Frank Batten was an American billionaire businessman known for co-founding The Weather Channel, the first nationwide 24-hour cable weather service. He led Landmark Media Enterprises, creating a media conglomerate that included newspapers, radio and television stations. Batten sold TeleCable for $1 billion in 1995 and the Weather Channel for nearly $3.5 billion in 2008. His leadership of The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star paved the way for his success, making Landmark one of the largest privately held media companies until its restructuring.
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Time Zone - America/New_York (5:0 W)
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Meaning of the name - Frank
free, free man
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Frank Batten belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Norfolk
Educated At: Culver Academies | University of Virginia | Harvard University | Harvard Business School
Occupation: journalist
Employers: Landmark Media Enterprises | The Weather Channel | Associated Press
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Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for February 11, 1927
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on February 11, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for February 11, 2026 |
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| Sun | 21 Aquarius 59 | 22 Aquarius 58 | 29 Taurus 38 |
| Moon | 25 Gemini 16 | 16 Sagittarius 31 | 27 Capricorn 38 |
| Mercury | 2 Pisces 45 | 8 Pisces 8 | 1 Gemini 34 |
| Venus | 11 Pisces 34 | 1 Pisces 36 | 10 Cancer 41 |
| Mars | 24 Taurus 49 | 15 Aquarius 7 | 20 Cancer 30 |
| Jupiter | 5 Pisces 33 | 16 Cancer 18 | 27 Pisces 32 |
| Saturn | 7 Sagittarius 6 | 29 Pisces 39 | 5 Sagittarius 13 |
| Uranus | 27 Pisces 22 | 27 Taurus 29 | 2 Aries 29 |
| Neptune | 25 Leo 42 | 0 Aries 27 | 24 Leo 16 |
| Pluto | 14 Cancer 10 | 4 Aquarius 2 | 14 Cancer 20 |
| Rahu | 4 Cancer 46 | 9 Pisces 57 | 29 Gemini 31 |
| Ketu | 4 Capricorn 46 | 9 Virgo 57 | 29 Sagittarius 31 |
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