title: Weather Girls

abstract: Weather Girls is a group of Japanese idols from Taiwan. Originally, the group is formed in 2010 and acted as weather forecasters on television and the internet for Taiwan and the United States. After attracting attention in Japan, seven of its members, one for each day of the week, are selected to debut as an idol group in Japan in 2012. They are the first Taiwanese girl group to come to Japan. In Japan, the group is under Pony Canyon and is managed by Ritz Productions. Jeff Miyahara is the producer of the group. After its debut, the group had continuously performed in all regions of the country. Its members had also starred in dramas, hosted television shows, and sung television theme songs. The group had released six Japanese singles, one Japanese album, and other work. In 2013, the group also debuted as a musical group in Taiwan. The group issued a Mandarin album in the following year. In its homeland, the group is under FEMC and is managed by L Motion Entertainment. Its producer is Bryan Chen (陳國華).

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# Weather Girls

| Weather Girls | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 天氣女孩 |
| Simplified Chinese | 天气女孩 |
| Transcriptions  Standard Mandarin  Hanyu Pinyin Tiānqì Nǚhái  Wade–Giles T'ien1-ch'i43-hai2 | |
| Japanese name | |
| Kana | ウェザーガールズ |
| Transcriptions  Revised Hepburn Uezā Gāruzu | |
|  | |

**Weather Girls** is a group of Japanese idols from Taiwan. Originally, the group is formed in 2010 and acted as weather forecasters on television and the internet for Taiwan and the United States. After attracting attention in Japan, seven of its members, one for each day of the week, are selected to debut as an idol group in Japan in 2012. They are the first Taiwanese girl group to come to Japan.

In Japan, the group is under Pony Canyon and is managed by Ritz Productions. Jeff Miyahara is the producer of the group. After its debut, the group had continuously performed in all regions of the country. Its members had also starred in dramas, hosted television shows, and sung television theme songs. The group had released six Japanese singles, one Japanese album, and other work.

In 2013, the group also debuted as a musical group in Taiwan. The group issued a Mandarin album in the following year. In its homeland, the group is under FEMC and is managed by L Motion Entertainment. Its producer is Bryan Chen (陳國華).

## History

### 2010–12: weathercasters

Desiring to produce a daily program featuring charming Taiwanese girls, Next TV Broadcasting Limited originated an idea of creating a daily weather forecast program to be distributed through television and the internet, with a group of cute young girls doing cosplay and dancing whilst reporting forecasts.

On 1 August 2010, Next TV formed a group of seven girls called "Weather Girls". The number of the members is later increased to fourteen and eventually thirty-four. The duties of the girls were to report weather forecasts or, in fact, to "keep eyes glued on TV sets", but not to serve as meteorologists. Each day of the week is hosted by a different girl who would introduce herself, dance in costume and deliver a short message to viewers in an adorable manner during the report.

The program theme is changed every month. For example, in the graduation theme, the weather reports were filmed at Shih Chien University and the girls dressed up in Japanese school uniforms and spoke in Japanese. The themes of Chinese New Year, company internship, environmentalism, flight attendants, ninja, and tokusatsu had also been used. Furthermore, the costumes, music, and visuals were changed in each theme.

As the forecasts were for Taiwan and the United States, the girls spoke in English, Mandarin and Japanese. Lester Shih (奚岳隆), creator of the program, said the Japanese versions were not originally intended for Japanese audience, but merely an expression of Japanese style of cuteness. On television, the forecasts were broadcast daily during the afternoon, evening, and late news.

Regarding the idea of producing the program, Shih said:

> The weather report was just a means for us to get a daily program together, with the opportunity to show off different girls each day. Currently, we only report on the weather in Taiwan and America, but in the near future we want to add the Japanese weather so we can increase our audience, and maybe even add Thailand and other places around the world.

Sunday Girl NueNue, one of the members later selected to form an idol group in Japan, stated: "We all learn about it a bit in school \[...\], though I still don't know too much about weather forecasting." According to her, the idea of Next TV was to "make weather fun" since "weather reports are usually dull because it's just someone telling you that it's going to be sunny or it's going to rain, etc."

The program became highly popular, especially in Japan where it was introduced by many Japanese programs in April 2012. The program was terminated and the group was dissolved after some of its members became an idol group in Japan.

### 2012: debut as idol group in Japan

#### Debut in Japan

After having appeared on Japanese programs in April 2012, the group attracted much attention in Japan. Seven of its members, most skilled in singing and dancing, were then chosen to debut in Japan as an idol group which is also titled "Weather Girls". They are the first Taiwanese girl group to come to Japan.

On 8 August 2012, the news of Weather Girls debut was officially announced. In Japan, the group was under Pony Canyon and was represented by Ritz Productions. Jeff Miyahara was the producer of the group. At a press conference, a Pony Canyon representative said:

> Weather Girls \[...\] have been born out of Taiwanese culture where so many creators have been influenced by Japanese culture, like games and anime. On top of that, a performance that involves dancing while announcing the weather is fresh and interesting, so the girls have individuality.

Friday Girl Mini stated: "I have been fond of Japan since my childhood days and I have been wishing I could live there someday. I have also been longing to become a singer. Being able to fulfill these dreams of mine is such a wonderful feeling." Saturday Girl Yumi, leader of the group, added that she and her fellow members wished to appear on the annual music show *Kōhaku Uta Gassen* (紅白歌合戦) and to become weather forecasters in Japan as well.

On 10 August 2012, the group held its debut performance at the A-Nation festival.

For their Japanese career, the seven girls were required to take Japanese courses, in addition to dance lessons and performance rehearsals. Their language studies were broadcast on television once a week. Since 23 September 2012, they had also been fixed guests on the show *@TV Akihabara* (@TV秋葉原) which aired every Sunday and aimed to educate viewers on different forms of Japanese culture.

#### First single, "Koi no Tenki Yohō"

In September 2012, the first single of the group, "Koi no Tenki Yohō", was announced. On 30 September 2012, the music video of the title track was officially released. The music video published on YouTube had attracted more than one million views.

On 17 October 2012, the single was physically released in two editions, regular and limited. The CDs in both editions contain the title track, and a B-side, "Loving Pass – Koi no Password", as well as the instrumental versions thereof. The limited edition was also accompanied by a special DVD containing the music video and a video of the girls introducing themselves.

### 2013: first Japanese album and debut in Taiwan

Weather Girls at their first Japanese album event, Marui City, Shibuya, Tokyo, 7 July 2013.

In 2013, Weather Girls saw additional developments in Japan. The group released three singles and one full-length album. The group also enjoyed opportunities to regularly appear on television, as it launched its first television show and first television drama. In addition, the girls decided to take a tough national examination to become licensed weather forecasters in Japan and took the whole year to prepare themselves for it. At the end of the year, the group also debuted in its homeland Taiwan and Wednesday Girl Dara had her own contract terminated, thereby leaving the group.

#### Second and third singles, "Koi wa Tokimeki Chūihō" and "Koi no Love – Sunshine"

On 25 December 2012, the second single of the group, "Koi wa Tokimeki Chūihō", was announced. On 6 February 2013, it was physically released. On 31 January 2013, the music video of the title track was released.

On 5 June 2013, the group's third single, "Koi no Love – Sunshine", was released . On 25 April 2013, the music video of the title track was released. The sailor swimsuits, the concept costumes for this single, were designed by Junko Isogai (磯谷淳子) from the fashion house Dexi.

#### Weathercaster licence exam

On 17 May 2013, it was revealed that the group would take Japan's *National Weather Forecasting Licence Examination* to become legitimate weather forecasters in the country, in addition to its idol career. The examination has been held biannually since 1994, reportedly with a five percent pass rate.

For the sake of the examination, the group took meteorological classes where a licensed weather forecaster gave lectures and fans were allowed to be present. These classes were called *Absolutely Pass!* (絶対合格！). On 25 January 2014, the group took the examination. On 9 May 2014, the last class took place at Pony Canyon Headquarters in Tokyo.

#### First Japanese album, *Weather Girls*

On 17 May 2013, the first album of the group, called *Weather Girls*, was announced. On 3 July 2013, it was physically issued. The eponymous album contains six new songs and four hit songs from the previous singles. The songs vary from dance-pop to ballad.

With the theme of clouds, the concept art of the album was described as follows: "Weather Girls, wearing fluffy marshmallow clouds, come to Japan riding on 'bomb anticyclone'". The cloud outfits, the concept costumes for this album, were again designed by Junko Isogai from the fashion house Dexi.

From its debut to the end of July 2013, the group had made a total of one hundred and one public performances. On 11 August 2013, the group performed at the A-Nation festival once again.

#### Fourth single, "Hey Boy – Weishenme?", as well as first TV show and drama

On 19 August 2013, it was announced that the fourth single of the group, titled "Hey Boy – Weishenme?", would be released in autumn 2013.The release date was later announced to be 20 November 2013.

