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Weer en Verkeer

Dutch television channel

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 28, 2021
Entity authorityQ2136462 ↗
Source-derived summary

Weer en Verkeer (in English Weather and Traffic Channel) was a television channel in the Netherlands broadcasting weather forecasts, weather-related news and traffic information. The forecasts and traffic reports were provided by a major Dutch meteorological company Meteo Consult in Wageningen which also provides the weather forecasts for RTL 4. Weer en Verkeer has been a joint venture between Meteo Consult and Chello Benelux (Liberty Global).

History

The channel was launched on 15 February 2006 under the name Weerkanaal (Weather Channel).

In December 2008, the channel got its current name.

The channel closed on 1 October 2013.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Weer en Verkeer” is dutch television channel. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Weer, Verkeer and Dutch, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2008, 2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2006. For this dossier, Weer, Verkeer and Dutch is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “dutch television channel” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 28, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q2136462. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2008 and 2013.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
Verify next

The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Weer en Verkeer”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Weer en Verkeer primary sources, Weer en Verkeer archive and Weer research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Weer en Verkeer”?
  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Weer en Verkeer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.