John Patrick (meteorologist)
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John Patrick is the Chief Meteorologist at WZVN-TV
in Fort Myers, Florida
. John delivers the forecast weekday evenings on ABC7 News at 6pm, 7pm & 11pm. JP, as his co-workers & viewers refer to him, also handles duties on sister station WBBH-TV
as the meteorologist on NBC2 News at 4pm. Prior to officially being named Chief Meteorologist on August 5, 2011, John was the meteorologist on ABC7 Morning News and ABC7 News at 9am from April 4, 2005 through April 6, 2011, when John moved to the evening newscasts on a trial basis.
John was part of the team of eight meteorologists that provided around-the-clock coverage of landfalling Hurricane Wilma
in October 2005 that was simulcast
on WZVN and WBBH. This coverage won the Waterman Broadcasting Team a First Place Florida Associated Press
Award. In 2007, John won a Second Place Florida Associated Press
Award for Best Weathercast in a Medium Sized Television Market. In Florida, the Medium Sized TV Markets include Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Pensacola, And Fort Myers. Then, in 2008, John won a First Place Florida Associated Press
Award for Best Weathercast. John worked alongside his WBBH brethren again on a simulcast during the landfall of Tropical Storm Fay
in August 2008. John was nominated for an Emmy Award
in 2008 for Best Weathercast and in 2009 in the On-Air Talent/Weather Anchor category. Again in 2009, 2010 & 2011 John won the First Place Associated Press
Award for Best Weathercast.
Before joining WZVN & WBBH, John was the Morning Meteorologist at KNWA-TV
in Fayetteville
/ Fort Smith, Arkansas
from January 2003 to March 2005. In December 2004, John was voted Best TV Meteorologist in Northwest Arkansas by the readers of CitiScapes Magazine, beating out all three Chief Meteorologists in the market for the honor.
John also worked for WJAC-TV
in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
, where he did weather during the Saturday and Sunday 6PM and 11PM newscasts.
Prior to WJAC, John spent over three years at WRNN-TV
in Kingston, New York
between May 1998 and August 2001. John was on the Prime Time newscasts weekday evenings. John anchored with Rolland Smith
and Kevin Connors
on Valley News Live and RNN Rundown. John is probably best known for some of his weather live shots ranging from playing basketball against Sports Director Kevin Connors
at Dave & Busters in the Palisades Center Mall to delivering weather while driving a convertible BMW Z-3 on the New York State Thruway
to benefit breast cancer research to writing the Christmas Eve forecast to The Night Before Christmas while sitting dressed in a Santa hat next to the Christmas tree at Palisades Center. In 2000, John was nominated for an Emmy Award
for Best Weathercast in the New York Region.
John also had over 10 years of broadcasting experience in radio before moving to television. John worked at several radio stations in Western and Central Pennsylvania, including WSSZ
, WHJB
, WLSW
, WQTW
, WCNS
, WLCY, WJAC-AM
, WKYE
, WUZI
, WVRT
, and WWPA
.
WZVN-TV
WZVN-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Southwest Florida licensed to Naples. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 41 from a transmitter in Southeastern Punta Gorda along SR 31. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 7 and in high definition on...
in Fort Myers, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure....
. John delivers the forecast weekday evenings on ABC7 News at 6pm, 7pm & 11pm. JP, as his co-workers & viewers refer to him, also handles duties on sister station WBBH-TV
WBBH-TV
WBBH-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Southwest Florida licensed to Fort Myers. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter in Southeastern Punta Gorda along SR 31. Owned by the Waterman Broadcasting Corporation, WBBH operates ABC affiliate...
as the meteorologist on NBC2 News at 4pm. Prior to officially being named Chief Meteorologist on August 5, 2011, John was the meteorologist on ABC7 Morning News and ABC7 News at 9am from April 4, 2005 through April 6, 2011, when John moved to the evening newscasts on a trial basis.
