The Weather Classroom The Weather Classroom The Weather Classroom is an educational program for children that has aired on The Weather Channel from 1993 to 2007. It was part of the Cable in the Classroom initiative, and airs at a time when the show can be recorded for later showings in the classroom. Reruns aired until 2013. "The Weather Classroom" has taken on many forms on TWC throughout the years. The program started in the early '90s on TWC and was hosted by various on-camera meteorologists who discussed various weather topics. In the early 2000s a new series was created and hosted by
History of The Weather Channel done on the basis that "our most passionate fans come to us for the weather and the science behind the weather, not our original shows." As part of the overhaul, The Weather Company would lay off around 50 of TWC's employees (or 3% of the channel's 1,400 staff members), including production, engineering and financial staff, while overall spending for the television channel would be reduced to focus more on the company's internet and mobile properties. The channel also announced that it would launch Local Now, a localized weather, traffic and news service similar in format to Weatherscan, that is intended