The title track served as the ending theme of *Attack Shimasukedo Nani Ka?*, a new television show hosted by the group. On 19 October 2013, several networks began airing the show.

On 6 September 2013, *Secret Chores Group*, a thirty-one-episode series produced by Next TV started to be broadcast in Japan. Set in 2030, the sci-fi dramedy was about a group of six girls charged with secret investigative missions, played by the members of the group, save Thursday Girl Mia.

#### Debut in Taiwan and retirement of Wednesday Girl

On 1 October 2013, Wednesday Girl Dara vacated her membership. On 15 October 2013, the group's management agency, Ritz Productions, released a statement that her contract was terminated due to her repeated abandonment of work, despite its successive warnings and encouragement.

On 7 October 2013, it was announced that the group also debuted as a musical group in its homeland Taiwan. On the same day, the group made its presence in Taipei where it held a debut performance, a press conference, and a contract signing ceremony. In Taiwan, the group is under FEMC.

On 5 November 2013, the group issued its first Mandarin song called "Wei Wo Jiayou" which served as the official theme song for the Super Basketball League (SBL) tenth season. On the same occasion, it was announced that the group would be the official spokesperson of the SBL during its eleventh season. On 7 November 2013, the music video of "Wei Wo Jiayou" was released.

### 2014: first Mandarin album

In 2014, the group obtained a new Wednesday Girl, Ria, before releasing two singles and appearing in a television drama in Japan. It also released its first Mandarin album in its homeland and continued to work in both countries. In addition, its members were appointed anti-piracy ambassadors by a Japanese copyright protection organisation. Late this year, Tuesday Girl Ice left the group.

#### New Wednesday Girl and fifth single, "Tomorrow World"

On 24 January 2014, a Taiwanese girl nicknamed Ria was selected to replace Dara as Wednesday Girl. At the same time, it was announced that the fifth single of the group, "Tomorrow World", would be released on 5 March 2014. Roles of Ria commenced from this single.

The title track, "Tomorrow World", is deemed a new aspect of the group, as it was the group's first medium tempo song. Besides, its lyrics are about graduation season after which a new world of graduates begins, and convey the significance of friendship, whilst most of the group's earlier released songs concern natural seasons and romantic love.

On 17 February 2014, the music video of "Tomorrow World" was premiered. It was shot on the rooftop of a five-hundred-metre-tall building in Taipei with certain landmark buildings in the background, including Taipei 101 and Taipei City Hall.

#### Anti-piracy ambassadors and video game characters

On 27 January 2014, the Content Overseas Distribution Association, a Japanese private organisation supported by the Japanese and Taiwanese governments and having the objective to promote copyright protection at regional level in Asia, appointed the members of the group as Japanese–Taiwanese Goodwill Ambassadors to promote anti-piracy campaigns in both countries. On 22 February 2014, the inauguration was held at the art museum Spot Hushan in Huashan 1914 Creative Park, Taipei, where the girls were given the titles "Japanese–Taiwanese Copyright Protection Commanders" (日台著作権保護隊長).

On 28 January 2014, International Games System released a dance video game, *We Dancing Online 3*, featuring the group members as new characters, as well as its hit song "Koi no Tenki Yohō". The game also includes the costumes and scenes appearing in the music videos of the group.

#### Further entertainment shows

On 4 April 2014, the group became regular cast on *Kosaka Daimaō No Idol Club*, a radio show hosted by comedian Daimaou Kosaka and broadcast every Friday by Nippon Broadcasting System.

On 7 April 2014, Nagoya Broadcasting Network started broadcasting *Tetsuko no Sodatekata*, a television drama in which the group appeared as a group of railway idols called "Railway Girls" (鉄道ガールズ). Directed by Tomoyuki Furumaya, the drama was adapted from the 2014 seinen manga of the same name written by Hiroshi Kawasumi.

On 25 April 2014, Gala Television began airing in Taiwan every Friday *We Are Coming*, a comedy show directed by George Chang (張兆志) and starring the group. Despite having gained very high ratings, it was announced on 4 July 2014 that the show would be terminated at the end of July 2014. The announcement came immediately after the concurrent resignation of some of the crew and cast members, including Producer Sun Lexin (孫樂欣) and Actor Tai Chih-yuan.

On 1 October 2014, the group launched a one-hour internet show called *Let's Go Live*. The show was live broadcast every Wednesday night on its official channel at Livehouse.in. During the show, viewers could participate in the chat room discussions on the channel and could phone in. The group later issued more internet shows on the same website: *Ustyle × Tianqi Nuhai Tebie Qihua* broadcast every Thursday night from 20 November 2014 and *Ptt Zhoubao × Tianqi Nuhai* broadcast every Monday night from 12 January 2015.

#### Sixth single, "Like You – Anyway"

Weather Girls at their first Mandarin album event, Taichung, 23 November 2014.

On 7 April 2014, the sixth single of the group, "Like You – Anyway", was announced. On 4 June 2014, the single was physically released. The title track was used as the ending theme of the previously mentioned drama *Tetsuko no Sodatekata*. Premiered on 1 May 2014, the music video of "Like You – Anyway" was shot at a Pony Canyon studio in Chigasaki, Kanagawa. The theme of the single is summer vacation. Instead of matching uniforms as in the preceding singles, the concept outfits for this single are casual summer dresses consisting of white tops and colourful shorts and skirts.

On 3 June 2014, the group celebrated its sixth single by holding an activity in which its members one by one published one hundred articles on their Ameba blog within one day. As they succeeded in their activity, these girls became the first Taiwanese artists carrying out such activity and the first Taiwanese people succeeding therein.

#### First Mandarin album, *Wei A*, and retirement of Tuesday Girl

On 10 February 2014, it was reported that the group was to release a Mandarin album in Taiwan.

On 4 July 2014, the group premiered a Mandarin song called "Wo Shi Boss" at Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium where Brother Elephants and Lamigo Monkeys launched their baseball match series called *Bao Wen Pa* (豹紋趴) and the group members served as the ceremonial first pitchers. The song is the theme song for CSTV's Boss Sports Channel (博斯運動頻道).

On 1 October 2014, Tuesday Girl Esse declared on her Facebook fanpage that she vacated her membership on 23 September 2014 for personal reasons.

On 25 October 2014, there was an announcement that *Wei A*, the first Mandarin album of the group, would be released in Taiwan on 1 November 2014. The album contains ten songs: two previously released songs and eight newly composed songs.The production of the album was the collaboration between many famous Taiwanese musicians, including Bryan Chen (陳國華), Cai Zhengxun (蔡政勳), Chase Chang (張傑), Jacky Chen (陳建瑋), Jiujiu (九九), Lu Weixiao (魯維孝), Tina Wang (王雅君), and Yu Xuan (于萱).

On 27 October 2014, several songs from the album were premiered on radio. On the release date, the group held an autograph session marking the launching of the album at Ximending, Taipei. Within a few days after its release, the album became the fourth-best-selling album in the country.It was ranked the third-best seller at the end of November 2014.

On 8 November 2014, the music video of the title song, "Wei A", was premiered. On 2 December 2014, the music video of another song from the album, "Don't Cry", was issued.

### 2015: Mini's injury

In 2015, the group continued to carry out activities in its homeland, Taiwan. On 24 January 2015, it performed at the annual grand event *Super Star* (超級巨星紅白藝能大賞), the Taiwanese version of *Kōhaku Uta Gassen*. The event took place at Taipei Arena and was broadcast on 18 February 2015, the eve of the Chinese New Year.

On 18 February 2015, *The Wonderful Wedding*, a Taiwanese film starring the group, was also released.

On 2 June 2015, Friday Girl Mini informed on her Facebook that she has an injury on her backbone. She then asked the Taiwanese company, FEMC, for a long break to receive proper physical therapy treatment. However, the date of Mini's return is still an unknown.

### 2016: new TV program and Daikin CF

On 7 January 2016, a new travel TV program called, *HI! LET'S GO* (嗨!LET'S GO), hosted by Weather Girls, is aired on Asia Travel(亞洲旅遊台). In March 2016, Weather Girls endorsed Daikin air conditioner. The company partnered up with the group by giving them a new identity called, "DKR32", as well as released a special MV to promote the new Daikin air conditioner.

### Mia departure and disbandment announcement

In October 2016, Mia announced that she would leave Weather Girls. WGSx7 was released as the last public event in October, and Weather Girls will continue to participate with a new member. The newly joined Korean member Sindy officially unveiled at the public event on May 11, 2017. However, on November 1, 2017, Shiquan Entertainment cancelled the contract with Weather Girls for commercial reasons and disbanded the group.

## Controversy

Due to success of Weather Girls, the Mainland China Guangdong Television set up a group of weather reporting girls called "Pinkopie" (蘋果派 *Píngguǒ Pài*; "Apple Pie") to produce a like program in December 2011. In January 2012, Next TV responded to the Chinese group with a press release describing the program as "plagiarism" and condemning the Chinese authority for its lack of copyright protection laws.

