Frank Marzullo
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Frank Marzullo is a AMS seal meteorologist for WXIX-TV
, the Fox
network affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio
. He presently appears every weekday on the Fox 19 Morning News, which airs from 4:30–9:00 am Monday through Friday. It was recently announced that starting in September FOX19 will be expanding its morning news to a 5th hour, weekdays 9 am to 10 am. Marzullo will co-host the hour along show with a soon to be hired / named co-host. The hour long program will be geared to the stay at home mom and will not be a traditional news program. WXIX will hire a second morning meteorologist to work with Marzullo who currently forecasts the weather from 4:30 am to 9 am. FOX19 will be the only station in town to have two morning meteorologists.
Marzullo, a Cleveland-area native and a graduate of Youngstown State University, began his weather career at WTAP-TV
, the NBC
affiliate in Parkersburg, West Virginia
while attending Ohio University
. After working for a year at WTAP, he moved on to spend seven years as a weatherperson for WFMJ-TV
21, Youngstown, Ohio
's NBC
affiliate. He has said, "forecasting Lake Effect snow in Northeast Ohio is challenging." Marzullo made his final appearance on WFMJ's airwaves before the move to Cincinnati and Fox 19 on Wednesday, August 23, 2007.
Marzullo graduated from Youngstown State University
and has completed course work in meteorology from Mississippi State University
. He is a member of the National Weather Association
.
Food Bank and was an active member of the community with his own ice cream flavor, "Frank's Twister", at all Handel's locations with proceeds going to Second Harvest.
WXIX-TV
WXIX-TV channel 19 is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio. The station's city of license is Newport, Kentucky, across the Ohio River...
, the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
network affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
. He presently appears every weekday on the Fox 19 Morning News, which airs from 4:30–9:00 am Monday through Friday. It was recently announced that starting in September FOX19 will be expanding its morning news to a 5th hour, weekdays 9 am to 10 am. Marzullo will co-host the hour along show with a soon to be hired / named co-host. The hour long program will be geared to the stay at home mom and will not be a traditional news program. WXIX will hire a second morning meteorologist to work with Marzullo who currently forecasts the weather from 4:30 am to 9 am. FOX19 will be the only station in town to have two morning meteorologists.
Marzullo, a Cleveland-area native and a graduate of Youngstown State University, began his weather career at WTAP-TV
WTAP-TV
WTAP-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Mid-Ohio Valley licensed to Parkersburg, West Virginia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 from a transmitter in Independence Township, Ohio. The station can also be seen on Suddenlink channel 4 and CAS Cable...
, the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate in Parkersburg, West Virginia
Parkersburg, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing...
while attending Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
. After working for a year at WTAP, he moved on to spend seven years as a weatherperson for WFMJ-TV
WFMJ-TV
WFMJ-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Youngstown, Ohio. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 20 from a transmitter on Mabel Street in Youngstown. Owned by the Maag family, the station has studios on West Boardman Street in downtown Youngstown. WFMJ-TV is...
21, Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
's NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate. He has said, "forecasting Lake Effect snow in Northeast Ohio is challenging." Marzullo made his final appearance on WFMJ's airwaves before the move to Cincinnati and Fox 19 on Wednesday, August 23, 2007.
Marzullo graduated from Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2010, there were 15,194 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. It is recognized as being one of the premier schools in the country, comparable to Ivy League...
and has completed course work in meteorology from Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University
The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...
. He is a member of the National Weather Association
National Weather Association
The National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
.
WFMJ
Marzullo spent much of his tenure at WFMJ as the weather person for the WFMJ Today morning show and noon news broadcast. During his tenure with "TV 21," the station received the Ohio Associated Press Award for Outstanding Weather Operation two years in a row. Marzullo was also voted Favorite Weather Forecaster by Metro Monthly Magazine four years in a row. For much of his seven years at WFMJ, Marzullo and his morning co-anchors Scott Schneider and Laurie Lehosky dominated the morning news landscape with more viewers than the other two stations combined. Marzullo was active with the Second HarvestSecond Harvest
Second Harvest Toronto is a food rescue and redistribution charitable organization that strives to decrease hunger in the city of Toronto. The organization is based on the principle that fresh and prepared food should not be going to waste while in the same city people are hungry...
Food Bank and was an active member of the community with his own ice cream flavor, "Frank's Twister", at all Handel's locations with proceeds going to Second Harvest.