John was part of the team of eight meteorologists that provided around-the-clock coverage of landfalling Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Wilma was the twenty-second storm , thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth Category 5 hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 season...
in October 2005 that was simulcast
Simulcast
Simulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...
on WZVN and WBBH. This coverage won the Waterman Broadcasting Team a First Place Florida Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
Award. In 2007, John won a Second Place Florida Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
Award for Best Weathercast in a Medium Sized Television Market. In Florida, the Medium Sized TV Markets include Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Pensacola, And Fort Myers. Then, in 2008, John won a First Place Florida Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
Award for Best Weathercast. John worked alongside his WBBH brethren again on a simulcast during the landfall of Tropical Storm Fay
Tropical Storm Fay
The name Fay has been used for two tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean after Fran was retired in the spring of 1997. Neither of them reached hurricane strength...
in August 2008. John was nominated for an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
in 2008 for Best Weathercast and in 2009 in the On-Air Talent/Weather Anchor category. Again in 2009, 2010 & 2011 John won the First Place Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
Award for Best Weathercast.
Before joining WZVN & WBBH, John was the Morning Meteorologist at KNWA-TV
KNWA-TV
KNWA-TV, virtual channel 51, is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas River Valley. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter southeast of Garfield...
in Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks...
/ Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Smith is the second-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. With a population of 86,209 in 2010, it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents which encompasses the Arkansas...
from January 2003 to March 2005. In December 2004, John was voted Best TV Meteorologist in Northwest Arkansas by the readers of CitiScapes Magazine, beating out all three Chief Meteorologists in the market for the honor.
John also worked for WJAC-TV
WJAC-TV
WJAC-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Allegheny area of Pennsylvania that is licensed to Johnstown. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 34 from a transmitter northwest of the city in Laurel Ridge State Park along the Cambria and Westmoreland County line....
in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...
, where he did weather during the Saturday and Sunday 6PM and 11PM newscasts.
Prior to WJAC, John spent over three years at WRNN-TV
WRNN-TV
WRNN-TV is an American independent television station licensed to Kingtson, New York.Broadcasting on digital channel 48, WRNN broadcasts a schedule of mainly infomercials and home-shopping programming. The station's studios are located in Rye Brook, New York, and its transmitter is based on Beacon...
in Kingston, New York
Kingston, New York
Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, USA. It is north of New York City and south of Albany. It became New York's first capital in 1777, and was burned by the British Oct. 16, 1777, after the Battles of Saratoga...
between May 1998 and August 2001. John was on the Prime Time newscasts weekday evenings. John anchored with Rolland Smith
Rolland Smith
Rolland G. Smith is a former American television news reporter and anchor who is best known for his time in New York, where he was based for most of his long career. He served as an anchor for WNEW-TV WCBS and WWOR-TV in New York.-Broadcasting career:...
and Kevin Connors
Kevin Connors
Kevin Connors is a sports television journalist for ESPN. He is a host of ESPN SportsCenter. For the 2010-11 NBA Season, he served as the network's primary host for NBA Coast to Coast and NBA Fastbreak in addition to other NBA programming duties. He is also a fill-in host, for NFL Live and...
on Valley News Live and RNN Rundown. John is probably best known for some of his weather live shots ranging from playing basketball against Sports Director Kevin Connors
Kevin Connors
Kevin Connors is a sports television journalist for ESPN. He is a host of ESPN SportsCenter. For the 2010-11 NBA Season, he served as the network's primary host for NBA Coast to Coast and NBA Fastbreak in addition to other NBA programming duties. He is also a fill-in host, for NFL Live and...
at Dave & Busters in the Palisades Center Mall to delivering weather while driving a convertible BMW Z-3 on the New York State Thruway
New York State Thruway
The New York State Thruway is a system of limited-access highways located within the state of New York in the United States. The system, known officially as the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway for former New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, is operated by the New York State Thruway Authority and...
to benefit breast cancer research to writing the Christmas Eve forecast to The Night Before Christmas while sitting dressed in a Santa hat next to the Christmas tree at Palisades Center. In 2000, John was nominated for an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Best Weathercast in the New York Region.
