• May 7, 2001

In an attempt to boost ratings, a small Norwegian broadcaster has a model stripping during its daily weather reports. The odd part is that this is a radio station. Oslo-area Radio Tango began promoting its unusual weather forecasts under the slogan "Better Weather, Fewer Clothes."

"The idea is that the better the weather is, the more clothes she talks off," station spokeswoman Karin Nilssen said on Friday. "But we do look hard for good weather (anywhere in the country.)"

For those wanting proof that the weather forecaster really is stripping, the radio station is posting videos of each weather report on its Internet home pages, www.radiotango.no.

The radio station's Internet home page said 3000 people visited the site in the first two hours after the first nude weather presenter, Siv Johannesen, made her debut on Thursday.

- Anya Khait