## Members

| Members List | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stage name | | | | | Birth name | | | Birth date/place | In charge of | | |
| Official
ROM | Japanese | Chinese | | | SC | TC | PY | | Day of the week | Element | Color |
| | | SC | TC | PY | | | | | | |
| Dara | ダラ | 小奶昔 | 小奶昔 | Xiǎonǎixī | 卓昔洁 | 卓昔潔 | Zhuō Xījié | 7 September
Taipei | Wednesday | Cloud | Red |
| Hi Jon | ハイジャン | 嗨奖 | 嗨獎 | Hāijiǎng | 郑筠熹 | 鄭筠熹 | Zhèng Yúnxī | 27 September 1988
Chiayi | Monday | Lightning | Green |
| Ria | リア | 梨亞 | 梨亞 | Líyà | 林梨亞 | 林梨亞 | Lín Líyà | 8 October 1996
Keelung | Wednesday | Cloud | Red |
| Yumi
(Leader in Japan) | ユミ | 采薇 | 采薇 | Cǎiwēi | 林采薇 | 林采薇 | Lín Cǎiwēi | 5 March 1984
Taipei | Saturday | Fog | Purple |
| Former Members | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Esse | エース | 艾丝 | 艾絲 | Àisī | 刘玳妍 | 劉玳妍 | Liú Dàiyán | 18 August 1991
Kaohsiung | Tuesday | Rain | Orange |
| Mia | ミア | 小米儿 | 小米兒 | Xiǎomǐ'er | 庄心怡 | 莊心怡 | Zhuāng Xīnyí | 12 June 1983
Taichung | Thursday | Sun | Blue |
| Mini
(Leader in Taiwan) | ミニ | 米尼 | 米尼 | Mǐní | 林怡慧 | 林怡慧 | Lín Yíhuì | 30 June 1984
Tainan | Friday | Snow | Pink |
| NueNue | ニューニュー | 妞妞 | 妞妞 | Niūniū | 赵静仪 | 趙靜儀 | Zhào Jìngyí | 4 October 1991
Taipei | Sunday | Wind | Yellow |
| Sindy | ホンソル | 红雪 | 紅雪 | Hóngxŭe | 朴类娜 | 朴類娜 | Park Yu Na | 18 September
Incheon | Thursday | Sun | Blue |

### Timeline

## Discography

### Japanese singles

### Japanese album

### Mandarin Album

#### Other songs

| # | Title | Release date | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | "Wei Wo Jiayou"
為我加油 *Wèi Wǒ Jiāyóu*
"Cheer for Me" | 7 November 2013 | Theme song for the Super Basketball League tenth season; later included in the sixth Japanese single and the first Mandarin album |
| 2 | "Wo Shi Boss"
我是Boss *Wǒ Shì Boss*
"I'm Boss" | 4 July 2014 | Theme song for CSTV's Boss Sports Channel (博斯運動頻道); later included in the first Mandarin album |
| 3 | "DKR32" | 10 March 2016 | Daikin air conditioner commercial song |
|

## Videography

### Video collections

### Video games

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Director(s) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | "恋の天気予報"
(Weather Forecast of Love; Koi no Tenki Yohō) | Lester Shih |
| 2013 | "恋はトキメキ注意報"
(Heartbeat Storm Warning is Love; Koi wa Tokimeki Chūihō) | Lester Shih |
| | "恋のラブ♥サンシャイン"
(Love of Love♥Sunshine; Koi no Love♥Sunshine) | Lester Shih |
| | "HEY BOY～ウェイシェンモ?～"
(HEY BOY~For What Reason?~; HEY BOY~Weishenmo?~) | Hideyuki Kato |
| | "為我加油"
(Cheer for Me; Wèi Wǒ Jiāyóu) | Lester Shih |
| 2014 | "Tomorrow World" | Sū Wén Shèng |
| | "Like You ♡ Anyway" | Hideyuki Kato |
| | "我是 Boss"
(I'm Boss; Wǒ Shì Boss) | Lài Wěi Kāng |
| | "威啊"
(Power Ah; Wei A) | Lester Shih |
| | "Don't Cry" | Yīn Zhèn Háo |
| 2016 | "DKR32" | Shū Yí Huá,
Yáo Guó Fēng |
|

### Music video appearances

| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Member | Director |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | "恨幸福來過"
(Hèn Xìng Fú Lái Guò) | Li Dong Xue | Yumi | Vincent Fang |
| 2015 | "Happy, Come Cha-Cha"
(歡喜來恰恰; *Hoa Hee Lai Cha Cha*) | Jacky Chen, Ric, Daniel Luo, Kuo Chin-fa | Mia | Lester Shih |
|

## Filmography

### Films

| Year | Country | Title | Member(s) | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | Taiwan | 大囍臨門
*The Wonderful Wedding* | Hi Jon | Gao Helen |
| | | | Esse | Li Shu Fen's co-worker |
| | | | Ria |
| | | | Mia |
| | | | Mini |
| | | | Yumi |
| | | | NueNue |
| 2016 | China | 暴力甜心
*Trans-sweety* | NueNue | Qianxi |
| | Taiwan | 惡魔軟妹幫 | | Xiǎoyīng |

### Short films

| Year | Country | Title | Member(s) | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | Taiwan | 男人的小確幸 | Mini | Florist |
| | | | Yumi | Guest |
| 2015 | | 遇上200%的你
*Meeting the 200% You* | Mini | Macy |
| | | NueNue | Ah Ching (阿晴) |

### Television dramas

| Title | Country | Network | Date | Member(s) | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 雜務特勤組
*Secret Chores Group*
(ザツムトッキングミ) | Japan | C-POP TV | 6 September 2013 –
4 April 2014 | Hi Jon | Ota
(オタ) |
| | | | | Esse | Kitty
(キティ) |
| | | | | Dara | Yè Kěxīn
(葉可欣, イエ・カーシン) |
| | | | | Mia | Jennifer
(珍妮花) |
| | | | | Mini | Fix |
| | | | | Yumi | Méiguī
(玫瑰, メイグイ) |
| | | | | NueNue | Lín Bǎolì
(林寶莉, リン・バオリー) |
| 鉄子の育て方
*Tetsuko no Sodatekata*
(How to Train a Lady of Steel) | | Nagoya TV | 7 April 2014 –
23 June 2014 | All | 鉄道ガールズ
(Railroad Girls) |
| 孤独のグルメ
*Kodoku no Gourmet* | | TV Tokyo | 23 October 2015 | Ria | Guest |
| | Taiwan | GoldSunTV | 13 May 2016 | | NueNue |
| | 我家是戰國
*War Family* | GTV | | 24 March 2016 –
18 May 2016 | Lu Qiaozhen
(魯巧真) |
|

### Internet dramas

| Title | Country | Network | Date | Member(s) | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 恐怖高校劇場: 天氣女孩畢旅夢靨!
*Horror High School Theater: Weather Girls' Nightmare Trip!* | Taiwan | Coture | 21 January 2015 | Yumi | Yumi |
| | | | | NueNue | 妞妞(NueNue) |
| | | | 愛呀，午休時刻-寂寞
*Love, Lunch Break-Loneliness* | 24 July 2015 –
10 August 2015 | 艾莉絲
(Alice) |
| 星座研究室: OL逆襲 辦公室的復仇
*Horoscope Research Lab EP #23* | | | 1 September 2015 | Yumi | 范范
(Fan Fan) |
| 星座研究室: 求婚者的十二道陰影
*Horoscope Research Lab EP #24* | | | 30 September 2015 | NueNue | Girlfriend |
| 星座研究室: 拒絕加班 OL的怒吼
*Horoscope Research Lab EP #34* | | | 11 November 2015 | Yumi | Office lady |
| 星座研究室: 別讓服飾店員不開心！奧客排行榜！
*Horoscope Research Lab EP #51* | | | 10 March 2016 | NueNue | 奧客
(Rude customer) |
| *Before & After:* 一個人好 但不要單身到老
*Before & After #2* | | | 8 June 2016 | Friend |
| *Before & After:* 職場裝閨蜜 老闆前捅你
*Before & After #3* | | | 15 June 2016 | 君君
(Jun Jun) |
| *Before & After:* 裝作不會喝 是怕嚇到你
*Before & After #4* | | | 22 June 2016 | Girl |
| *Before & After:* 在男人面前 永遠都是小鳥胃
*Before & After #5* | | | 29 June 2016 | Girlfriend |
| *Before & After:* 激情一夜 帥哥竟是小...
*Before & After #6* | | | 6 July 2016 | Girl |
| *Before & After:* 沒事找架吵 只怕你亂搞
*Before & After #7* | | | 13 July 2016 | Friend |

