John Patrick (born April 16, 1974) is the Chief

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. John delivers the forecast weekday evenings on ''ABC7 News'' at 6pm, 7pm & 11pm. 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. "JP," as he is commonly known on TV, was part of the team of eight

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that provided around-the-clock coverage of landfalling

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in October 2005 that was

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on WZVN and WBBH. This coverage won the Waterman Broadcasting Team a First Place Florida

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Award. In 2007 and 2014, John won a Second Place Florida

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

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

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in 2008 for Best Weathercast and in 2009 in the On-Air Talent/Weather Anchor category. Again in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015 John won the First Place

Award for Best Weathercast. Under John's leadership, the StormWarn7 weather forecast on WZVN-TV is certified for 2015 as "Southwest Florida's Most Accurate Weather Forecast" by WeatheRate, an Independent Research Company based in

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. This marks the second year in a row that WZVN is certified as the Fort Myers / Naples Television Market's most accurate forecast. Competitor

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also claims on-air to be Southwest Florida's Most Accurate, but a list o
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quickly proves this claim false. Before joining WZVN & WBBH, John was the Morning Meteorologist at

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in Fayetteville /

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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

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, where he did weather during the Saturday and Sunday 6PM and 11PM newscasts. Prior to WJAC, John spent over three years at

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between May 1998 and August 2001. John was on the Prime Time newscasts weekday evenings. John anchored with

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and

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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

at Dave & Busters in the Palisades Center Mall to delivering weather while driving a convertible BMW Z-3 on the

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to benefit breast cancer research to writing the Christmas Eve forecast to ''

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'' while sitting dressed in a Santa hat next to the Christmas tree at ''Palisades Center''. In 2000, John was nominated for an

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,

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, WQTW,

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, WJAC-AM,

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, and

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Education and certifications

*John studied Communications at

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in Pittsburgh, PA but graduated with his Broadcast Meteorology degree from

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in Starkville, MS. *John is among the

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's elite

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s. *John has also earned the Seal of Approval from the

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Trivia

*While working at WJAC Sunday evenings, he could also be heard as a deejay on

from 7PM to midnight. His Sunday evening radio show was voice-tracked, or pre-recorded, so he could do the 11PM weather live on WJAC.

References

WZVN: John Patrick bio

American Meteorological Society Published List Of Certified Broadcast Meteorologists

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