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| Type | News,weather |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide (online, TV [part-time]) Worldwide (online) |
| Headquarters | Makuhari Techno Garden,Chiba, Japan |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| Picture format | 1080p |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Weathernews, Inc. |
| Key people | Hiroyuki Murata (producer) |
| History | |
| Launched | April 16, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-04-16) |
| Replaced | SOLiVE24 and WX24 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | youtube |
| Website | weathernews |
Weathernews LiVE (ウェザーニュースLiVE,Uezānyusu LiVE) (WNL) is a Japanese 24-hourlive channel owned and operated byWeathernews Inc. (WNI), the largest privately ownedweather company in the world. WNL started broadcasting 16 April 2018,[1][2] replacing the originalBS Weathernews/WX 24 andSOLiVE 24, a similar streaming service also operated by WNI since 27 April 2009.[3]
Though primarily an internet service, as of November 2024 WNL also doessimulcasts orinserts some of its programmes in other paid TV or local television channels around Japan.[4][5][6]
Weathernews LiVE broadcasts six live programmes of three hours each from 05:00 to 23:00JST every day;[7] the programmes are routinely divided into 30-minute blocks (around 25 minutes of content and intervals of approximately 5 minutes). The remaining hours are filled with updated weather information graphics and no on-air talent; in case of an emergency, special programming is broadcast and, if necessary, a meteorologist and/or a presenter will provide updates. The channel is focused on weather and meteorological information for Japan, including typhoons, volcanic activity and earthquakes.
Most of the content is provided by meteorology professionals by parent company WNI, withweather reports sent by users of the company'smobile app featured during the programming, including guides on how to use some of its features and how to send a report. Some segments, depending on the hour of the day, include the anniversaries of the day, the Japaneseseasonal days, weather or Japanese culture-related quizzes, or simplyad lib by thepresenters known ascasters, who routinely interact with the audience through YouTube or Niconico's chat feature.
As of February 2025, WNL broadcasts live on the internet throughYouTube,Rakuten Channel (Japan only) andTikTok. It previously streamed onTwitch,Facebook,Twitter,Mildom,LINE Live andNiconico.
WNL is home toWeatheroid Type A Airi[8] (nicknamedPonko), a character based on presenter Airi Yamagishi, who also dubs her voice during her weekly programme on Thursday nights, broadcast since 2014 during the SOLiVE24 era and as of April 2023 preempting the last hour ofWeathernews LiVE Moon. The character was introduced in April 2012.
In late February 2021, a video where then presenterSaya Hiyama [ja] switches from light-hearted banter to anearthquake early warning in a few seconds became a viral phenomenon on internet and gave WNL some renown overseas.[9][10] The clip, shared by one of dozens of WNL fan channels on YouTube, has more than 28 million views as of April 2022.[11] Another clip of Hiyama posted 12 November 2021[12] has earned more than 13 million views on YouTube in part because it was featured on theDaily Mail website. Hiyama, who joined WNL in 2018, left the channel on 30 March 2024;[13] her last programme,Evening, reached 23,000 live viewers on YouTube.[14]
WNL's YouTube channel reached 1 million subscribers 20 April 2023.[15][16]
As of February 2025:
As of February 2025, some WNL programmes are simulcast on:
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