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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Weather Channel Forecast: Challenges Ahead
the New York Times (November 3, 2003). As a stand-alone cable network in an era of rapid cable network consolidation, The Weather Channel faces “a very challenging time,” Burke acknowledged. Perhaps Burke’s... View Details
- 29 Oct 2014
- News
Weather that makes you kill
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
five years the channel lost money, but Batten stuck with it, ultimately convincing cable providers and advertisers that it was a viable service. Today, The Weather Channel... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Channel by Connie Sage (University of Virginia Press) Among his many accomplishments, the late Frank Batten Sr. (MBA 1952) created the Weather Channel in 1982, which became the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
check the masthead wind vane. With the muscle fatigue of three months at sea, this last phase was the hardest for me. But you must stay disciplined: study the weather data, make the sail changes, write for the schools, grind the winches.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
business when I was only 27.” Batten is a visionary entrepreneur and business leader who built Landmark Communications, Inc., based in Norfolk, Virginia, into a multimedia enterprise consisting of dozens of newspapers and specialty publications, several television... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
'75) ((Amazon Digital Services)) Frank Batten: The Untold Story of the Founder of the Weather Channel by Connie M. Sage ((University of Virginia Press)) Smarter Branding without Breaking the Bank: Five... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
never seen before.” Each dive begins the same way. The Pressure Drop first spends several days mapping the area to find the deepest point. Then, the crew waits on Mother Nature—ideally, the weather must be clear and relatively calm. As... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
along with Frank Batten's (MBA '52) Landmark Communications (owner today of the Weather and Travel Channels) and David R. Graham's (MBA '64) Cablecasting Ltd. in Canada. In later years, W. Don Cornwell's (MBA '71) Granite Broadcasting... View Details