What is .weatherchannel?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .weatherchannel names for sale at any registrar.
.weatherchannel entered the DNS root zone on January 28, 2016, 10 years ago. It came out of ICANN's New gTLD Program, the 2012 application round that grew the root from 22 generic TLDs to well over a thousand.
The Weather Company, LLC also runs one other TLD, including .weather.
On the technical side, .weatherchannel is served by 6 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .weatherchannel, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP.
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.weatherchannel FAQ
What country is .weatherchannel?
None. .weatherchannel is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .weatherchannel domain extension?
The Weather Company, LLC operates .weatherchannel as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .weatherchannel created?
.weatherchannel was delegated to the DNS root zone on January 28, 2016.
Is .weatherchannel a valid domain?
Yes. .weatherchannel is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .weatherchannel addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .weatherchannel domain?
No. .weatherchannel is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for The Weather Company, LLC.
Is .weatherchannel DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .weatherchannel.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed March 1, 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
