- #WASHINGTONPOST WEATHER WALL FULL#
- #WASHINGTONPOST WEATHER WALL SERIES#
- #WASHINGTONPOST WEATHER WALL TV#
In the mid-1960s, Scott created what was apparently the first Ronald McDonald character, a "hamburger-happy clown" with a paper cup for a nose and a box for a hat ( check it out on YouTube).
#WASHINGTONPOST WEATHER WALL SERIES#
He'd started at WRC radio in 1950 as a 16-year-old page and co-hosted the " Joy Boys" series ("We are the Joy Boys of radio/We chase electrons to and fro!" ) from 1955 to 1972. Scott was already legendary in the Washington area. NBC decided to hire Willard Scott from WRC, which paved the way for Ryan's move to D.C. In 1980, though, with management detaching the "Today" weather segment from the newscast, the door was open to a less meteorologically driven approach. I asked him, 'You say news is important-what about weather?' He said, 'After it happens, then it's news.' Being a journalist, he basically didn't believe that a weather forecast was on the same level of importance as a news story." Of course, Ryan adds, "Today the news often leads with the weather, and the meteorologist is a credible and integral part of the news team." Small's brief tenure at NBC was marked by turbulence, and Ryan wasn't to escape the crosscurrents. William Small was hired as head of NBC News in 1979. On the whole, Ryan was happy with how things were going at "Today," including the program's coverage of hurricanes David and Frederic in 1979. We had an artist who'd come in, take my drawing, and then airbrush in the clouds." "I'd draw up the forecast map for the day ahead, with fronts and some temperatures, then draw a map showing cloud cover. On "Today," Ryan combined his strong credentials-including a master's degree in meteorology from SUNY Albany-with a more traditional graphics approach.
#WASHINGTONPOST WEATHER WALL TV#
Computer-generated graphics weren't yet a regular part of TV weather, but Coleman was experimenting with satellite loops that featured electronically drawn frontal systems. "I think 'Today' knew they really had to beef up their weather," says Ryan. Keep reading for more on Washington D.C.'s place in shaping television weather history. The "Today" team plucked Ryan from Boston's WCVB as a way to bolster the show's weather profile next to ABC's "Good Morning America," where John Coleman (soon to became the driving force behind The Weather Channel) was gaining notice for his innovative, graphics-heavy weather segments. (I distinctly remember Frank Blair grimly delivering the forecast in front of a map labeled "NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS" on the morning of April 3, 1974-the day on which the Super Outbreak delivered more than 100 tornadoes.) Ryan had served two years, from 1978 to 1980, as the first on-camera broadcast meteorologist for "Today." Before Ryan, newscasters had read the weather on "Today" with maps in the background. media world before gaining national fame on NBC's "Today" show. Ryan came onto the Washington scene as part of an unusual job switch with none other than Willard Scott, who was a fixture in the D.C. back in 1980 was a major event of its own, with implications for both local and national weathercasting.
#WASHINGTONPOST WEATHER WALL FULL#
After all, Ryan had been at WRC for a full three decades. * Hot & humid for the next two days: Full Forecast *īob Ryan's decision to move from Channel 4 (WRC-TV) to Channel 7 (WJLA-TV), where he debuted on May 17, might seem like a bombshell. A move that transformed D.C.'s TV-weather landscape
0 kommentar(er)
