WeatherStar is the technology the Weather Channel uses to produce its "local on the 8s" weather forecasts. The creator of WeatherStar 4000+ was motivated by nostalgia and a predilection for weather to ...

The Weather Channel, for the most part, looked like a normal TV station—until the local forecast would show up. Then it became a pixelated data dump of weather information served over a funky piano ...

Back before we could check the weather forecast with our phones or computers, we used to be able to check it by turning on the TV. The Weather Channel's automated local weather info would tell you ...

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IRVINGTON, Ala. (WALA) - It’s a big day for American Weatherstar as the company officially opens its new manufacturing facility. A ribbon cutting was held for the 10,500 square foot manufacturing ...

In the days of yore—the 1990s—there were no smartphone apps providing real-time, on-the-spot weather updates. People actually had to turn their TVs on, flip to The Weather Channel, and wait for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Be sure to put on muzak for the full experience. WS4000+ is actually an ode to a very real technology called WeatherStar, a system ...