History of The Weather Channel capable set introduced in 2008. The Weather Channel also debuted two new slogans: "It's Amazing Out There" and "Weather All The Time". On December 2, 2013, The Weather Channel announced that "Good Morning America" weather anchor Sam Champion would be joining the network, serving as both the channel's weather editor and as an on-camera meteorologist. On March 17, 2014, Champion began hosting a new morning program on the channel, "America's Morning Headquarters", which replaced "Morning Rush" on that date. On January 14, 2014, DirecTV became the first major pay television provider to drop The Weather Channel, as a result of
History of The Weather Channel weather observations; while most cable operators added the Vocal Local feature, some did not employ it on their Weather Star XL units. The cycling of music playlist changes was increased from a quarterly to a monthly basis; as such, 2000 is considered to be the year the split between the "classic" TWC and "modern" TWC occurred by several websites. On August 23 of that year, the channel debuted "Atmospheres", a weekly newsmagazine-style program hosted by Jim Cantore and Mishelle "Mish" Michaels. Also in 2000, The Weather Channel starting moving away from showing 24/7 "Weather Center" with the introduction of two