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TV Meteorologists

TV Meteorologists. What They Do All Day, What They Get Paid. Sometimes We’re Tour Guides. We Track All Kinds ofNatural Disasters. We Track The Time Oregon has Left!. We Visit Schools. We’re Photographers. We Track What People Do Because Of Weather. We Are Trouble!.

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TV Meteorologists

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  1. TV Meteorologists • What They Do All Day,What They Get Paid

  2. SometimesWe’re Tour Guides

  3. We Track All Kinds ofNatural Disasters

  4. We Track The TimeOregon has Left!

  5. We Visit Schools

  6. We’re Photographers

  7. We Track What People Do Because Of Weather

  8. We Are Trouble!

  9. The SussmanDaily Routine • Build Graphics For Promos “Coming Up Tonight at 5”

  10. The SussmanDaily Routine • Build Graphics For Promos “Coming Up Tonight at 5 • Finish Going Over The Latest Models

  11. The SussmanDaily Routine • Build Graphics For Promos “Coming Up Tonight at 5 • Finish Going Over The Latest Models • Record or Do Live Radio Hits For AM 860 KPAM (our radio partner) • Crank out a 7 day forecast for the Tribune & Pamplim Papers

  12. The Sussman Daily Routine Routine • Brief The Afternoon Story Meeting • Build Daily Graphics, Update 7Day, Check For Weather Video • 4pm-Help Brian Miskimins with his graphics since he’s doing traffic, too • Facebook post, Tweet, koin.com update • 5-6:30pm - Do The Weather

  13. TV Mets: Pay, Benefits, Satisfaction • Based on a survey by wxsurvey.com - • Run by a TV Meteorologist who started taking surveys in 2004

  14. About The Survey • There Are 235 television markets in the U.S., this survey covered markets 1-190.

  15. About The Survey • Seattle - Market #12 • Portland - Market #22 • Spokane - Market #73

  16. About The Survey • Boise - Market #112 • Eugene - Market #121 • Yakima - Market #123 • Medford - Market #140 • Idaho Falls - Market #160

  17. Job Satisfaction • 72% of TV Mets in the survey say they are mostly or very satisfied with their current job

  18. Average Chief Meteorologist Pay • Yakima Sized Markets: $30,000 • Spokane Sized Markets: $50,000 • Portland Sized Markets: $150,000 • Seattle Sized Markets: $267,000 • This includes markets from across the U.S. - so don’t draw too much from this!

  19. AM/Noon Meteorologist Pay • Yakima Sized Markets: $25,000 • Spokane Sized Markets: $40,000 • Portland Sized Markets: $85,000 • Seattle Sized Markets: $105,000 • Again...this is just a rough estimate

  20. Finally... • If something goes wrong, always blame the local TV weather person you like to watch.

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