### Television/Internet show hosts

| Title | Date | Network | Member(s) | Country | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 密著ウェザーガールズ
*Follow Up Weather Girls* | 1 October 2012 –
26 November 2012 | Music On! TV | All | Japan | Reality show |
| 密著ウェザーガールズ Season II
*Follow Up Weather Girls* | 4 February 2103 –
26 March 2013 | | | | |
| ウェザーガールズ料理クィーン決定戦
*Weather Girls Cooking Queen Competition* | 2 July 2013 –
8 October 2013 | YouTube | | | Internet show |
| アタックしますけど何か?
*Attack Shimasukedo Nani Ka?* | 19 October 2013 –
21 December 2013 | Nagoya TV | | |  |
| | 21 October 2013 –
23 December 2013 | Tokyo MX | | |
| 我們都來了
*We Are Coming* | 25 April 2014 –
20 July 2014 | GTV | | Taiwan |
| 來氣玩
*Let's Go Live* | 1 October 2014 –
11 February 2015 | LIVEhouse | |  |
| 全球中文音樂榜上榜
*Global Chinese Music* | 10 January 2015
30 May 2015
14 November 2015
28 November 2015
26 December 2015
11 March 2016
4 June 2016 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | | Hi Jon
Yumi
Hi Jon, NueNue
Hi Jon, Yumi
Hi Jon, Yumi
Hi Jon, Yumi
Yumi, NueNue | Guest host |
| PTT週報 x 天氣女孩
*PTT Weekly Reports x Weather Girls* | 12 January 2015 –
11 May 2015 | LIVEhouse | | All | Internet Live show |
| 網路溫度計
*Daily View* | 18 June 2015
19 June 2015
26 June 2015 | 冠軍夢想台 | | NueNue | Assistant host |
| HI!LET'S GO | 7 January 2016 –
21 April 2016 | Asia Travel | | All
Okinawa: Yumi, NueNue
Tokyo: Mia, Yumi
Karuizawa: Mia, Yumi
Mie: Hi Jon, Ria
Hiroshima: Mia, Yumi |  |
| | 14 January 2016 –
28 April 2016 | Asia Travel
(International version) | | Singapore |  |

### Variety shows appearances

| 2012 variety shows | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
| Date | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| 16 July 2012 – 20 July 2012 | Fuji TV | NON STOP! | All |
| 13 August 2012 | | | |
| 15 September 2012 | TBS | King's Brunch | |
|

| 2013 variety shows | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
| Date | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| 11 January 2013 | J:COM | つながるGO!GO! | All |
| 12 April 2013 | Fuji TV | mu-Jack | |
| 1 May 2013 | PigooHD | Reina Fujie presents GIRLS POP LIVE!! | |
| 6 May 2013 | Nippon TV | Sôkai jôhô variety Sukkiri!! | |
| 13 May 2013 | Fuji TV | NON STOP! | |
| 18 May 2013 | TBS | 情報7days ニュースキャスター | |
| 1 June 2013 | | King's Brunch | |
| 7 June 2013 | J:COM | つながるGO!GO! | |
| 9 June 2013 | BS-TBS | 音ボケPOPS | |
| 21 June 2013 | Kansai TV | mu-Jack | |
| 4 July 2013 | Nippon TV | PON! | |
| 6 July 2013 | TV Saitama | ウタ娘 | |
| 27 July 2013 | TBS | 情報7days ニュースキャスター | |
| 25 August 2013 | Nippon TV | 24HOUR TELEVISION "LOVE SAVES THE EARTH" | |
| 8 November 2013 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | |
| 16 November 2013 | CTV | 萬秀豬王 | |
| 27 November 2013 | CTi Variety | Small Swallow Xiaoyan Night | |
|

| 2014 variety shows | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
| Date | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| 4 January 2014 | EBC | 絕對不單淳 | All |
| 4 January 2014 | 緯來育樂台 | GX GAMING電競特區 | |
| 5 January 2014 | | | |
| 8 January 2014 | SET Metro | 綜藝大熱門 | |
| 15 January 2014 | Star Chinese Channel | WOW！侯麻吉 | |
| 17 January 2014 | CTi Variety | Kangxi Lai Le | |
| 23 January 2014 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | |
| 30 January 2014 | SET Metro | 綜藝大熱門 | |
| 28 March 2014 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | |
| 5 April 2014 | | | |
| 2 May 2014 | | | |
| 29 May 2014 | SET Metro | The Gang of Kuo Kuan | |
| 7 June 2014 | CBCテレビ | 花咲かタイムズ | |
| 11 June 2014 | SET Metro | The Gang of Kuo Kuan | Mini |
| 16 June 2014 | CTi Variety | Small Swallow Xiaoyan Night | Hi Jon, Mini, Yumi |
| 19 November 2014 | | | All |
| 26 November 2014 | | GTV | 100% Entertainment |
| 1 December 2014 | | SET Metro | 綜藝大熱門 |
| 2 December 2014 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | Hi Jon, Mini, Yumi |
| 3 December 2014 | | | All |
| 5 December 2014 | | |
| 10 December 2014 | | |
| 11 December 2014 | | |
| 16 December 2014 | | CTi Variety | University |
| 18 December 2014 | | GTV | 100% Entertainment |
| 25 December 2014 | | Star Chinese Channel | 歡樂智多星 |
|

| 2015 variety shows | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
| Date | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| 3 January 2015 | GTV One | 台灣好歌聲 | All |
| 10 January 2015 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Golden Chinese Music | |
| 18 February 2015 | TTV | 2015 Super Star | |
| 18 February 2015 | Videoland Japan Channel | 好吃好玩日本人遊台灣 | |
| 22 February 2015 | CTS Main Channel | Zhu Brother Super Show | Hi Jon, Ria, Mini, NueNue |
| 4 March 2015 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Super Taste-stay the night in | Ria |
| 18 March 2015 | CTi Entertainment | 麻辣同學會 | Hi Jon, NueNue |
| 25 March 2015 | | | Mini, NueNue |
| 2 April 2015 | | |
| 20 April 2015 | | |
| 22 April 2015 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | Hi Jon, Ria, NueNue |
| 1 May 2015 | | | Hi Jon, Ria, Mia, NueNue |
| 4 May 2015 | | | All |
| 4 May 2015 | CTi Entertainment | 麻辣同學會 | Mini, NueNue |
| 6 May 2015 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Super Taste-stay the night in | Hi Jon |
| 14 May 2015 | SET Metro | Stylish Man-The Chef | All |
| 18 May 2015 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | Ria, Mia, NueNue |
| 23 May 2015 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Global Chinese Music | Hi Jon |
| 25 May 2015 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | All |
| 13 June 2015 | GSTV | 我的閨房秘蜜 | NueNue |
| 18 June 2015 | GTV | 美味搜查線 | All
\*Mini started her long break at the beginning of June 2015 |
| 25 July 2015 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Global Chinese Music | |
| 23 August 2015 | EBC | Clash of Kings | Yumi, NueNue |
| 30 August 2015 | | | |
| 27 September 2015 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Global Chinese Music | All |
| 20 October 2015 | SET Metro | The Gang of Kuo Kuan | Hi Jon, Ria, Mia |
| 14 November 2015 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Global Chinese Music | All |
| 21 November 2015 | | | Hi Jon, Ria, Yumi, NueNue |
| 28 November 2015 | | | Guest hosts: Hi Jon, Yumi
Ria |
| 29 November 2015 | CTS Main Channel | Zhu Brother Super Show | Hi Jon, Ria, Yumi |
| 17 December 2015 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | Yumi |
| 26 December 2015 | SET Metro | Mr. Player | |
| 2 January 2015 | | | |
|

| 2016 variety shows | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
| Date | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| 6 February 2016 | GTV One | 台灣好歌聲 | All |
| 7 February 2016 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | Ria, Mia, Yumi |
| 8 February 2016 | MTV | Idols of Asia | Hi Jon, Ria, Mia, Yumi |
| 9 February 2016 | | | |
| 2 March 2016 | SET Metro | Hot Door Night | Yumi |
| 21 March 2016 | Nagoya Broadcasting Network | ゲッターズ飯田の開運ツア-in台湾 | Hi Jon, Ria |
| 28 March 2016 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | NueNue |
| 4 April 2016 | | | |
| | SET Metro | Hot Door Night | Yumi |
| | 14 May 2016 | Mr. Player | Yumi, NueNue |
| | | | 21 May 2016 |
| 28 May 2016 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | | Global Chinese Music |
|| |
| 4 June 2016 | | | Ria, Yumi, NueNue |
||
| 11 June 2016 |
| 18 June 2016 | CTV Main Channel | 全民一起來 | All |
| 2 July 2016 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Global Chinese Music | Yumi |
| 16 July 2016 | | | Ria, Yumi |
| 2 August 2016 | GTV | 100% Entertainment | All |
| 5 August 2016 | CTi Variety | Small Swallow Xiaoyan Night | |
| 7 August 2016 | CTV Main Channel | No Play No Life | |
| 11 August 2016 | CTi Variety | Super Followers | Mia, Yumi |
| | SET Metro | Stylish Man-The Chef | All |
| 12 August 2016 | GTV | | 100% Entertainment |
| 19 August 2016 | SET Metro | | Hot Door Night |
| 20 August 2016 | CTV Main Channel | | 全民一起來 |
| 26 August 2016 | GTV | | 100% Entertainment |
| 3 September 2016 | SET Metro | Mr. Player | Hi Jon, Ria, Yumi, NueNue |
| 10 September 2016 | | | |
| 1 October 2016 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Global Chinese Music | Hi Jon, Ria |
| 5 November 2016 | | | NueNue |
| 1 December 2016 | Star Chinese Channel | Witty Star | Ria, Yumi |
| 3 December 2016 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Global Chinese Music | |

