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
Clerk of the Weather Clerk of the Weather The Clerk of the Weather or the Weather Clerk is "an imaginary functionary facetiously supposed to direct the weather." The Clerk of the Weather appears in children's stories by Rose Fyleman ("The Weather Clerk"), Robert Swindells ("The Weather-Clerk"), and others. He also appears in facetious turns of phrase such as "another fine day was supplied by the clerk of the weather". In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "A Visit to the Clerk of the Weather" (1836), he is imagined as a 6000-year-old man living on another planet. Within his dwelling, he has a stock of thunderbolts, rainbows,