Weatheradio Canada

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Weatheradio Canada

City of license	across Canada
Frequency	variable
Format	weather radio
Owner	Meteorological Service of Canada
Website	[1]

Weatheradio Canada is a Canadian radio network, which broadcasts weather information. Owned and operated by Environment Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada division, the network transmits from 180 sites across Canada. In most locations, the service broadcasts on a special VHF frequency audible only on special Weatheradio receivers, although in some locations — especially, but not exclusively, provincial parks — a transmitter operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation transmits the service on a conventional AM or FM frequency. The frequencies used for Weatheradio are the same frequencies used for its American counterpart, NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, and weather radios designed for use in one country are compatible for use in the other.

As of August 2007, most of these transmitters are unlicensed by the CRTC under a special license exemption granted to low-power non-commercial broadcasters.

Weatheradio has indicated that in the future, it also plans to add other emergency information, such as natural disasters, technological accidents, AMBER alerts and terrorist attacks, to its broadcasts.