### Internet shows

* Regular

|
|  |
| Date | Country | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| 5 August 2012 –
23 December 2012 | Japan | Akiba.TV | 日曜日の特別授業!
ウェザーガールズのニッポンを勉強するバラエティ | All |
| 4 February 2013 –
4 August 2014 | | Niconico | Ponycan Idol Club
(ぽにきゃんアイドル倶楽部) | |

* Internet shows appearances

| Internet shows appearances | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
| Date | Country | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| 22 July 2012 | Japan | JOL Harajuku TV | 今日の天気は!? おまかせウェザーガールズ! | All |
| | | Akiba.TV | 台湾のみなさんリーホゥー（こんにちは） | |
| 24 July 2012 | | NOTTV | notty★LIVE7時間! | |
| 26 July 2012 | | Niconico | Niconico News
(夕刊ニコニコニュース) | |
| 4 February 2013 | | 生のアイドルが好き ||
| 11 November 2014 | Taiwan | camerabay | King of Stewed Egg
(魯蛋當家) | Hi Jon, Mia, Yumi |
| 18 November 2014 | | LIVEhouse | 大牌LIVEshow | All |
| 19 November 2014 | | camerabay | Arc-Kuni
(日本大遊民) | Ria, Mini, NueNue |
| 20 November 2014 | | LIVEhouse | Ustyle × Weather Girls Special Feature
(Ustyle × 天氣女孩特別企劃) | Ria, Mini |
| 5 December 2014 | | | Mia, NueNue |
| 11 December 2014 | | | Hi Jon, Yumi |
| 18 December 2014 | | Kinpleradio | WeatherGirls | All |
| 5 March 2015 | | FHMLive Channel | | Weather Girls FaceTALK Live
(FHM – 天氣女孩FaceTALK Live直播)WeatherGirls |
| 7 August 2016 | | RC直播 | | 當我們喇在一起 |

### Radio shows

* Regular

| Date | Country | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18 April 2014 – 19 September 2014 | Japan | NBS | Kosaka Daimaō no Idol Club
(古坂大魔王のアイドル倶楽部) | All |

* Radio shows appearances

| 2012 radio shows | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
| Date | Country | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| 10 August 2012 | Japan | J-Wave | HELLO WORLD | All |
| 1 September 2012 | | FM-FUJI | GEKIDAN SAMBA CARNIVAL
(劇団サンバカーニバル) | |
| 18 October 2012 | | Japan FM Network | SCHOOL NINE | |
|

| 2013 radio shows | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
| Date | Country | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| 4 February 2013 | Japan | USEN | 星ひとみのミュージック・オーラ | All |
| 10 February 2013 | | | | |
| 14 March 2013 | | JOLF | ミュ～コミ＋プラス | Hi Jon, Mini |
| 28 June 2013 | | Radio Nippon | 峰竜太のミネスタ | Esse, Mini, NueNue |
| 29 June 2013 | | InterFM | TECHNOS COLLEGE YOUNG BLOOD | Hi Jon, Esse, Mini |
| 18 July 2013 | | Japan FM Network | SCHOOL NINE | All |
| 24 October 2013 | | JOLF | ミュ～コミ＋プラス | Hi Jon, Mini |
| 16 November 2013 | | 古坂大魔王 ツギコレ | Mini |
| 22 November 2013 | | ZIP-FM | SWAG#41 | Esse, Mini, NueNue |
| 23 November 2013 | | JOLF | 古坂大魔王 ツギコレ | Mini |
| 7 December 2013 | | | Esse |
| 21 December 2013 | | | NueNue |
|

| 2014 radio shows | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
| Date | Country | Network | Title | Member(s) |
| 4 January 2014 | Japan | JOLF | 古坂大魔王 ツギコレ | Hi Jon |
| 1 February 2014 | | | | Yumi |
| 2 March 2014 | | NACK5 | ～IDOL SHOWCASE～ i-BAN!! | Esse, Mia, Mini, NueNue |
| 8 March 2014 | | JOLF | 古坂大魔王 ツギコレ | Esse, Mini, NueNue |
| 15 March 2014 | | | |
| 17 March 2014 | | J-Wave | HELLO WORLD | Esse |
| 18 March 2014 | | | |
| 6 June 2014 | | HELLO WORLD- ENTERTAINMENT STREAM F | Esse |
| 28 September 2014 | | FMCiao | 今夜はParty魔法でナイト ハイジャン誕生日お祝いSP | All |
| 5 October 2014 | | 今夜はParty魔法でナイト ニューニュー、リア誕生日SP | |
| 17 November 2014 | Taiwan | CityFM | | 城市好有FU |
| | | ICRT | | The Jam |
| 23 November 2014 | | Asia FM | | 青春亞洲 |
| 12 December 2014 | | i like radio | | Midnight You and Me |

## Further reading

Japanese Taiwanese Others

## InfoBox

| Weather Girls | |
| --- | --- |
| Marui City, Shibuya, Tokyo, 7 July 2013.
From left to right: Mia, Hi Jon, Mini, Yumi, NueNue, Dara, and Esse. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Taiwan |
| Genres |  |
| Years active | * Weathercasters: 2010–12 * JAPAN: 2012–2014 * TAIWAN :2014–2017 |
| Labels |  |
|  | |
| Members | * Dara * Hi Jon * Ria * Yumi |
|  | |
| Past members | * Esse * Sindy * Mia * Mini * NueNue |
|  | |
| Website | *(See below)* |


title: While the Earth Sleeps

abstract: "While the Earth Sleeps" is a song written by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez of Deep Forest and Peter Gabriel. The song was performed by Deep Forest with Peter Gabriel and appeared on the soundtrack for the film Strange Days (1995) and is played over the film's end credits. It was released as a CD single. The song features Bulgarian folk singer Katya Petrova.

text:
# While the Earth Sleeps

"**While the Earth Sleeps**" is a song written by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez of Deep Forest and Peter Gabriel. The song was performed by Deep Forest with Peter Gabriel and appeared on the soundtrack for the film *Strange Days* (1995) and is played over the film's end credits. It was released as a CD single. The song features Bulgarian folk singer Katya Petrova.

## Samples

The song incorporates credited samples from "Shashvi, Kakabi", performed by Tsinandali Choir and from "Övgön Chuuvuu" from the album *Mongolie, musique vocale et instrumentale*. The passage "Da li znaeš, mila majko" (Да ли знаеш мила мајко) (Do you know, dear mother?) comes allegedly from a Bulgarian folk song. However, Risto Puleski from Nižepole, North Macedonia claimed that the lyrics of the song were in the Macedonian language and asserted that it was neither Bulgarian, nor a folk song, but that he had written it in 1960. This claim has never been corroborated and no legal action followed.

## Track listing

| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "While the Earth Sleeps" (album version) | Eric Mouquet, Michel Sanchez, Peter Gabriel |  | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Rid of Me" | PJ Harvey | performed by Juliette Lewis, produced by Daniel Rey and Randy Gerston | 4:13 |
| 3. | "While the Earth Sleeps" (long version) | Mouquet, Sanchez, Gabriel | CD maxi-single only | 6:22 |

Track 2 is featured in the film *Strange Days*, but not on the soundtrack.

## InfoBox

| "While the Earth Sleeps" | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Single by Deep Forest with Peter Gabriel | |
| from the album  *Strange Days - Music From The Motion Picture* | |
| B-side |  |
| Released | 1995 |
| Genre | Electronic |
| Length | 3:50 (album version),
6:22 (long version) |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Eric Mouquet, Michel Sanchez, Peter Gabriel |
| Producer(s) | Eric Mouquet, Michel Sanchez, Peter Gabriel |
| Deep Forest singles chronology | |
| "Marta's Song"
(1995) "**While the Earth Sleeps**"
(1995) "Bohemian Ballet"
(1996) | |
|  | |
| Peter Gabriel singles chronology | |
| "Red Rain (live)"
(1994) "**While the Earth Sleeps**"
(1996) "When You're Falling"
(2001) | |
|  | |


title: National Highway 8 (Djibouti)

abstract: The RN-8 National Highway is a national highway in the southern of Djibouti. The highway is heavily traveled by Ethiopian trucks.

text:
# National Highway 8 (Djibouti)

The **RN-8 National Highway** is a national highway in the southern of Djibouti. The highway is heavily traveled by Ethiopian trucks.

