MA
Earlier than that, 82/83 ish ? (But all your points still stand)
Pretty certain it launched in the late 80s Markymark? Don't remember there being a national forecast on ITV before the Powergen sponsored forecasts that presenters like Trish Williamson, Martyn Davies and Alex Hill presented?
I have distant memories of being in Cornwall in June 1983, and seeing Alex Hill doing a forecast after NaT with the sun set times, and Penzance mentioned, but evidence suggests otherwise I see !
ITV didn't have a national weather forecast until 1989
Earlier than that, 82/83 ish ? (But all your points still stand)
Pretty certain it launched in the late 80s Markymark? Don't remember there being a national forecast on ITV before the Powergen sponsored forecasts that presenters like Trish Williamson, Martyn Davies and Alex Hill presented?
I have distant memories of being in Cornwall in June 1983, and seeing Alex Hill doing a forecast after NaT with the sun set times, and Penzance mentioned, but evidence suggests otherwise I see !
IS
Yep and I looked it up on Wikipedia before posting too
I remember the start of the 'ITV National Weather' being a big deal. And when it appeared it just looked so different to the BBC's or even TVam's, very flashy and modern and a title sequence on weather was unknown let alone a sponsor*. In fact wasn't it one of it not the first thing in TV to be sponsored?
*I notice that on the early bulletins ( https://youtu.be/34gzRrAnX-I ) that Powergen only got a mention at the end, and it was then still part of the CEGB, so not a private company yet.
I remember thinking (as a child at the time) that they had a nicer branding and better ads than the other new electricity company, National Power. So I hoped that they would be our supplier, not realising that that wasn't how it worked and they didn't supply to the public.
I never understood what the point of them sponsoring the weather was
1989 is correct! TV Ark (when it was online) had a video of the first ever forecast.
Yep and I looked it up on Wikipedia before posting too
I remember the start of the 'ITV National Weather' being a big deal. And when it appeared it just looked so different to the BBC's or even TVam's, very flashy and modern and a title sequence on weather was unknown let alone a sponsor*. In fact wasn't it one of it not the first thing in TV to be sponsored?
*I notice that on the early bulletins ( https://youtu.be/34gzRrAnX-I ) that Powergen only got a mention at the end, and it was then still part of the CEGB, so not a private company yet.
I remember thinking (as a child at the time) that they had a nicer branding and better ads than the other new electricity company, National Power. So I hoped that they would be our supplier, not realising that that wasn't how it worked and they didn't supply to the public.
I never understood what the point of them sponsoring the weather was
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JJ
Juicy Joe
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BBC1 just did a weather forecast with a static red BBC One Caption stating "Weather" and a picture of the old brown map on the left, with the continuity announcer reading out the weather forecast?? There was no announcement of a breakdown? Are these supposedly the "tweaks" the BBC are making?? 
Did anyone capture it?
Did anyone capture it?
JA
Yep and I looked it up on Wikipedia before posting too
I remember the start of the 'ITV National Weather' being a big deal. And when it appeared it just looked so different to the BBC's or even TVam's, very flashy and modern and a title sequence on weather was unknown let alone a sponsor*. In fact wasn't it one of it not the first thing in TV to be sponsored?
*I notice that on the early bulletins ( https://youtu.be/34gzRrAnX-I ) that Powergen only got a mention at the end, and it was then still part of the CEGB, so not a private company yet.
I remember thinking (as a child at the time) that they had a nicer branding and better ads than the other new electricity company, National Power. So I hoped that they would be our supplier, not realising that that wasn't how it worked and they didn't supply to the public.
I never understood what the point of them sponsoring the weather was
I have a recording of the ITV weather from May, and there isn't even a sponsor on it, presumably that didn't start until a few months in.
1989 is correct! TV Ark (when it was online) had a video of the first ever forecast.
Yep and I looked it up on Wikipedia before posting too
I remember the start of the 'ITV National Weather' being a big deal. And when it appeared it just looked so different to the BBC's or even TVam's, very flashy and modern and a title sequence on weather was unknown let alone a sponsor*. In fact wasn't it one of it not the first thing in TV to be sponsored?
*I notice that on the early bulletins ( https://youtu.be/34gzRrAnX-I ) that Powergen only got a mention at the end, and it was then still part of the CEGB, so not a private company yet.
I remember thinking (as a child at the time) that they had a nicer branding and better ads than the other new electricity company, National Power. So I hoped that they would be our supplier, not realising that that wasn't how it worked and they didn't supply to the public.
I never understood what the point of them sponsoring the weather was
I have a recording of the ITV weather from May, and there isn't even a sponsor on it, presumably that didn't start until a few months in.
IN
I'm sure most people simply go online to check the weather instead of an international news channel...
Visually it's significantly better than the scorched land look. Usefulness is another issue. Not showing the temperatures for individual cities on the map was a bad idea. The colour scheme isn't useful because we have no idea what ranges of temperatures are represented by each shade!
As someone who lives in North America, I'm still disappointed by the lack of information for the Midwest and Prairies. Some of us live in those places. If Al Jazeera's weather maps can acknowledge we exist, why can't the BBC? Looking at the orientation of the maps, it's not a space issue for the BBC.
Visually it's significantly better than the scorched land look. Usefulness is another issue. Not showing the temperatures for individual cities on the map was a bad idea. The colour scheme isn't useful because we have no idea what ranges of temperatures are represented by each shade!
As someone who lives in North America, I'm still disappointed by the lack of information for the Midwest and Prairies. Some of us live in those places. If Al Jazeera's weather maps can acknowledge we exist, why can't the BBC? Looking at the orientation of the maps, it's not a space issue for the BBC.
WW
As someone who lives in North America, I'm still disappointed by the lack of information for the Midwest and Prairies. Some of us live in those places. If Al Jazeera's weather maps can acknowledge we exist, why can't the BBC? Looking at the orientation of the maps, it's not a space issue for the BBC.
Indeed. I've seen BBC weather maps that don't include Chicago, which is a major faux pas. Often called "the most American big city," Chicago is not just the third biggest U.S. city; it's quite literally the heartland of the country, a major part of its soul, and the "capital" of the Midwest, which is as populous as the Northeast. Leaving it out is the North American equivalent of forgetting Paris or Berlin on a map of Europe.
But I do like the fact that the BBC's European ski forecast often includes Kranjska Gora, my other home.
As someone who lives in North America, I'm still disappointed by the lack of information for the Midwest and Prairies. Some of us live in those places. If Al Jazeera's weather maps can acknowledge we exist, why can't the BBC? Looking at the orientation of the maps, it's not a space issue for the BBC.
Indeed. I've seen BBC weather maps that don't include Chicago, which is a major faux pas. Often called "the most American big city," Chicago is not just the third biggest U.S. city; it's quite literally the heartland of the country, a major part of its soul, and the "capital" of the Midwest, which is as populous as the Northeast. Leaving it out is the North American equivalent of forgetting Paris or Berlin on a map of Europe.
But I do like the fact that the BBC's European ski forecast often includes Kranjska Gora, my other home.
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MI
I don't think all news channel forecasts are live especially those around the network evening bulletins because I think often the same forecaster does both.
Curious because it went out okay on the NC. It does look to be a recorded copy of the previous forecast from the NC (I'm sure they're always live normally) but I wonder why they didn't air that as the NC did?
I don't think all news channel forecasts are live especially those around the network evening bulletins because I think often the same forecaster does both.