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The Weather Network
(TWN) is an
English language
weather
channel. It gives weather information on
television
, the
Internet
and TV apps. The Weather Network is shown in
Canada
, the
United States of America
(USA) and the
United Kingdom
(UK).
The Weather Network was
licensed
by Canadian-Radio television and Telecommunications Commission on December 1, 1987.
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It began
broadcasting
on September 1, 1988 (six years after the United States'
Weather Channel
). The name then was WeatherNow. The channel gained its present name on May 1, 1989.
The Weather Network's
news
department won the first annual Adrienne Clarkson Diversity Award for network television. This award is given under the Radio and Television News Director's Association for the best news reports on a subject of cultural diversity. The Weather Network later won for its 2006 two-part series on weather and
black history
, with inclusion and equity.