1. "Traffic and Road Conditions in Djibouti". Country Reports. Retrieved February 3, 2018.

## InfoBox

| National Highway 8 | |
| --- | --- |
| Arabic: الطريق السريع الوطنى 8<br>French: *Route Nationale 8* | |
|  | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 24 km (15 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Junction with National Highway 1 |
| To | Ethiopian Border |
|  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Djibouti |
| Major cities | Ali Sabieh, Guelile |
|  | |
| Highway system | |
|  | |


title: WCPN

abstract: WCPN is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Lorain, Ohio, featuring a public radio format as a repeater of Kent–licensed WKSU. Owned by Ideastream Public Media, the station serves the western portion of Greater Cleveland and parts of surrounding Northeast Ohio. By virtue of WKSU, studios are located at Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland, while WCPN's transmitter resides in the Cleveland suburb of Avon. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WCPN broadcasts over four HD Radio channels and streams online. Signing on in 1975 under the WZLE call sign, the station originally focused on Lorain County with a full-service format of local news and easy listening music dubbed "mellow gold". A 1983 sale of WZLE to a local non-profit Christian group saw the station switch to Christian radio programming, eventually focusing on contemporary Christian music by the early 1990s. Jacor's purchase of WZLE in 1998 resulted in a format change to contemporary hit radio as the first home of WAKS the following year. A complex seven-station asset swap involving Jacor's successor company Clear Channel, Salem Communications and WCLV owner Radio Seaway on July 3, 2001, resulted in 104.9 FM becoming the second home of WCLV and its classical music format. Converted to non-commercial status and donated to Ideastream in 2013, WCLV's programming and call letters moved to 90.3 FM on March 28, 2022; in turn, this station became a full-power satellite of co-managed WKSU, bearing the WCPN calls.

text:
# WCPN

**WCPN** (104.9 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Lorain, Ohio, featuring a public radio format as a repeater of Kent–licensed WKSU. Owned by Ideastream Public Media, the station serves the western portion of Greater Cleveland and parts of surrounding Northeast Ohio. By virtue of WKSU, studios are located at Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland, while WCPN's transmitter resides in the Cleveland suburb of Avon. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WCPN broadcasts over four HD Radio channels and streams online.

Signing on in 1975 under the WZLE call sign, the station originally focused on Lorain County with a full-service format of local news and easy listening music dubbed "mellow gold". A 1983 sale of WZLE to a local non-profit Christian group saw the station switch to Christian radio programming, eventually focusing on contemporary Christian music by the early 1990s. Jacor's purchase of WZLE in 1998 resulted in a format change to contemporary hit radio as the first home of WAKS the following year. A complex seven-station asset swap involving Jacor's successor company Clear Channel, Salem Communications and WCLV (95.5 FM) owner Radio Seaway on July 3, 2001, resulted in 104.9 FM becoming the second home of WCLV and its classical music format. Converted to non-commercial status and donated to Ideastream in 2013, WCLV's programming and call letters moved to 90.3 FM on March 28, 2022; in turn, this station became a full-power satellite of co-managed WKSU, bearing the WCPN calls.

## History

### WZLE

The current 104.9 FM license was borne out of a contested bidding process that lasted five years. Lake Erie Broadcasting, a group headed by Harold E. "Gene" Sens (vice president/general manager for Sandusky's WLEC and a staffer for that station since 1960) filed paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 6, 1969. Lorain Community Broadcasting, owners of WLRO (1380 AM), filed a competing application at the same time, prompting an FCC comparative hearing on April 14, 1971. The FCC ruled in favor of Sens's group, and after losing on appeal to an FCC review board, Lorain Community withdrew their bid on November 6, 1974. Taking the WZLE calls and committing to studios at the Sheffield Shopping Center and a 280-foot (85 ) tower on an adjacent road, both in Sheffield Township, Sens promised the station would feature a full-service format with music "geared for 'adults and young adults". Sens relinquished his WLEC duties several weeks prior to WZLE's launch.

WZLE took to the air at 1 p.m. on July 25, 1975, with a broadcast schedule running from 5:25 a.m. to midnight. Eventual *Morning Journal* columnist Richard J. Osborne was WZLE's news director and retrospectively described the format as big band-oriented and meant for older audience; he mused, "back then, being news director meant being the news department." Sports director Bruce Johnson called the station "mellow gold" with an emphasis on easy listening. Even though the station signed off at midnight daily, WZLE officials promised the station would remain on-air in the event of any community emergency. High school sports coverage became a regular feature, with WZLE broadcasting Lorain Catholic High School's 1976 state basketball championship. Veteran broadcaster Jeff Baxter was the station's initial program director, while future Cleveland broadcaster Bob Tayek briefly worked as a newscaster. Former WJKW-TV news anchor Jim Hale joined WZLE as an announcer and newscaster on November 23, 1977. By 1978, WZLE broadcast around-the-clock.

Sens considered WZLE's community service commitments to be "of utmost importance in my mind... we're not just a Lorain station, but our main obligation is to Lorain and Elyria residents". Public service fare even included a Sunday night discussion show devoted to senior citizens, one of the first of its kind in the country. The station hired former WOBL personality Scott Miller for evenings on March 17, 1980, after a publicity stunt where he held himself "hostage" in the WOBL studio to relate with the hostages at the U.S. embassy in Iran. The stunt lasted for 50 days; WOBL owner Harry Wilbur fired Miller afterwards, while the FCC investigated him for possible improprieties with soliciting money on-air. Miller's show broke format as he focused on country music and talk causing WZLE to drop their ongoing high school basketball playoff coverage as it conflicted with his show. By that July, area sportscaster Jim Allen Popiel moved his daily high school sports show from WLRO to WZLE. Coinciding with the changes, WZLE rebranded as "Z-105" while retaining the "mellow gold" descriptor. By the fall of 1982, WOBL ceased high school sports coverage due to an ongoing recession impacting WOBL's audience more than WZLE or WEOL.

On April 15, 1983, WZLE was purchased by the Lorain Christian Broadcasting Company for $850,000 (equivalent to $2.6 million in 2023). Lorain Christian Broadcasting was headed by the Rev. Norfleet Jones, an area minister and syndicated radio host; his group intended to build a station before learning Sens was interested in selling WZLE. While Jones initially suggested little to no changes for the station, after the sale closed, WZLE changed format to Christian radio as "Victory 105" on June 16, 1983, only retaining the station's bookkeeper. WZLE's lineup featured a mixture of middle-of-the-road Christian music along with national preachers including Dr. James Dobson, Dr. Charles Swindoll and Marlin Maddoux. Among the programs added was *The Hour of Comfort* with Rev. Daniel Buser, which had recently been dropped from WEOL's schedule. Len Howser joined the station as operations manager and morning host and attracted attention when leading a campaign along with the station protesting the 1988 religious drama *The Last Temptation of Christ* due to its "morally and ethically wrong" content.

WZLE was sold to Cincinnati-based Victory Radio in July 1988 for $820,000 (equivalent to $2.11 million in 2023); as part of the deal, Lorain Christian Broadcasting entered into a non-compete agreement and group head Johnny Wade Sloan, who took over for Jones, became a consultant for Victory for five years. Victory Radio purchased WRKG (the former WLRO) from a group headed by real estate developer Jon R. Veard the following year. When that purchase was approved, WZLE moved to WRKG's facilities at the Antlers Hotel in Lorain's downtown that Veard also owned, though Victory Radio head Vernon Baldwin also considered building a new facility for both stations. WRKG also changed format from adult standards to a mixture of southern gospel and Hispanic programming to align themselves further with WZLE. The station's satellite dish was heavily damaged by vandals twice during a nine-month span in 1991; Howser suggested the vandalism was possibly caused by people opposed to Maddoux's satellite-delivered program *Point of View* and his outspoken support for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.

Under Victory ownership, a new 450-foot (140 m) tower was activated in early 1991, 50 percent taller than the prior tower and extending the station's signal range by 8–10 miles (13–16 km); management claimed this tower was the tallest in the county, though it was in reality 49 feet shorter than WNWV's 499-foot (152 m) mast. While WZLE retained some locally-sourced church programming, the format was adjusted to contemporary Christian as the format was beginning to find mainstream appeal. WZLE also carried several local specialty programs. Overnights featured gospel-oriented hip hop first hosted by born-again Christian "Brother Lou" Acosta and later by community volunteer Jerome G. "J The Gospel Kid" Williams. John Palmer hosted *Planet Palmer*, a Saturday night program devoted to harder-edged Christian rock. High school sports coverage continued to be featured, particularly with the Southwestern Conference. A Friday night sports talk show hosted by former Cleveland Brown punter Bryan Wagner was added in 1996. Len Howser added Patty Sutter and Palmer as co-hosts for a full-service morning show, using it as a way to introduce the Christian contemporary format to listeners. Howser referred to the station's overall success in Lorain County as a "killer phenomenon".

