Weather and Climate | When Did The First Television And Radio Weather Forecasts Take Place?
When did the first television and radio weather forecasts take place?
The first televised weather forecast in the United States was on October 14, 1941. It appeared on WNBT (later WNBC) in New York City. The weather was presented by a cartoon character named "Wooly Lamb." Each day the lamb would sing a little song, after which a written forecast for the next day's weather would appear on the screen.
The first radio broadcast of a weather forecast was presented on January 3, 1921, by the University of Wisconsin's station 9XM in Madison, Wisconsin.
Sources: Fields, Alan. Partly Sunny: The Weather Junkie's Guide to Outsmarting the Weather, p. 9; Robertson, Patrick. The Book of Firsts, p. 200.
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