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Author Henson, Robert, 1960-

Title Weather on the air : a history of broadcast meteorology / Robert Henson
Published Boston, Mass. : American Meteorological Society, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents "And Now, Your Forecast" -- The Big Picture -- The Invisible Weather Team -- But Seriously ... -- Blue Skies and Green Screens -- Breaking through the Glass Map -- Coast to Coast -- When Minutes Count -- Voices of Weather -- Cloudy and Warmer -- The Extended Outlook
Summary The first comprehensive history of its kind, Weather on the Air explores the many forces that have shaped weather broadcasts over the years, including the long-term drive to professionalize weathercasting, the complex relations between government and private forecasters, and the effects of climate-change science and the Internet on today's broadcasts. Dozens of photos and anecdotes accompany Henson's more than two decades of research to document the evolution of weathercasts, from their primitive beginnings on the radio to the high-gloss, graphics-laden segments we watch on television every morning
Bibliography Includes bibliographical reference (pages 209-234) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Television weathercasting -- United States -- History
Weather broadcasting -- United States -- History
Weather forecasting -- United States -- History
Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
Climatic changes -- Social aspects
Television weathercasting
Weather broadcasting
Weather forecasting
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author American Meteorological Society.
ISBN 9781935704003
1935704001