Tag Archives: broadcast meteorologists

Please help the Tornado Victims!

06 Mar, 2012 | 0
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Last week was quite a devastating week of severe weather.  As we all know, some very strong tornadoes in America’s heartland took the lives of 39 people.   And not very long afterwards, a snowstorm hit parts of the tornado ravaged areas making the disaster relief effort quite challenging. Prior to the twisters touching down…I was [...]

The Future of TV Weather

27 Feb, 2012 | 6
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It’s no surprise that weather is the main reason that viewers watch local news.  In fact, it’s overwhelming.  According to a recent Pew study, 89% of viewers tuned in to local news to watch the weather.  Second place was “breaking news” at 80%. The good news for TV meteorologists (and weathercasters) today is that (According [...]