{{Cite web|title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News|url=http://press.foxnews.com/2021/10/fox-weather-to-launch-on-october-25th|access-date=2021-10-06|language=en}}

On October 18, 2021, Berg announced that Fox Weather would add four additional meteorologists and a multimedia journalist to the team.{{Cite web|last=Flood|first=Brian|date=2021-10-18|title=FOX Weather beefs up on-air team ahead of October 25 premiere|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-weather-beefs-up-on-air-team-october-25-premiere|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}

The network was also added as an over-the-air digital subchannel at the start of 2022 in markets served by the network's owned-and-operated stations group, presumably with local insertion allowing local forecasts and severe weather coverage.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-10-21/fox-news-digital-weather-service-climate-change-murdoch|title=Fox News gets into the weather business. Will climate-conscious viewers take it seriously?|last=Battaglio|first=Stephen|date=21 October 2021|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=23 October 2021}} A weekend morning simulcast of the channel airs on Fox Business Network from 6 to 8 a.m. ET, which started on December 4.{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=2021-12-03|title=Fox Business Network Makes Room for Weekend Simulcast of Fox Weather|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/fox-business-weekend-simulcast-fox-weather-1235125057/|access-date=2021-12-03|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

YouTube TV added Fox Weather on February 2, 2022, becoming the first weather-focused channel to air on the OTT service. On February 8, Berg announced that Fox Weather had also been added to the Amazon News and The Roku Channel OTT services, and would be added to Xumo and FuboTV later in February. Berg also announced that, in addition to its addition to over-the-air digital subchannels, Fox Weather content would be simulcast for 1–2 hours daily on Fox Television Stations' MyNetworkTV and independent stations.{{Cite web|title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News|url=http://press.foxnews.com/2022/02/fox-weather-expands-distribution|access-date=2022-02-08|language=en}}

On March 14, 2022, Berg announced that Fox Weather had hired Bryan Norcross as its hurricane specialist.{{Cite web |title=RENOWNED METEOROLOGIST AND HURRICANE SPECIALIST BRYAN NORCROSS JOINS FOX WEATHER |url=http://press.foxnews.com/2022/03/renowned-meteorologist-and-hurricane-specialist-bryan-norcross-joins-fox-weather |access-date=2022-03-14 |language=en}}

On April 12, 2022, Fox Weather announced that it has unveiled a Ford F-250 truck called the "Fox Weather Beast."{{Cite web |last=Oberholtz |first=Chris |date=2022-04-12 |title=FOX Weather Beast offers new era of storm chasing, weather tracking technology |url=https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/fox-weather-beast-storm-chasing-vehicle |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=FOX Weather |language=en-US}}

On May 2, 2022, Fox Weather debuted an hourly update podcast/report "Fox Weather Update." Weather updates and rolling coverage are also a part of the hourly loop of streaming/Sirius XM station Fox News Headlines 24/7.{{Cite web |title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News |url=https://press.foxnews.com/2022/04/fox-weather-expands-to-fox-news-audio |access-date=2022-05-01 |language=en}}

On December 7, 2022, Fox News Audio and TuneIn, the live-streaming service announced their long partnership which includes Fox Weather for audio streaming.{{Cite web |title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News |url=https://press.foxnews.com/2022/12/tunein-expands-partnership-with-fox-news-audio-to-bring-fox-weather-live-stream-to-platform |access-date=2023-01-14 |language=en}}

On July 6, 2023, Berg announced that Fox Weather had hired Bob Van Dillen as on-air host. He started his role on July 10, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News |url=https://press.foxnews.com/2023/07/fox-weather-signs-meteorologist-bob-van-dillen |access-date=2024-10-04 |language=en}}

On August 23, 2023, Fox Weather was added to Samsung TV Plus and Cox.

On November 29, 2023, Fox Weather was added to Sling TV Freestream and Dish Network.{{Cite web |title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News |url=https://press.foxnews.com/2023/11/fox-weather-expands-distribution-to-dish-network-and-sling-freestream |access-date=2024-10-04 |language=en}}

In August 2024, Fox Weather added long-time The Weather Channel personality Mike Seidel as a meteorologist and storm specialist. He started covering Hurricane Debby.{{Cite web |last=Mwachiro |first=Mark |date=2024-08-05 |title=Mike Seidel Moves to Fox Weather From The Weather Channel |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/mike-seidel-fox-weather-the-weather-channel/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Adweek |language=en-US}}

On August 1, 2024, Fox Weather was added to Pluto TV.{{Cite web |title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News |url=https://press.foxnews.com/2024/08/fox-weather-expands-distribution-to-pluto-tv |access-date=2024-10-04 |language=en}}

in February 2025 Fox Weather Launched A premium ad free subscription plan

Location and team

The channel's headquarters is at Fox News Media's office and draws on their existing meteorologists across US stations as well as dedicated meteorologists for the channel.[https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210624005706/en/FOX-Weather-Names-First-Meteorologists-to-Helm-Programming-Across-the-FOX-Weather-Streaming-Service“ Fox Weather names first meteorologists to helm programming”], Business Wire, June 2021

=Notable current on-air staff=

Stephen Morgan – anchor (formerly of KRIV and KRBK)[https://www.out.com/lifestyle/2021/8/03/tv-journalist-came-out-announced-engagement-weatherman "This TV Journalist Came Out & Announced Engagement to Weatherman"], Out (magazine), August 2021
Bryan Norcross – tropical storm and hurricane specialist (formerly of WTVJ, WFOR-TV, The Weather Channel, and WPLG)
Rick Reichmuth – Fox News chief meteorologist (formerly of CNN){{Cite web |title=Rick Reichmuth |url=https://www.foxweather.com/person/r/rick-reichmuth |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Fox Weather |language=en-US}}
Mike Seidel – meteorologist and storm specialist (formerly of The Weather Channel){{Cite web |title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News |url=https://press.foxnews.com/2024/08/fox-weather-hires-veteran-meteorologist-mike-seidel-after-more-than-30-year-stint-at-the-weather-channel |access-date=2024-08-05 |language=en}}
Bob Van Dillen – anchor (formerly of HLN){{Cite web |title=Media Relations {{!}} Fox News |url=https://press.foxnews.com/2023/07/fox-weather-signs-meteorologist-bob-van-dillen |access-date=2023-08-10 |language=en}}

Programming

= Live =

Currently, Fox Weather's schedule consists of the following programs:{{Cite web|title=Fox Weather debuts from the 'dome' with unique take on WX maps|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/10/26/fox-weather-production-design/?og=1|access-date=2021-10-30|website=NewscastStudio| date=26 October 2021 |language=en-US}}

Fox Weather First (Weekdays 5-9 AM ET)
Weather Command (Weekdays 9 AM-12 PM ET)
America's Weather Center (Weekdays 12-3 PM ET)
Fox Weather Now (Weekdays 3-6 PM ET)
Fox Weather Live (Weeknights 6-10 PM ET)
Fox Weather First Weekend (Weekends 6-10 AM ET) (6-8 AM ET on Fox Business)
Fox Weather Live Weekend (Weekends 10 AM-2 PM ET)

Weather command weekend 6am-9am

Fox weather live weekend 12pm-6pm

= Pre-recorded =

Fox Weather (Weekdays 10 PM-5 AM ET)
Fox Weather Reports (Weekends 2 PM-1 AM ET)

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