Summary: The explosion of terms like "snow bomb" and "bombogenesis" amid the giant snow storm in the Northeast last week is just the latest example of how weather stories can take on lives of their own in the media. But when and how did the weather come to dominate the news cycle? This week, a brief history of the media's obsession with weather news and how this manifests today. Guests: Robert Thompson, founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University; Ed Vallee, meteologist, Vallee WX Consulting; Stephanie Sigafoos, online producer for The Morning Call. Music is by Ian Boddy, Andrew White, Anthony James, Huw Jones and Sam Brown. Valley View is a production of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
