Weathernews LiVE
{{Short description|Japanese streaming TV channel}}
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ウェザーニュースLiVE
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| country = Japan
| area = Nationwide (online, TV [part-time])
Worldwide (online)
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| headquarters = Makuhari Techno Garden, Chiba, Japan
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| owner = Weathernews, Inc.
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| key_people = Hiroyuki Murata (producer)
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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2018|04|16}}
| replaced = SOLiVE24 and WX24
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| website = {{URL|https://weathernews.jp/wnl/}}
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{{Nihongo|Weathernews LiVE|ウェザーニュースLiVE|Uezānyusu LiVE}} (WNL) is a Japanese 24-hour live channel owned and operated by Weathernews Inc. (WNI), the largest privately owned weather company in the world. WNL started broadcasting 16 April 2018,{{cite web |title= 【LIVE】 最新地震・気象情報 ウェザーニュース SOLiVE24 (2018.4.15 18:00-24:00) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfVDFOUuYyw |website=YouTube |publisher=Weathernews |access-date=15 April 2024}}{{cite web |title= 【LIVE】 最新地震・気象情報 ウェザーニュースLiVE (2018.4.16 6:00-13:00) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSJugyuxJFM |website=YouTube |publisher=Weathernews |access-date=15 April 2024}} replacing the original BS Weathernews/WX 24 and SOLiVE 24, a similar streaming service also operated by WNI since 27 April 2009.{{cite web |title=利用者と共に創る24時間ライブ気象情報番組「SOLiVE24」開始 |url=http://weathernews.com/ja/nc/press/2009/090423.html |publisher=Weathernews |access-date=16 April 2022}}
Though primarily an internet service, as of November 2024 WNL also does simulcasts or inserts some of its programmes in other paid TV or local television channels around Japan.{{Cite web |date=2012-03-30 |title=「SOLiVE24」が4月2日からBSフジとNOTTVでスタート |trans-title=SOLiVE24 will start on April 2 on BS Fuji and NOTTV |url=https://jp.weathernews.com/news/10923 |access-date=2025-02-02 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=WeatherNews Live in BS12 |url=https://www.twellv.co.jp/program/documentary/weather-news/}}
Programming
Weathernews LiVE broadcasts six live programmes of three hours each from 05:00 to 23:00 JST every day;{{cite web |title=ウェザーニュースLiVE 番組表 |url=https://weathernews.jp/wnl/timetable.html |website=Weathernews |publisher=Weathernews |access-date=23 August 2022}} the programmes are routinely divided into 30-minute blocks (around 25 minutes of content and intervals of approximately 5 minutes). The remaining hours are filled with updated weather information graphics and no on-air talent; in case of an emergency, special programming is broadcast and, if necessary, a meteorologist and/or a presenter will provide updates. The channel is focused on weather and meteorological information for Japan, including typhoons, volcanic activity and earthquakes.
Most of the content is provided by meteorology professionals by parent company WNI, with weather reports sent by users of the company's mobile app featured during the programming, including guides on how to use some of its features and how to send a report. Some segments, depending on the hour of the day, include the anniversaries of the day, the Japanese seasonal days, weather or Japanese culture-related quizzes, or simply ad lib by the presenters known as casters, who routinely interact with the audience through YouTube or Niconico's chat feature.
As of February 2025, WNL broadcasts live on the internet through YouTube, Rakuten Channel (Japan only) and TikTok. It previously streamed on Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, Mildom, LINE Live and Niconico.
WNL is home to Weatheroid Type A Airi{{cite web |title=ウェザーロイド Airi |url=http://weathernews.jp/weatheroid/ |website=Weathernews |access-date=27 April 2023}} (nicknamed Ponko), a character based on presenter Airi Yamagishi, who also dubs her voice during her weekly programme on Thursday nights, broadcast since 2014 during the SOLiVE24 era and as of April 2023 preempting the last hour of Weathernews LiVE Moon. The character was introduced in April 2012.