John also had over 10 years of broadcasting experience in radio before moving to television. John worked at several radio stations in Western and Central Pennsylvania, including WSSZ
WGSM
WHJB, known as "Classic Hits 107.1", is a Classic Hits radio station serving the Westmoreland County area, including eastern Allegheny County. The station is owned by St. Pier Group LLC, a subsidiary of Renda Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcasts at 107.1 MHz with an ERP of 2.3 KW. WHJB is...
, WHJB
WKHB
WKHB is an AM radio station licensed to Irwin, Pennsylvania, United States, which serves the greater Pittsburgh area. Known as 620 KHB, the station operates with 5,500 watts daytime and airs a mix of health talk and paid programming with oldies music in the morning, evening and overnight hours...
, WLSW
WLSW
WLSW is an American radio station, licensed to Scottdale, Pennsylvania. The station operates at the federally-assigned frequency of 103.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 320 watts...
, WQTW
WQTW
WQTW is an American radio station, licensed to the city of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. WQTW operates at 1570 kHz with a maximum power of 1,000 watts day, 220 watts night. The station is owned by L...
, WCNS
WCNS
WCNS is a commercially licensed AM radio station, licensed to Latrobe, Pennsylvania. WCNS broadcasts at the federally assigned frequency of 1480 kilohertz, with a daytime power output of 500 watts, and a nighttime power of 1,000 watts...
, WLCY, WJAC-AM
WNTJ
WKGE is an American AM radio station licensed to broadcast on 850 kHz at 10 kW day and night, serving the community of Johnstown, Pennsylvania...
, WKYE
WKYE
WKYE is an adult contemporary formatted radio station in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is owned by Forever Broadcasting.-History: Beginnings as WJAC-FM:...
, WUZI
WLKJ
WLKJ is a radio station in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, located at 105.7 MHz. WLKJ broadcasts the K-LOVE Network, and is owned by EMF Broadcasting.-History:...
, WVRT
WVRT
WVRT at 97.7 FM is licensed to Mill Hall, PA with an output power of 6,000 watts. "Variety 97-7" is owned by Clear Channel Communications and plays CHR/Pop music.-History:...
, and WWPA
WWPA
WWPA is an all-news radio station broadcasting at 1340 AM and licensed to serve the community of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA....
.
Education & Certifications
- John studied Communications at Duquesne UniversityDuquesne UniversityDuquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
in Pittsburgh,PA but graduated with his Broadcast Meteorology degree from Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State UniversityThe 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...
in Starkville, MS. - John is among the American Meteorological SocietyAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
's elite Certified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
s. - John has also earned the Seal of Approval from the National Weather AssociationNational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
.
Trivia
- While on ABC7 Morning News, John let folks know whether or not to bother fixing their hair by tracking humidity, wind and rain chance for the day on his "Frizzometer."
- Also on ABC7 Morning News, John spied on unsuspecting passersby on Fort Myers Beach wearing skimpy Speedos using his "Speedo Cam."
- John worked at WJAC-TV two different times. The first time, he had facial hair.
- While working at WJAC Sunday evenings, he could also be heard as a deejay on WKYEWKYEWKYE is an adult contemporary formatted radio station in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is owned by Forever Broadcasting.-History: Beginnings as WJAC-FM:...
from 7PM to midnight. His Sunday evening radio show was voice-trackedVoice-trackingVoice-tracking, also called cyber jocking and referred to sometimes colloquially as a robojock, is a technique employed by some radio stations in radio broadcasting to produce the illusion of a live disc jockey or announcer sitting in the radio studios of the station when one is not actually...
, or pre-recorded, so he could do the 11PM weather live on WJAC.