Jacqueline "Jackie" Johnson (born January 23, 1980) is a former American

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and

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personality, best known for her work on

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news in

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. She could also be heard for many years on the

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-owned radio station KNX1070 in Los Angeles, doing periodic weather forecast updates.

Biography

Johnson was born in

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. She initially attended the

University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama (USA) is a public research university in Mobile, Alabama. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. The first ...

, concentrating on

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. Johnson eventually graduated from

Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight undergraduate colleges as well as a college of graduate studies, together off ...

with a degree in

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. She then moved to Florida to work as a

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and weekend weather anchor for WCTV-TV in

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, and then was employed in similar roles at

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. After a move to Los Angeles, Johnson was the prime-time weather anchor for KCAL 9 News until 2010, and then occupied the same position at

, their

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in the city, until retiring in 2018. Johnson is divorced from former

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

player John Kidd.Broward Sun-Sentinel: "John Kidd"
retrieved August 18, 2015 She remarried in 2016 and gave birth to a daughter on January 12, 2018.

Film and television

Johnson has appeared in a handful of films and television shows, typically playing a meteorologist or

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. In 2012, she appeared as herself in the movie ''

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''.

References

External links

CBS2/KCAL9 On-Air Talent Biographies
* * Jackie Johnson Official
Web site

Jackie Johnson (JackieJohnsonLA) on TwitterJackie Johnson's Facebook Page
*http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/04/jackie-johnson-divorce-nfl-star/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20150415234031/http://www.naughtygossip.com/jared-leto-has-a-new-love-see-who-it-is/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Jackie 1980 births Living people People from Plymouth, Michigan Middle Tennessee State University alumni University of South Alabama alumni Weather presenters