Where are they now?
Today, we feature former WBRE weather forecaster Dr. Steve Fertig.
Dr. Steve Greenberg isn't the only medical professional to jump into the crazy world of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton television. Before he pointed at weather maps for WBRE, Dr. Steve Fertig was working as a chiropractor. Insurance paperwork annoyed him though, and in 1996, Fertig went into television. He jumped around the south for a bit, before coming up north to Wilkes-Barre.
Fertig started out on the morning show, and was eventually promoted to "chief meteorologist" and the accompanying evening shift. But you know, it's funny how promotions work. Fertig realized he was happier on the morning show, and decided to split in 2001.
Where is he now? Fertig is now the morning weather forecaster for WBFF-TV in Baltimore. He replaced Kirk Clyatt, who came to WBRE to replace Fertig. How's that for coincidence?
Dr. Steve Greenberg isn't the only medical professional to jump into the crazy world of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton television. Before he pointed at weather maps for WBRE, Dr. Steve Fertig was working as a chiropractor. Insurance paperwork annoyed him though, and in 1996, Fertig went into television. He jumped around the south for a bit, before coming up north to Wilkes-Barre.Fertig started out on the morning show, and was eventually promoted to "chief meteorologist" and the accompanying evening shift. But you know, it's funny how promotions work. Fertig realized he was happier on the morning show, and decided to split in 2001.
Where is he now? Fertig is now the morning weather forecaster for WBFF-TV in Baltimore. He replaced Kirk Clyatt, who came to WBRE to replace Fertig. How's that for coincidence?
posted by Howard Beale at 11:26 PM
3 Comments:
Peterlynn West.
Unless this guy had an actual degree in Meteorology, I hope that his title of "chief meteorologist" was really in lower-case, with quotes. There's a difference between a weatherman and a Meteorologist, sort of the difference between being a doctor and playing one on TV. (But the other way around.)
Howard said:
Fertig is now the morning weather forecaster for WBFF-TV in Baltimore. He replaced Kirk Clyatt, who came to WBRE to replace Fertig.
Dan Gross, in the Philly Daily News (Feb 22), said:
Clyatt, 47, who lost his job when WB-17's news merged with NBC-10 last December, is now looking for work in this market and in several other areas.
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Kirk's own (rather odd, IMO) page is here: http://geocities.com/ontv4u2c/home.html
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