One of the reasons was his height making him among the tallest meteorologists on TV. He was given the nickname, Big Weather by a colleague for two reasons and has now made it his moniker. In addition to that, the National Weather Association honored him with a Seal of Approval and the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal from the American Meteorological Society. Schwenneker kick-started his career in the weather industry working with KBIM-TV located in Roswell, New Mexico a lead forecaster over 20 years ago.
Schwenneker has also been awarded several awards including two Associated Press Awards for Best Weathercast. In addition to that, the National Weather. He started his forecasting career at KBIM-TV in Roswell, New Mexico over 20 years ago. Schwenneker has also been awarded with several awards including two Associated Press Awards for Best Weathercast.
Before that, he worked for WTAJ-TV in Altoona, Pennsylvania from October 1995 to November 2000. Brittany was actually in school when the twister hit only. Prior to that, he worked for WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh from November 2000 to December 2007. One major event that sparked her interest in severe weather was the Nashville F3 tornado in 1998. He previously worked for WBBM-TV where he served as a meteorologist from January 2008 to January 2011. Schwenneker is the Chief Meteorologist for ABC 11. Don Schwenneker, also know to viewers as Big Weather, will be the stations new chief. The reason we chose Don is because on-air personalities are notoriously bullied by viewers.
If you don’t know Don, he’s a meteorologist with ABC 11 in Raleigh. He has been working for the station since joining in 2011. Big weather news at ABC11: A replacement for Chris Hohmann. We reached out to Holly Springs resident Don Big Weather Schwenneker to get his take on being bullied. local news block is up 11 percent from February 2012.ĪBC11 provides 43 hours of local news every week, serving more than 1 million households in a 23-county area in North Carolina and Virginia.Don Schwenneker is an American meteorologist working for ABC 11 where he serves as the Chief Meteorologist. The station is the only one in the Triangle viewing area to see an increase in all of its early newscasts at 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 6 p.m. newscast anchored by the new team of Fred Shropshire and Anna Laurel is up 42 percent from February 2012 and has reached its highest audience levels since the show's debut. in average household rating with the morning news anchored by John Clark, Barbara Gibbs, Meteorologist Don "Big Weather" Schwenneker and Amber Rupinta. Nielsen says ABC11 ties with CBS affiliate WRAL-TV for first place 6 a.m. As more and more people move to this area, we are thrilled that viewers are choosing Eyewitness News." "ABC11 often leads the market in key women and adult viewers, so to see this kind of growth in households is very exciting," said Caroline Welch, president and general manager of the station. ABC11 also witnessed the highest increase in news viewership among the four major stations in the Triangle.ĪBC11 has been strong in the 18 to 49 year old demographic most coveted by advertisers for some time, but the February ratings period also shows a gain in overall viewership. Viewership for the station climbed in almost every newscast in both year-to-year numbers and since May and November of last year.
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