In the 1970s the American radio station
WSAQ
WSAQ (107.1 FM) is a country music radio station licensed to Port Huron, Michigan, with an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts. WSAQ covers St. Clair County, Michigan and Lambton County, Ontario as well as portions of Macomb, Lapeer, and Sa ...
of
Port Huron, Michigan
Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County. The population was 30,184 at the 2010 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township but is administered separately.
Located along the St. Clair ...
partnered with Weatherline, Inc. to provide local weather forecast to the Greater Port Huron area by calling a local telephone number. When the service was released in the 1970s the telephone number was (313) 987–8100, however, when the area code changed in 1993 to
810
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, the number was changed to (810) 987–8100.
Historically the free weather telephone service provided information about the sponsor and then the local forecast. In 2015, WSAQ discontinued the service and the telephone number (810) 987-8100 was released back to AT&T to be reissued.
In 2016, Steven A Heisler, the founder of the Heisler Law Group, became aware the community lost the free telephone weather forecast service and requested
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest provider of mobile tel ...
to issue his firm the telephone number. Once the telephone number was issued to the law firm, the firm purchased the telephone equipment from WeatherFone, LLC in
Van Wert, Ohio
Van Wert is a city in and the county seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio approximately 77 mi (123 km) SW of Toledo and 34 mi (54 km) SE of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The po ...
to reinstate the service. The new equipment reads the local temperature in
Marysville, Michigan
Marysville is a city in St. Clair County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,959 at the 2010 census. The municipality was founded in 1919, first as a village, then became a city in 1924.
Marysville is located on the western sho ...
, and obtains the current time via a GPS unit that receives the time from the United States Atomic Clock in
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th most populous city in Color ...
. The forecast is recorded several times a day by Tim Root, a meteorologist with Weather Watch Service in the state of Florida.
Because of the advanced capabilities of the new equipment, the firm also had assigned the old AT&T Time number from the 1960s, (313) 985–3121, now (810) 985-3121 because of the area code change in 1993; both numbers are connected to the new equipment and both provide the same information, date, time, current temperature, and forecast.
In 2016, the firm re-released the service as the new Blue Water Weather Telephone Service as a community service. The firm sells no advertisement on the service and does not profit directly from providing the weather telephone service to the community.
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