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  "markdown": "Co-founder, The Weather Channel.\n\nFrank Batten co-founded The Weather Channel, the first nationwide 24-hour cable weather channel, with John Coleman. He was chairman and CEO of Landmark Communications and died in 2009.\n\n## What Frank builds\n\n- [The Weather Company Data APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/weather-company.md), graded D, 52.6/100, in Weather \u0026 climate data. The Weather Company Data APIs return current conditions, forecasts to 15 days, historical data, government alerts, imagery and aviation weather from the company behind weather.com. Access is by API key at `api.weather.com`, sold in packages to businesses. Co-founder, The Weather Channel, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [John Coleman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-coleman/), Co-founder, The Weather Channel\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Frank Batten?\n\nFrank Batten co-founded The Weather Channel, the first nationwide 24-hour cable weather channel, with John Coleman. He was chairman and CEO of Landmark Communications and died in 2009.\n\n### What does The Weather Company, LLC make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists The Weather Company Data APIs from The Weather Company, LLC. The Weather Company Data APIs return current conditions, forecasts to 15 days, historical data, government alerts, imagery and aviation weather from the company behind weather.com. Access is by API key at api.weather.com, sold in packages to businesses.\n\n### How are Frank's tools graded?\n\nThe Weather Company Data APIs is graded D, 52.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.weathercompany.com/\n- https://www.weathercompany.com/contact/\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weather_Company\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weather_Channel\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Batten\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coleman_(meteorologist)\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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