- Lonnie Quinn
Lonnie Quinn (b.
August 9 1963 ,Cheshire, Connecticut ) is the chief weathercaster onWCBS-TV . Quinn also serves as substitute weather anchor for CBS News'The Early Show and current weather anchor for The Saturday Early Show.Career
Quinn joined CBS 2 in April 2007. He came to WCBS from
WTVJ-TV (NBC 6) inMiami , where he served as the weather anchor on “Today in South Florida” and won an Emmy award for "Best on Air Talent." [ [http://www.nbc6.net/station/10525233/detail.html Lonnie Says So Long To South Florida] ] . In June2007 , Quinn replacedJohn Bolaris , who has moved to weekends only to finish out his contract. [cite web |title=Ch. 2's Quinn not so mighty at weather |first=Richard |last=Huff |work=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/06/29/2007-06-29_ch_2s_quinn_not_so_mighty_at_weather.html |date=2007-06-29 |accessdate=2007-07-06] .During the 2005 hurricane season, Quinn worked closely with
Max Mayfield , the former director of theNational Hurricane Center , while tracking the most active tropical season in history. He also joined the Hurricane Hunters collecting data as they flew through the eye of Hurricane Isabel off the coast ofNorth Carolina .Prior to WTVJ, Quinn worked at WVIR in
Charlottesville, Virginia as evening news anchor and weekend weather anchor. Before that, he worked at several different stations in Charlottesville includingWADA-TV , as an on-air personality atWQMZ -FM and as morning show co-host and news director atWVAO -FM.He graduated from
Boston College with a magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in speech communications. He holds aFederal Aviation Administration certificate inmeteorology and currently works on his formal meteorological training.Acting
During his brief acting career he was best-known for creating the role of Will Cooney (Cortlandt) on ABC's "
All My Children " (1988 -1989 ).Family
Quinn has six brothers and sisters. He resides in
New York City with his wife, Sharon and their son, Nate.References
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