This happened 12 years before Al Roker started as a weather anchor for a CBS affiliate in Syracuse. Dianne Elizabeth Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on Dec. 28, 1938.  She was the daughter of Milton and Nettie Johnson and a descendant of a Civil War general’s slave mistress. There was an actual audition process for the weather girl job at KSD in St. Louis.  As a matter of fact, among the many competitors was a woman by the name of Mary Frann who was another St. Louis native, but it was also Mary Frann would go on to play Bob Newhart’s wife on his hit 1980s sitcom, “Newhart.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

This happened 12 years before Al Roker started as a weather anchor for a CBS affiliate in Syracuse. Dianne Elizabeth Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on Dec. 28, 1938. She was the daughter of Milton and Nettie Johnson and a descendant of a Civil War general’s slave mistress. There was an actual audition process for the weather girl job at KSD in St. Louis. As a matter of fact, among the many competitors was a woman by the name of Mary Frann who was another St. Louis native, but it was also Mary Frann would go on to play Bob Newhart’s wife on his hit 1980s sitcom, “Newhart.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This happened 12 years before Al Roker started as a weather anchor for a CBS affiliate in Syracuse. Dianne Elizabeth Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on Dec. 28, 1938.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Milton and Nettie Johnson and a descendant of a Civil War general’s slave mistress. There was an actual audition process for the weather girl job at KSD in St. Louis.&nbsp; As a matter of fact, among the many competitors was a woman by the name of Mary Frann who was another St. Louis native, but it was also Mary Frann would go on to play Bob Newhart’s wife on his hit 1980s sitcom, “Newhart.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

February 3 -  "Black History Month": First Black TV Weathercaster in the US.

"This Day In Weather History" is a daily podcast from The Weather Network that features unique and informative stories written and produced by host Chris Mei. Weather happens every day. It can be sunny, cloudy, stormy or maybe just unsettled, but it is always happening! It’s when severe weather strikes that it captures the attention of those affected…and the imagination of everyone else who follows the story. So it is with good reason to expect that after over a century of news and weather information gathering and record keeping, there would be a "special" weather or natural phenomena event to mark each day of a calendar. Do you remember the first recorded tornado in Canadian history? No, you don’t because none of us were there...so we dive into that! How about when Prince played the Super Bowl halftime show? It’s possibly the best performance ever for that event….and the backstory made it all the more special! Or how about the 25th Anniversary Woodstock Festival back in 1994? It’s all here - all year - in one podcast.... "This Day In Weather History"!

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