In late February 2021, a video where then presenter {{Ill|Saya Hiyama|ja|檜山沙耶}} switches from light-hearted banter to an earthquake early warning in a few seconds became a viral phenomenon on internet and gave WNL some renown overseas.{{cite news |last1=St Michel |first1=Patrick |title=Weather forecaster Saya Hiyama's viral moments say a lot about fame in Japan |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/17/national/media-national/weather-forecaster-saya-hiyamas-viral/ |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=The Japan Times |date=17 April 2021}}{{cite web |title=笑顔で会話→「緊急地震速報」で一転冷静に 生放送中キャスターの「切り換え」に称賛、本人に話を聞いた |url=https://www.j-cast.com/2021/03/23407870.html?p=all |website=J-CAST |access-date=16 April 2022 |date=23 March 2021}} The clip, shared by one of dozens of WNL fan channels on YouTube, has more than 28 million views as of April 2022.{{cite web |title=The earthquake alert started warning and she switched Instantly |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=oSe5exLXrz4 |website=YouTube |publisher=WeathernewFans |access-date=16 April 2022|date=26 February 2021}} Another clip of Hiyama posted 12 November 2021{{cite web |title=I'm sorry it's not morning |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=04OwK28-1xA |website=YouTube |publisher=WeathernewFans |access-date=16 April 2022|date=12 November 2021}} has earned more than 13 million views on YouTube in part because it was featured on the Daily Mail website. Hiyama, who joined WNL in 2018, left the channel on 30 March 2024;{{cite news |title=檜山沙耶、ウェザーニューズ最終日は号泣「たくさんの感謝で涙が止まらない」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2320542/full/ |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=Oricon News |date=30 March 2024}} her last programme, Evening, reached 23,000 live viewers on YouTube.{{cite news |title=「ウェザーニューズ」退社の檜山沙耶 ラスト出演で号泣「5年半楽しいひと時」 同時接続数2万3千人超え |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2024/03/30/kiji/20240330s00041000674000c.html |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=Sports Nippon |date=30 March 2024}}
WNL's YouTube channel reached 1 million subscribers 20 April 2023.{{cite web |title= 【LIVE】金環皆既日食2023特別番組 日本では「部分日食」も／2023年4月20日(木) |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/UxnX5U1LcA4?feature=share&t=5124 |website=YouTube |publisher=Weathernews |access-date=27 April 2023|date=20 April 2023}}{{cite web |title=「ウェザーニュース」YouTubeチャンネルの登録者数が100万人を突破！ |url=https://jp.weathernews.com/news/43225/ |website=Weathernews |publisher= |access-date=27 April 2023|date=25 April 2023}}
=Programmes=
As of February 2025:
- Weathernews LiVE Morning: 05:00 to 08:00 JST
- Weathernews LiVE Sunshine: 08:00 to 11:00 JST
- Weathernews LiVE Coffee Time: 11:00 to 14:00 JST
- Weathernews LiVE Afternoon: 14:00 to 17:00 JST
- Weathernews LiVE Evening: 17:00 to 20:00 JST
- Weathernews LiVE Moon: 20:00 to 23:00 JST
=TV simulcasts=
As of February 2025, some WNL programmes are simulcast on:
- Over-the-air Mie Prefecture's local station MTV's digital subchannel 072:{{cite web |title=Programming guide for MTV |url=https://www.mietv.com/weekly_schedule/|website=Mie TV |publisher=Mie TV |access-date=2 February 2025}} some segments of Morning (06:00-07:59 block), Sunshine (08:00-08:30 block), Coffee Time (11:40-12:29 block) and Afternoon (15:20-17:00 block) on weekdays.
