Frequency | 162.4–162.55 MHz |
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Programming | |
Format | Weather radio |
Affiliations | NOAA, National Weather Service |
Ownership | |
Owner | Government of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada |
Operator | Meteorological Service of Canada |
History | |
Founded | 1976 |
Links | |
Website | Weatheradio Canada |
Weatheradio Canada (French: Radiométéo Canada) is a Canadian weather radio network owned and operated by Environment and Climate Change Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada division. It is one of the two weather radio systems across North America along with the NOAA Weather Radio, and is an official partner of the National Weather Service. Weatheradio Canada is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec and transmits in both official languages (English and French) from 230 sites across Canada. Weatheradio Canada, as well as Environment Canada's weather telephone service Hello Weather, utilizes Nuance Communications text to speech voices. Starcaster[1] Text-To-Speech, owned by STR-SpeechTech Ltd, was used from 1994 to 2021.