why would fair use be at play here? TWC would have paid a license fee through ASCAP or whomever for the rights to broadcast that music. They didn't just download a bunch of mp3 files from Napster and try to disrupt broadcasting.
You're right, of course. I guess I just put a lot of weight on the charm of keeping old things running, and think there's value to the public in allowing free use of music, particularly for non-commercial/educational purposes.
Not sure if you are aware but the weather Channel sold music CDs I have one.
Can also stream it at Internet archive:
https://archive.org/details/WeatherChannelMusic
https://archive.org/details/weatherscancompletecollection
https://archive.org/details/lfset1
https://archive.org/details/the-weather-channel-presents-the...
https://archive.org/details/the-weather-channel-presents-smo...
https://archive.org/details/weatherscanlocalmusic
YouTube has a few TWC playlists:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMUZjd023YBtp0iB962Uz...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYyTo0ex76Q&list=PL2UoJXK3rr...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmGd-cx-dXc
It’s on Twitch:
https://m.twitch.tv/retroweatherchannel?desktop-redirect=tru...
There’s a nice Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WEViIh23PGbLqGbjYNAZz
And the site dedicated to it mentioned earlier in the thread has some recordings: