The Weather Channel: Who Started It?

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I think it was a former weather-caster from Good Morning America, but his name escapes me. Help, please?

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In 1980, Good Morning America weatherman John Coleman brought his idea about a 24-hour channel dedicated to nothing but weather to Frank Batten, then chairman of Landmark Communications. The Weather Channel went on the air on May 2, 1982. Batten has written a book about it, titled The Weather Channel: The Improbable Rise of a Media Phenomenon.