Lonnie William Quinn (born August 9, 1963 in

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) is the lead weather anchor on

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. Quinn used to serve as weather anchor for ''

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'' and currently appears on the CBS Evening News. He appears frequently on sister radio station

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880 for their weather reports.

Career

A 14-time

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recipient, including for "Best Weather Anchor" in 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011 and 2010, Quinn joined CBS 2 in April 2007. He came to WCBS from

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, the

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station in

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, where he served as the weather anchor on "Today in South Florida" and won an Emmy award for "Best on Air Talent". In June 2007, he replaced

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, who moved to weekends only to finish out his contract. During the 2005 hurricane season, Quinn worked closely with

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, former director of the

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, while tracking the most active tropical season in history. Quinn also joined the Hurricane Hunters collecting data as they flew through the eye of

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off the coast of

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in 2003. After changing careers from acting to broadcasting, his first newsroom job was at

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as evening news anchor and weekend weather anchor. Before that, he worked at several different stations in Charlottesville including WADA-LP, as an on-air personality at

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-FM and as morning show co-host and news director at WVAO. He graduated magna cum laude from

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with a bachelor's degree in communications, and swam for the Boston College swim team. He holds a

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certificate in

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and consistently works on advancing his formal meteorological training.

Acting

During his brief acting career he was best known for creating the role of Will Cooney on ABC's ''

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'' (1988–1990). He also played Rich Landers on the former NBC soap opera '' Santa Barbara'' (1992–1993). He appeared as himself in two episodes of ''

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'' in November 2009.

Family

Lonnie Quinn has six brothers and sisters. He lives in Westport, Connecticut with his wife, Sharon, and Nate, a son from a previous relationship, as well as daughters Lily and Savannah. His son Nate is currently studying at

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and previously attended

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