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
The Weather Channel Weather Underground, the related mobile applications, and their underlying data platforms, for an undisclosed amount. IBM plans to leverage its Watson technology as part of the acquisition, foreseeing its use for weather analytics and predictions. The deal, which closed the following January, does not include The Weather Channel itself, which remained owned by the Bain/Blackstone/NBCUniversal consortium, and entered into a long-term licensing agreement with IBM for use of its weather data and "The Weather Channel" name and branding. In August 2016, reports surfaced that Sinclair Broadcast Group expressed interest in acquiring ownership of The Weather Channel. On March 22, 2018,