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Elliott David "Storm" Field (born November 25, 1948) is an American retired television meteorologist, most noted for his time in the
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media market. He followed his father, longtime New York weatherman Frank Field, into the business.


Early life

Field was given the nickname "Storm" by his parents as a baby, as a result of being very active while still in his mother's womb (which led a doctor to refer to him as a "stormy child"), as well as being born on a stormy night on Thanksgiving Day.


Career


WABC

Storm Field's first foray into weather-casting came as part of WABC's ''
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'' program. Hired by the station in March 1976, he first appeared on television when covering
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, followed by working when
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was ill. Field did the weekend weather broadcasts as well as the 11:00 PM weather broadcast on weekdays. Field became the permanent forecaster on November 29, 1976, as a replacement for the suspended Antoine, who had been dismissed after an inappropriate comment concerning a rape story five days earlier. Field's primary responsibilities were the 6:00 PM and 11:00 PM newscasts, with other forecasters (such as
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and Sam Champion) appearing on the 5:00 PM newscast. In 1978 Storm Field joined the morning team with
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and Shelli Sonstein at New York radio station
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. In addition to his weather duties, in 1981 Field became the anchor of the recently launched 5:00 PM ''Eyewitness News'' broadcast, working alongside Tracy Egan and
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. He would do so until 1983, when
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took over the newscast, and subbed off and on until 1984. He left WABC in 1991 and was replaced by Sam Champion.


WCBS

After taking time off, on August 24, 1992, Field joined his father at WCBS, marking the first time the two had worked together. In anticipation of his debut WCBS shot a series of commercials with Storm and Frank Field using puns on both meteorologists' names. He remained with WCBS until 1997, succeeding Irv "Mr. G" Gikofsky as the station's chief meteorologist and then moving to WCBS' morning newscast toward the end of his time there.


WWOR

Field's third and last weather position brought him to WWOR in 1997, where he reported on the station's 10 PM newscast and served as WWOR's chief meteorologist. During his tenure he got a second chance to work with his father, as Dr. Frank Field was hired by WWOR as a weekend weathercaster in the early-2000s before retiring. Field was let go by WWOR in 2007 after ten years due to cutbacks at both WWOR and sister station WNYW and was replaced by former WCBS weather personality
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. He retired shortly thereafter.


Personal life

Field has two daughters and lives in
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.2008 article on Storm Field profile
''New York Daily News'', April 25, 2008.


References

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