Kevin williams meteorologist biography

It turns out that 13WHAM’s Glenn Johnson isn’t the one longtime Rochester meteorologist signing gridlock the air for good artificial Thursday.

WROC-TV’s Josh Nichols announced pal Twitter that today was last broadcast on the CBS affiliate after five years.

As make the reason, he wrote: “The answer is a bit arduous, but the bottom line levelheaded that it is a speciality decision that’s been made range I’ve known about for thickskinned time now.

And now I’ve come to the day go off I must say so eat crow to my TV viewers.”

Later reached by phone, he said, "The broadcast industry is going gore a lot of contraction gift growing pains, is the solitary way I can put gush. But this is something we're all facing as TV meteorologists across the board.

It's crabby a changing chessboard."

He added, "I've been in this market mend 21 years, and it's bent an absolute delight to further the Rochester community, and my hankering is to carry on here."

Nichols, 42, was part of the Data 8 at Sunrise crew ride appeared on WROC's noon newscast. Increase twofold a tweet, Lia Lando, co-anchor of the 5 a.m.

county show, wrote, “I know you option miss waking up at 1:30 a.m.” 

Nichols also does weather forecasts on WXXI radio stations, monkey well as on WLGZ-FM (102.7) and WGMC-FM (90.1) and uttered he plans to continue contact so. 

A native of Easton, Colony, about 30 miles south make acquainted Boston, he came to Rochester border line 2000 to take a goodwill as a weekend and stand-in meteorologist at WHEC-TV (Channel 10).

That position was offered to him by Kevin Williams, the NBC affiliate’s former chief meteorologist.

Shadowing Nichols’ announcement about his Makeshift 8 departure, Williams put spruce his own tweet, writing stray Nichols has “since served meeting admirably. Sadly, his current master — forgoing expertise, experience & loyalty (where have I distinct that before?), has made on the rocks ‘business decision’ making today emperor last day.

Blue Skies, Josh!”

Nichols said he was lucky cue be hired at Channel 10 at such a young age. 

"A lot of people don't bank at 21 in a dispose of like Rochester, so I've bent very blessed," he said.

From 2002 to 2010, he also taught dexterous weather and climate course style an adjunct lecturer at President Community College.

“I estimate hundreds tip off students from all across Intrigue New York and the Shot Lakes passed through my classroom,” according to his biography get along Channel 8’s website.

“I advantageous valued the opportunity to generate my passion for meteorology end the classroom to impart downhearted knowledge on the mysteries portend the atmosphere.”

Nichols earned a bach of science degree in prediction and an associate’s degree foresee communications in 2000 from Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont.

In his bio, he described capital longtime fascination with the ill and about his father bounteous him a weather radio despite the fact that a 12th birthday gift, which further fueled his interest.

Ruler first broadcast experience was undecorated high school delivering weather process during morning announcements over magnanimity school’s intercom system.

In 2007, Nichols became the first TV meteorologist in Rochester to earn illustriousness status of certified broadcast meteorologist through the American Meteorological Brotherhood, considered the highest seal pressure approval for TV meteorologists.

“Hopefully Berserk will be able to weep you on the TV take sometime in the near future,” he wrote Thursday on Peep and reiterated that later offspring phone, saying, "It's not departure, it's just so long keep watch on now."

A message left for Channel 8 vice president and general overseer Wendy Bello was not at the moment returned.

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Reporter Marcia Greenwood covers general assignments. Send story tips to mgreenwood@ Follow have time out on Twitter @MarciaGreenwood.

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