Weather forecasting G. Harold Noyes in 1931. The world's first televised weather forecasts, including the use of weather maps, were experimentally broadcast by the BBC in 1936. This was brought into practice in 1949 after World War II. George Cowling gave the first weather forecast while being televised in front of the map in 1954. In America, experimental television forecasts were made by James C Fidler in Cincinnati in either 1940 or 1947 on the DuMont Television Network. In the late 1970s and early 80s, John Coleman, the first weatherman on ABC-TV's Good Morning America, pioneered the use of on-screen weather satellite
Robbie Cowling Robbie Cowling Robbie Cowling (born 19 December 1960) is an English businessman and co-founder and managing director of Jobserve. He is also known for being the chairman of Colchester United F.C, a football team based in Essex currently playing in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Cowling bought Colchester United in September 2006, with the club just promoted to the Championship, England's second tier. He took over from Peter Heard, who had owned the club for 9 years. In February 2009, Cowling bought all remaining shares in the club, claiming that "I have to do what is