Weather Center Live

***Weather Center Live*** was a program on The Weather Channel on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time. It gave information about the current weather events happening in the United States. It is _The Weather Channel_<nowiki/>'s de facto program. On November 16, 2021, the show was replaced by Storm Center.

## History

_Weather Center Live_ formally launched as _Weather Center_ on March 2, 2009. It replaced the old Weather Center. Its hosts were Stephanie Abrams and Mike Bettes. Abrams and Bettes formerly hosted _Abrams & Bettes: Beyond the Forecast_, which ended three days earlier. From May 5 to June 12, 2009, Mike Bettes went on the Vortex 2 project, so Adam Berg filled in for him in the studio.

## Schedule and hosts

On June 22, 2009, Jim Cantore and Alexandra Steele became hosts of the program, replacing Abrams & Bettes (they got a week off to get ready for their new hosts on _Your Weather Today_, now _America's Morning Headquarters_). Cantore and Steele hosted from 7-10 p.m. ET under the title _Weather Center with Cantore & Steele_ (just like under Your Weather Today's new name _Your Weather Today with Abrams & Bettes_). In December 2009, Kevin Robinson left The Weather Channel, and was replaced by Chris Warren. In September 2010, Crystal Egger replaced Alexandra Steele, who was later at CNN. Nicole Mitchell left the program in November, and was replaced by Kelly Cass.

Beginning in January 2011, Weather Center aired three blocks a night (7-8 p.m., 10-11 p.m., and 1-2 a.m.) and debuted on weekends on February 5, 2011. The weekday editions were hosted by Chris Warren and Crystal Egger, the weekend editions were hosted by Paul Goodloe and Kelly Cass. In March 2012, the weekday edition debuted at 4:00 p.m., moving _Day Planner_ to 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET. The weekend edition debuted at 4 p.m. as well, canceling PM Edition. In November 2012, Weather Center Live began airing from 5-8 p.m. ET. Todd Santos left the channel in July 2013, and was replaced by Keith Carson. In September, Crystal Egger left the program (she returned on September 12 to anchor from 1-3 a.m. ET due to the flooding in Colorado, before she left the network for good). Alexandra Wilson left the afternoon 4-5 p.m. edition to replace her as a co-host with Chris Warren and Jim Cantore. However when she left no anchor was announced to join Alex Wallace.

On November 12, 2013 at 4:00 a.m. Eastern Time, The Weather Channel re-launched with new graphics. The program was extended to mornings and afternoons (4:00 to 5:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern) and weekends from 4:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, but that change meant that the show's 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. editions and weekends at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. Eastern were replaced by long-form programming, removing nighttime forecast programs for the first time in The Weather Channel's history. In February 2014, the show was extended to 2:00-5:00 p.m. ET. In April, Dave Schwartz returned to The Weather Channel alongside Alexandra Wilson. On November 6, 2014, the show's 4:00-5:30 a.m. time slot was replaced by long-form programming (from 4-5 a.m.) and an extended _Wake Up with Al_ from 5 to 5:30 a.m. ET. On November 8, 2014, the weekend 4-5 a.m. ET and noon-2 p.m. editions were also replaced by long-form programming. So as a result, _Weather Center Live_ only aired from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET weekdays and 5:00 a.m. to noon ET on weekends. In mid-November, Weather Center Live began airing at 10:00 a.m. weekdays, cancelling the rebroadcast of _Wake Up with Al_.

On January 31, 2015, the 5:00-9:00 a.m. edition was replaced by _AMHQ Weekend_ hosted by Reynolds Wolf and Kait Parker. On March 14, 2015, the 9:00 a.m. to noon edition was replaced by _Weekend Recharge_ hosted by Maria LaRosa and Paul Goodloe. Weather Center Live became a weekday only show, airing from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. On August 24, 2015, the 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. edition was replaced by _Weather Underground_, hosted by Mike Bettes and Alex Wilson. On June 4, 2018, Weather Center Live was shortened by an hour, ending at 5 p.m. ET.

In December 2018, Weather Center Live began being known as _The Weather Channel LIVE_ only on electronic program guides.