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.
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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.
[8]
The channel is overseen by Fox News Media CEO
Suzanne Scott
and executive Sharri Berg.
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News of the launch sparked discussion on how the channel will cover
climate change
, an issue their sister channel
Fox News
has often dismissed.
[10]
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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.”
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On August 18, 2021, Berg announced that Fox Weather would add three correspondents and five multimedia journalists to the team.
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On September 1, 2021, Fox Weather released their first promo and announced that they would be launching in October.
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The launch date was later announced for October 25.
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On October 18, 2021, Berg announced that Fox Weather would add four additional meteorologists and a multimedia journalist to the team.
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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.
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A weekend morning simulcast of the channel airs on
Fox Business Network
from 6 to 8 a.m. ET, which started on December 4.
[18]
YouTube TV
added Fox Weather on February 2, 2022, becoming the first weather-focused channel to air on the OTT service.
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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
.
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On March 14, 2022, Berg announced that Fox Weather had hired
Bryan Norcross
as its hurricane specialist.
[20]
On April 12, 2022, Fox Weather announced that it has unveiled a
Ford F-250
truck called the "Fox Weather Beast."
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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.
[22]
On December 7, 2022, Fox News Audio and
TuneIn
, the live-streaming service announced their long partnership which includes Fox Weather for audio streaming.
[23]
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.
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.