This week we welcome Jason Simpson to the ABC 33/40 Weather Team. Jason will be handling weather segments on “Good Morning Alabama”, and the hour long news block from 12:00 until 1:00 p.m. weekdays. Jason comes to us from WTOK-TV (Channel 11) in Meridian, Mississippi, where was the chief meteorologist. He is a native from Holly Pond, Alabama (up in Cullman county), and finished in the meteorology program at Mississippi State University in 2001. Jason also interned with us here at ABC 33/40 in the summer of 1999 and 2000, so he is a familiar face to us. He has earned the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval, and has spent long hours working severe weather events while at WTOK.
We had over 100 applications for the opening, and we spent plenty of long hours reviewing all of the candidates. Jason stood out for a number of reasons, including his knowledge of the science, his understanding of our aggressive severe weather coverage here and his ability to handle that kind of long form coverage, his knowledge of the people and the geography of the state, and his ability to communicate with people. People who come into our studio probably think it is pretty easy standing in front of the big green board and talking about weather on TV, but quite frankly it really isn’t as simple as it looks. I have full confidence in Jason, and I think you will really enjoy watching him.
John Oldshue will spend a little time with his family for the rest of January, and he will be back on weekend duty in a few weeks. And, Brian Peters will be in the shop as well handling a variety of duties. We are busy now getting ready for Storm Alert 2005, and we will have the details on this year’s tour coming here soon!
We had over 100 applications for the opening, and we spent plenty of long hours reviewing all of the candidates. Jason stood out for a number of reasons, including his knowledge of the science, his understanding of our aggressive severe weather coverage here and his ability to handle that kind of long form coverage, his knowledge of the people and the geography of the state, and his ability to communicate with people. People who come into our studio probably think it is pretty easy standing in front of the big green board and talking about weather on TV, but quite frankly it really isn’t as simple as it looks. I have full confidence in Jason, and I think you will really enjoy watching him.
John Oldshue will spend a little time with his family for the rest of January, and he will be back on weekend duty in a few weeks. And, Brian Peters will be in the shop as well handling a variety of duties. We are busy now getting ready for Storm Alert 2005, and we will have the details on this year’s tour coming here soon!
on January 3, 2005, 10:26 pm
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