Lonnie Quinn (b. August 9, 1963, Cheshire, Connecticut) is the chief weathercaster on WCBS-TV. Quinn also serves as a substitute weather anchor for weekday editions of CBS News' The Early Show and regular weather anchor for the Saturday edition of The Early Show.

Contents 1 Career 2 Acting 3 Family 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

Quinn joined CBS 2 in April 2007. He came to WCBS from WTVJ, the NBC owned and operated station in Miami, where he served as the weather anchor on “Today in South Florida” and won an Emmy award for "Best on Air Talent."^[1]. In June 2007, Quinn replaced John Bolaris, who has moved to weekends only to finish out his contract.^[2].

During the 2005 hurricane season, Quinn worked closely with Max Mayfield, the former director of the National 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 of North 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 including WADA-TV, as an on-air personality at WQMZ-FM and as morning show co-host and news director at WVAO-FM.

He graduated from Boston College with a magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in speech communications. He holds a Federal Aviation Administration certificate in meteorology and currently works on his formal meteorological training.

[edit] 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). He also played the role of Rich Landers on the defunct NBC soap opera Santa Barbara from (1992 - 1993). He played himself on As The World Turns on two episodes in November of 2009.

[edit] Family

Quinn has six brothers and sisters. He resides in New York City with his wife, Sharon and their son, Nate.

[edit] References

1. ^ Lonnie Says So Long To South Florida
2. ^ Huff, Richard (2007-06-29). "Ch. 2's Quinn not so mighty at weather". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/06/29/2007-06-29_ch_2s_quinn_not_so_mighty_at_weather.html. Retrieved 2007-07-06. 

[edit] External links

• Lonnie Quinn at the Internet Movie Database

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