- Satellite channel BS Fuji: the first half hour of Weathernews LiVE Morning (referred to as BS Fuji x Weathernews{{cite web |title=BSフジ×ウェザーニュース |url=https://www.bsfuji.tv/weathernews/pub/index.html |website=BS Fuji |access-date=2 February 2025}}),{{cite web |title=日別番組表｜BSフジ |url=https://www.bsfuji.tv/top/timetable/2K_daily2.html |publisher=BS Fuji |access-date=2 February 2025}} also broadcast, upscaled, on BS Fuji 4K.{{cite web |title=日別番組表｜BSフジ4K |url=https://www.bsfuji.tv/top/timetable/4K_daily2.html |publisher=BS Fuji |access-date=2 February 2025}}
- Satellite channel {{ill|BS Yoshimoto|ja|BSよしもと}}: the third half hour of Weathernews LiVE Morning{{cite web |title=ウェザーニュースLiVE - BSよしもと|url=https://bsy.co.jp/programs/by0000016637|publisher=BS Yoshimoto|access-date=2 February 2025}}
- Satellite channel {{ill|BS TwellV|ja|ワールド・ハイビジョン・チャンネル}} (BS 12): the Sunday 03:00-04:00 JST early morning slot, at this time (pre-dawn hours) WNL shows only graphics of the weather for the following day.{{cite web |title=情報・ドキュメンタリー番組 > ウェザーニュース LiVE|url=https://www.twellv.co.jp/program/documentary/weather-news/|publisher=BS 12|access-date=2 February 2025}}
- South Korean cable channel Ch.W (as 웨더 라이프), during the overnight/early morning 03:00-06:00 JST/KST timeslot.{{cite web |title=Programming guide for Ch.W |url=https://www.chw.co.kr/#smenu/cable/schedule |website=Ch.W |publisher=Ch.W |access-date=2 February 2025}}
Personnel
=Presenters (''casters'')=
As of February 2025:{{cite web |title=お天気キャスタープロフィール - ウェザーニュース |url=https://weathernews.jp/wnl/caster/ |publisher=Weathernews |access-date=2 February 2025}}
- Airi Yamagishi (debuted 28 April 2009 at SOLiVE Morning)
- Sayane Egawa (debuted 24 December 2011 at SOLiVE Twilight; on maternity leave from May 2023 to July 2024)
- Ayaka Matsuyuki (debuted 7 April 2014 at SOLiVE Morning; on maternity leave from October 2021 to May 2023)
- Yukari Shirai (debuted 7 September 2015 at SOLiVE Morning; on maternity leave from May 2023 to July 2024)
- Nana Takayama (debuted 19 September 2015 at SOLiVE Coffee Time; on maternity leave from October 2023)
- Yui Komaki (debuted 18 October 2018 at Weathernews Live 16:00-17:00 block)
- Mizuki Tokita (debuted 2 December 2021 at Weathernews LiVE Coffee Time (13:00-14:00 block))
- Akira Kawabata (on-air meteorologist filling as caster, debuted 20 April 2022 at Weathernews LiVE Afternoon)
- Riena Kobayashi (debuted 31 August 2022 at Weathernews LiVE Coffee Time (13:00-14:00 block))
- Mayu Uozumi (debuted 27 April 2023 at Weathernews LiVE Coffee Time (12:30-14:00 block))
- Senna Ogawa (debuted 27 April 2023 at Weathernews LiVE Coffee Time (11:00-12:30 block))
- Momoka Aohara (debuted 21 October 2023 at Weathernews LiVE Coffee Time (12:30-14:00 block))
- Yuiko Lisa Okamoto (debuted 21 October 2023 at Weathernews LiVE Coffee Time (11:30-12:30 block))
- Takafumi Fukuyoshi (Weathernews LiVE producer and former EBC announcer, debuted 7 August 2024 at Weathernews LiVE Afternoon and Weathernews LiVE Evening)
=On-air meteorologists=
- Takehisa Yamaguchi
- Tatsuya Unozawa
- Tatsuō Yoshino
- Kunihiro Naitō
- Akira Kawabata (filling as a presenter since 20 April 2022, occasionally returned as an on-air meteorologist)
- Kiyoteru Morita (also a former WNI executive as supervisor of the Forecasting Centre){{cite web |title=株式会社ウェザーニューズ 役員一覧 |url=https://jp.weathernews.com/corporate-outline/board-members/ |website=Weathernews |access-date=16 April 2022}}
- Tatsuya Honda
- Eiichi Iijima
References
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External links
- [https://weathernews.jp/wnl/ Weathernews Live]
- [https://weathernews.jp/wnl/timetable.html Daily timetable]
- [https://weathernews.jp/wnl/caster/ Presenters and meteorologists list]
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