Rumors emerged in 1997 that Salem Communications, a Christian-based broadcast chain which had purchased both WHK and WCCD in the region, showed interest in acquiring WZLE. Ultimately, the station was sold to Jacor (in the process of being acquired by Clear Channel Communications) on December 22, 1998, joining a Greater Cleveland cluster of four FM stations and one AM station. After the deal closed, Jacor management committed to keeping the Christian format in place. Still, rumors persisted of a format change, possibly to country music, while Howser said, "... they (Jacor) gave me the reins to treat the station as my own and told me to use good judgement."

### WAKS

> When we would meet people in public, it was like we had spent the morning together in the same room talking the whole morning. As I talk with listeners since we went off the air, I sense a deep void. This was something people identified with. It brought something positive, hope-filled and faith-filled into their lives.

Len Howser, former WZLE personality

Precipitated by WZJM (92.3 FM)'s format change earlier in the month from contemporary hit radio (CHR) to rhythmic oldies under the "Jammin' Oldies" banner, WZLE switched formats on May 21, 1999, to CHR as "KISS 104.9". WZLE's airstaff was notified of the switch the day beforehand, with automated Christian music playing until the overnight hours. Greg Ausham, who assumed operation manager duties for WZLE, cited WZJM's format change and WZLE's small—albeit loyal—listener base as the impetus for the change. One displaced listener recounted shock tuning her car radio to WZLE along with her children and hearing Prince's "Erotic City", telling the *Morning Journal*, "I feel cheated, ripped off and heartbroken... I'm just devastated." Former WZLE personality John Palmer fielded 200 phone calls from affected listeners on the day of the format switch. One employee answering the station's office phone commented to the *Journal*, "it's big city radio now". A contest conducted shortly after the switch went awry when 200 Cedar Point tickets promised to winners went missing; as multiple office keys at the Antlers facilities were unaccounted for, sabotage among former employees was implied. WZLE's studios were ultimately moved to Downtown Cleveland in the Tower City Center's Skylight Office Tower, already housing co-owned WMMS and WMVX, and the playlist was assisted in part from WNCI in Columbus.

WZLE's format change took place several days after WENZ relaunched as "KISS 107.9" with a mainstream urban format, but Clear Channel filed a cease and desist letter against WENZ owner Radio One as Clear Channel claimed ownership of the "KISS-FM" brand as a trademark in Ohio, a charge Radio One's chief operating officer disputed. By September 1999, WENZ re-branded as "Z-107.9" by its own volition, allowing Clear Channel to have full ownership of the brand. WZLE's call sign accordingly changed to WAKS on September 17, 1999, taking calls recently abandoned in Tampa, Florida, by the current WMTX. While "KISS 104.9" was originally fully automated (and, along with WENZ, was described by *Plain Dealer* critic Tom Feran as "little more than cyberstations programmed from out of town"), an airstaff was gradually assembled. Dan Mason, Jr. was hired as program director and afternoon host in early November 1999; Mason was the son of eventual CBS Radio executive Dan Mason. Mike Kasper was added in March 2000 as music director and evening host. Mornings were hosted by KIIS-FM afternoon host Sean Valentine via voice-tracking with the majority of segments recorded from his KIIS show; this practice was used at other Clear Channel-owned "KISS-FM" stations.

Despite WAKS's limited signal, the station showed immediate promise: the Summer 1999 Arbitron Arbitrends showed the station's ratings tripled from the previous fall, and the full Arbitron report showed WAKS placing in the Top 10 with the 18–34 demographic. Clear Channel management expressed hopes of increasing the station's coverage area, including possible increases in power and a transmitter move, but acknowledged that first-adjacent station WKKY in Geneva would present a limitation. Paperwork was filed in March 2000 to move WAKS to a 350-foot (110 m) tower in Avon, along with a power increase to 6,000 watts. The FCC granted a construction permit for the move on July 3, 2000.

### 2001 "frequency swap"

> We could have sold (WCLV (95.5 FM)) for millions and millions and millions and millions of dollars... (but) we feel that the radio station is very important to the community. It contributes to the quality of life. It's a major conduit for the arts organizations to their constituencies.

Robert Conrad

WAKS was one of seven Northeast Ohio radio stations involved in a complex asset swap between Clear Channel and two other radio companies. WCLV (95.5 FM) parent Radio Seaway reached an agreement to donate WCLV's assets to a nonprofit foundation on November 1, 2000; to finance this deal, Radio Seaway sold the 95.5 FM license to Salem Communications and concurrently purchased the licenses for WAKS from Clear Channel and WHK (1420 AM) from Salem, while Clear Channel also purchased the license for Canton's WHK-FM (98.1) from Salem. WCLV co-founder/president Robert Conrad and Radio Seaway partner Rich Marschner initiated the deal to preserve WCLV's classical format from being subsumed by mass consolidation in the industry; they negotiated between both radio chains for nearly two years. With the divestment of the 104.9 FM license, Clear Channel announced WAKS's CHR format and call letters would transfer to the Akron–licensed 96.5 FM facility, which was adult contemporary-formatted WKDD; in turn, WKDD's format and calls would move to the 98.1 FM facility.

Radio Seaway's original plans were to use the 1420 AM facility as an outright simulcast of WCLV-FM, addressing the 104.9 FM license's technical limitations. Said plans were changed, however, when Salem announced that WHK's format and call letters would move from 1420 AM to 1220 AM and WKNR's sports format and call letters would move from 1220 AM to 850 AM, effectively forcing WRMR and its adult standards format off the air. Following a substantial outcry from WRMR listeners, which as a station had a core demographic of 65 and older and ranked near the bottom tier in the 25–54 demographic, Radio Seaway agreed on May 31, 2001, to acquire WRMR's intellectual property—reported on as "the WRMR format" but consisting of the station's music library and some equipment—for an undisclosed fee and placed the format on 1420 AM with the WCLV (AM) call sign. WCLV subsequently arranged a partial simulcast for 104.9 FM with Painesville's WBKC. The asset deals behind this "frequency swap" were all consummated on July 3, 2001, with WAKS changing format from CHR to classical and call sign to WCLV-FM, bringing over the former WCLV (95.5 FM)'s format intact and retaining all on- and off-air staff. The "new" WCLV-FM also continued production of 27 programs nationally syndicated by Radio Seaway, including Cleveland Orchestra radio broadcasts.

### WCLV

> When the Browns left town (in 1996), so what? But if WCLV had left, that would have been a great blow to me.

Frank Gerklak, longtime WCLV listener after the move to 104.9 FM

The non-profit organization established to operate WCLV-FM—the WCLV Foundation—was modeled in part on the foundation established after Patsy Bullitt Collins divested KING-FM to a consortium consisting of the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera and ArtsFund in 1994. The structure of the WCLV Foundation allowed WCLV to continue operating with a classical format and use its "excess profits" to fund local arts organizations: the Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Play House, and The Cleveland Foundation. Cleveland Foundation president Steven Minter praised the WCLV Foundation as "generous and farsighted" and pledged to use any annual proceeds for future grant distribution. On November 1, 2001, Radio Seaway donated WCLV-FM's license to the Foundation but handled day-to-day operations, while retaining and operating WCLV (AM) outright. Maintaining the adult standards format, the AM outlet was renamed WRMR on January 1, 2003, and then repurchased by Salem Communications on July 7, 2004, for $10 million.

Grade A signal contours for 104.9 FM (blue), located in Avon, and 95.5 FM (red), located in Warrensville Heights.

The move of WCLV's format and call letters to 104.9 FM came at the expense of listeners in Summit County, particularly in Akron and Kent, that were unable to reliably pick up the new signal. One disappointed listener from Cuyahoga Falls told the *Akron Beacon Journal*, "I love WCLV, I just feel like the announcers are members of my family." Conrad, who emceed a Cleveland Orchestra concert at Blossom Music Center shortly after the switch, ended up addressing the new signal's shortcomings and said, "we made some sacrifices for the perpetuation of the format". WKSU, which continued to feature a combined public radio and classical format, began advertising towards affected listeners particularly in areas where WCLV-FM's signal was the weakest, but otherwise considered WCLV a "kindred spirit".

