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It’s intern time again!

The Weather Channel Interns have left the nest and started new careers in television. All three successful applicants from the 2010 intake have found employment within Foxtel and XYZ Networks and Barney, Brendon and Nathan continue to thrive and impress.

Now it’s time to find some more keen and enthusiastic candidates to bring their own special brand of magic to XYZ Networks. It’s not just The Weather Channel that could give you your big break - there are ten fantastic opportunities across a wide variety of television careers within XYZ Networks to choose from.

If you have always dreamed of travelling behind the scenes with rock bands, choosing the next big lifestyle TV hit, or maybe even organising the itinerary of a visiting international celebrity, you could kick start your career right now. For information on the internship and how to apply, search for XYZnetworks Careers on Facebook and Like our page.

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As with the 2010 program, interns will work between one and three days per week at XYZ’s offices in North Ryde. To be eligible for the program, candidates must be a final year university/tertiary education student and enrolled in a course that is relevant to the department they wish to intern in.

Positions are available in many different departments across the company, including Marketing, Production, Digital, Commercial Management and Publicity. The 2011 internship will also include positions in Broadcast Meteorology at The Weather Channel, a first for the XYZ Internship program.

There are 10 positions to be filled and hundreds of applicants will be screened so get your application in now and be on the way to your dream job.

Wedding Weather

It was one of the most eagerly awaited wedding forecasts The Weather Channel has ever seen, November 6th, 2010 was the day and the groom was Weather Channel presenter Kenny Heatley. Long range charts were poured over on a daily basis and Senior Meteorologist Dick Whitaker’s opinion was sought on each change in the predictive model runs. An outdoor wedding at an apple orchard in Southern NSW needed a forecast of sunshine and blue skies, sadly, the two weeks before the wedding pointed to just one thing – rain. The La Nina weather system that had NSW in it’s thrall was behaving just as expected, delivering above average rainfall and cloud cover to much of eastern Australia.

Long term forecasts can change significantly day to day and it’s not until about 4 days before the event that we can speak with real confidence about the forecast. It was about this time it was looking like thunderstorms would be the main feature. Nerves were on edge but the wedding plans went on.

The day dawned with a mix of cloud left over from showers the night before. It was touch and go whether it would be dry for the ceremony. Dark clouds rolled in as the bridal party assembled but the heavy downpours held off. A few spots of rain added to the atmosphere as vows were exchanged and then - a rainbow. Skies stayed clear for the remainder of the evening, it was a fitting day for a weather man’s wedding. All of us here at TWC wish Kenny and Jayne all the best for their future together.