WCLV's ratings dropped by 20 percent the year following the switch, but advertising revenue remained stable even with challenges related to the September 11 attacks. A *Plain Dealer* review of the Tivoli Audio PAL elicited disagreement from readers disappointed in the radio as they were still unable to reliably tune in to WCLV's signal, even with the PAL's sensitive tuner. WCLV began HD Radio broadcasts on August 14, 2003, shortly before a cascading failure of the electrical grid in the Midwest and Northeast marred the debut; at the time, WCLV was the second Cleveland-market radio station and only the third U.S. radio station with a classical format to adopt the standard. The partial simulcast with WBKC ended on October 17, 2006, after owner D&E Communications converted WBKC into a gospel music format under the WABQ call sign, assuming the prior identity of a prior WABQ divested several weeks earlier.

Jacqueline Gerber joined WCLV as morning host in the spring of 2001, prior to the frequency move. In an interview with the *Springfield State Journal-Register*, Gerber described WCLV as a mixture of old and new technology, noting, "we still have turntables... we still have reel-to-reel tape, we still have single-edge razor blades lying around the control room." Gerber's arrival accentuated an airstaff with significant continuity: music director John Simna had been with WCLV since 1973 and midday host Mark Satola since 1977. Bill O'Connell was named as the second program director in station history in 1998, succeeding Conrad, then became afternoon host in May 2001 following Tony Bianchi's retirement from WCLV after 37 years on air. Hugh Danaceau, who was the station's news director since 1981, continued in that capacity until his death on October 26, 2003. Bill Rudman's musical theater-themed *Footlight Parade* had been a WCLV program since May 1983; during Radio Seaway's ownership of 1420 AM, Rudman hosted a Saturday afternoon program on that station devoted to "classic American song". *The Black Arts*, a weekly series on contributions to fine arts, classical music and jazz by African Americans hosted by A. Grace Lee Mims, launched on WCLV in 1976 and aired continuously until Mims's death in October 2019.

Two of WCLV's signature evening programs—*Symphony at Seven* and *Heinen's Concert Hall*—also carried over to 104.9 FM. While *Concert Hall* was discontinued in 2003, *Symphony at Seven* remains on the schedule to the present day, with KeyBank (through predecessors Society Bank and Cleveland Trust) serving as the program's sole sponsor throughout its entire history. *Adventures in Good Music*, which WCLV syndicated internationally since March 22, 1970, remained on the schedule until June 29, 2007, but ended production four years earlier; the program continued to be among WCLV's highest-rated when host Karl Haas died in 2005. *Essential Classics,* another program of recorded music, replaced *Adventures in Good Music* on the WCLV schedule. Beau Coup keyboardist Dennis Lewin hosted *Turning You onto Classical Music* on WCLV from 2008 to 2018.

WCLV's conversion into non-commercial status occurred over the span of two years. WCLV first announced on August 10, 2010, its move from their long-time "Radio Ranch" studios in Warrensville Heights to the Idea Center at Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland, home to area PBS member WVIZ and area NPR member WCPN; the station's transmitter site would remain in Avon. The move occurred in December 2010. Radio Seaway announced it would donate WCLV to WVIZ and WCPN's parent Ideastream on May 4, 2011, with Cleveland Classical Radio (formerly the WCLV Foundation) continuing to operate the station until November 1, 2012, the 50th anniversary of the original WCLV (95.5 FM)'s launch. Ideastream was one of the initial backing partners behind the WCLV Foundation at its 2000 establishment. Commercial operation continued until January 1, 2013, when the station joined WVIZ and WCPN in operating as a non-commercial public radio station, fully integrating it into the public media group. From 2001 through 2012, WCLV was one of the few remaining commercially-operated classical music radio stations in the United States.

### WKSU repeater

Ideastream Public Media and Kent State University's board of trustees entered into a public service operating agreement with the university's WKSU on September 15, 2021. This agreement had its genesis in a $100,000 Corporation for Public Broadcasting grant jointly awarded to WKSU and Ideastream on September 1, 2020, to help expand public media service in Northeast Ohio and encourage collaboration between both entities. As part of the agreement, Ideastream took over the day-to-day operations of WKSU and all its respective translators and repeaters on October 1, 2021, retaining all of WKSU's employees.

On March 28, 2022, WCLV changed calls to WCPN and became a WKSU repeater for Lorain County and the western portion of Greater Cleveland, WCPN changed calls to WCLV and format to classical music, and WKSU became Northeast Ohio's lead NPR station employing both WCPN and WKSU's off- and on-air staffs. The addition of 104.9 FM to WKSU's repeater network—with a potential audience of 3.6 million people and 22-county coverage area—gave WKSU the largest collective footprint for an FM radio station in Ohio, while WCLV's potential audience at 90.3 FM was estimated to have increased by as many as one million people restoring the classical format on a full-market FM signal since the 2001 asset swap.

## Programming

WCPN operates as a full-time simulcast of WKSU. Additionally, WCPN rebroadcasts WKSU's four digital subchannels using the proprietary HD Radio standard:

* WCPN-HD1 is a simulcast of WCPN's analog feed.
* WCPN-HD2 airs folk music from FolkAlley.com.
* WCPN-HD3 is a simulcast of WCLV's analog feed.
* WCPN-HD4 carries an alternate schedule of news and talk programming from NPR and the BBC World Service branded "News and More". *Think* and *As It Happens* air exclusively on this channel, along with *Folk Alley* and locally produced ethnic shows on Sunday nights.

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## InfoBox

WCPN
| Simulcast of WKSU, Kent, OH | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Broadcast area |  |
| Frequency | 104.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | WKSU Ideastream Public Media |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Public radio/talk |
| Subchannels |  |
| Affiliations |  |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |  |
| Sister stations |  |
| History | |
| First air date | July 25, 1975 (1975-07-25) |
| Former call signs | * WZLE (1975–1999) * WMTX (1999) * WAKS (1999–2001) * WCLV-FM (2001–2003) * WCLV (2003–2022) |
| Call sign meaning | "Cleveland Public Network" |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70109 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 97.41 meters (320 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°28′32.2″N 81°59′23.5″W / 41.475611°N 81.989861°W / 41.475611; -81.989861 (WCPN) |
| Links | |
| Public license information |  |
| Webcast |  |
| Website | www.wksu.org |


title: Mariënberg

abstract: Mariënberg is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Hardenberg, and lies on the westside of the Vecht river, between Hardenberg and Ommen.

text:
# Mariënberg

**Mariënberg** (Dutch Low Saxon: *Mainbarg* or *Mainbarrug*) is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Hardenberg, and lies on the westside of the Vecht river, between Hardenberg and Ommen.

## History

A village developed around the nunnery founded 1233 which moved to Zwartsluis in 1244. In 1405, a new nunnery was founded and named Beata Maria Virgo in Galilea, and the village became known as Mariënberg meaning "hill of Mary. In 1903, a train station was built in Mariënberg.

## Transport

## Notable residents

## InfoBox

| Mariënberg Mainbarg | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| Mariënberg railway station | |
| MariënbergLocation in province of Overijssel in the NetherlandsMariënbergMariënberg (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 52°30′32″N 6°34′24″E / 52.50889°N 6.57333°E / 52.50889; 6.57333 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Overijssel |
| Municipality | Hardenberg |
| Area | |
| Total | 2.49 km2 (0.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| Total | 940 |
| Density | 380/km2 (980/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7692 |
| Dialing code | 0523 |


abstract: Screaming Blue Murder: Dedicated to Phil Lynott is a live album released by the English hard rock band, Blue Murder. It is the band's third and final release, and was initially issued only in Japan. It has since been re-released internationally via iTunes.

text:
# Screaming Blue Murder: Dedicated to Phil Lynott

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| *Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal* | 7/10 |

***Screaming Blue Murder: Dedicated to Phil Lynott*** is a live album released by the English hard rock band, Blue Murder. It is the band's third and final release, and was initially issued only in Japan. It has since been re-released internationally via iTunes.

## Track listing

All tracks written by John Sykes, except where indicated.

1. "Riot" - 7:16
2. "Cry for Love" - 7:53
3. "Cold Sweat" (Sykes, Phil Lynott) - 3:26
4. "Billy" - 6:45
5. "Save My Love" - 3:36
6. "Jelly Roll" - 4:51
7. "We All Fall Down" - 5:24
8. "Please Don't Leave Me" (Lynott, Sykes) - 7:27
9. "Still of the Night" (David Coverdale, Sykes) - 8:48
10. "Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)" (Lynott) - 4:39

## Personnel

## InfoBox

| Screaming Blue Murder: Dedicated to Phil Lynott | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Live album by Blue Murder | |
| Released | 26 May 1994 |
| Recorded | Tokyo, Japan, December 1993 |
| Genre | Hard rock, Heavy metal |
| Length | 58:05 |
| Label | Geffen |
| Producer | John Sykes |
| Blue Murder chronology | |
| *Nothin' But Trouble*
(1993) ***Screaming Blue Murder: Dedicated to Phil Lynott***
(1994) | |