Bryan Norcross is the Hurricane Specialist for WFOR-TV (the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Miami, Florida) and the chief hurricane analyst for CBS News in New York. Norcross has been a constant fixture on CBS's national newscasts over the past few years due to the renewed frequency of hurricanes. A resident of Miami Beach, Norcross has lived in Florida for most of his life. WFOR-TV (CBS4) is a television station in Miami, Florida. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... Nickname: The Magic City Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida. ... CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

College Background

Norcross has a Bachelor of Science degree in math and physics and a Master of Science degree in Communications and Meteorology from Florida State University. In addition Bryan received an Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from Florida International University. Florida State University, also commonly referred to as FSU or Florida State, is the oldest continuous site of higher education in Florida. ... Florida International University (FIU) is a state-run university in Miami-Dade County, Florida, well-known for its business, hospitality management, creative writing, architecture, and management information systems programs. ...

Past Job Experience

Norcross' first broadcasting job was as a disk jockey on WTAI, an AM station in Melbourne, Florida working there part-time in 1968 and 1969. During college in Tallahassee, FL he worked on the air at WTAL-AM and WFSU-FM. WFSU is the public broadcasting station operated by Florida State University. ...

Norcross started in television as an engineer at WFSU-TV in Tallahassee, Florida while in college, moving to WXIA-TV (then WQXI-TV) in Atlanta as a maintenance engineer/technical director after graduation in 1972. At that station he was promoted to acting Production Manager in 1974 before being transferred to KUSA-TV (then KBTV) in Denver in 1975 as the evening director of the station's newscasts. In 1976 Norcross was assigned to produce (and for over a year direct as well) the 10:00 pm news which became the market's highest rated news program. In 1977, Norcross was promoted and transferred to WLKY-TV in Louisville as News Director. His first day on the job a massive snow storm hit the city. He was the only one able to get to the television station and went on the air with the help of two overnight engineers, providing the city the only TV coverage of the storm. In 1979 he returned to Florida State University for a masters program. WFSU is the public broadcasting station operated by Florida State University. ... WXIA-TV is the NBC television affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. ... WLKY-TV, WLKY 32 is a local CBS station in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It is owned by Hearst-Argyle Television. ...

Upon receiving a Master's Degree in 1980, Norcross became the first weekend weathercaster on CNN when it signed on in June of that year. Later that year he moved to KGO-TV in San Francisco to do the weekend weather and science reports during the week. In 1981 he returned to Atlanta as Executive Producer for Documentaries and Magazines at WTBS, handling many of Ted Turner's pet projects. At the same time he was the weekend meteorologist on WXIA-TV. In 1983, Norcross moved to Miami as weekend meteorologist for WPLG the ABC affiliate. In 1984 he moved to the 5:30 news where he created a concept called Neighborhood Weather where the weather was done as part of a live feature every day, which focuses less on weather and more on entertainment and local spots of interest. In 1990 he moved across town to WTVJ as Chief Meteorologist where he became known for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew. As Andrew passed just south of Miami in the early morning hours of Monday, August 24, 1992, Norcross's 23-hour marathon broadcast became many viewers' (and radio listeners') only link to the outside world. His television station was fortunate enough to be the station able to broadcast through the entire hurricane event. During the worst part of the storm, some people actually called into the station to ask for life-saving advice. Throughout the entire ordeal, Norcross remained calm, steady, and knowledgeable.^[1] He joined WFOR in 1996. The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... KGO-TV (ABC7) is an owned-and-operated television station of The Walt Disney Company-owned ABC, based in San Francisco, California. ... WTBS is a TV station on channel 17 (DTV channel 20) in the Atlanta metropolitan area. ... WXIA-TV is the NBC television affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. ... WPLG is an ABC network affiliate serving the entire Miami-Fort Lauderdale area. ... WTVJ is an NBC-owned-and-operated station licensed to Miami, Florida, owned by the NBC Universal media conglomerate. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... WFOR-TV (CBS4) is a television station in Miami, Florida. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Accolades

Bryan was named Expert Advisor to the Academic Task Force on Hurricane Catastrophe Insurance by Florida State Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson, and a member of the Governor's Committee to evaluate state response and recommend changes to the state emergency system by Governor Lawton Chiles.

In appreciation for his work before, during and after Hurricane Andrew, Bryan received the 1993 David Brinkley Award for Excellence in Communication. He was also publicly recognized with designations of Bryan Norcross Days in Miami, Miami Beach, and Ft. Lauderdale, among other cities. In addition, he's the recipient of an Emmy Award from the Suncoast Chapter of the National Association of Arts and Sciences, and lead the team that won DuPont and Peabody awards, the highest awards given in broadcasting.

Bryan was recently named Honorary Chairman of the Board of the South Florida Hurricane Warning museum project in Deerfield Beach. In addition he has recently served on the Board of Directors of the Wolfsonian Museum on Miami Beach, operated by Florida International University.

Charity Work/Donations

After speaking to the Rutgers University chapter of the American Meteorological Society in April 2003 concerning the Emergency Communications System in the United States, he toured their WeatherWatcher facility, which supplies media training for students within their meteorology program. He ultimately donated his speaker's fee to the WeatherWatcher program. His father attended the university previously in the 1950's. ^[2] Rutgers redirects here. ... The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. ... Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ...

Books

Norcross is the author of "HURRICANE ALMANAC 2006" - The Essential Guide to Storms Past, Present, and Future. In July of 2006, a companion Website was built, HurricaneAlmanac.com, with Bryan's updates to the book, bonus material, a shopping section for hurricane supplies, and the ability for users to suggest their own updates.

See Also

• Hurricane Andrew

Lowest pressure 922 mbar (hPa) Damage $26 billion (1992 USD) $45 billion (2005 USD) Fatalities 65 (26 direct, 39 indirect) Areas affected Bahamas; South Florida, Louisiana, and other areas of the Southern United States Part of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Andrew was the second most destructive hurricane in...

References

1. ^ CBS4. Brian Norcross. Retrieved on 2006-11-01.
2. ^ Rutgers University. Bryan Norcross Donates Funds to WeatherWatcher. Retrieved on 2006-11-01.

External Links

• Brian Norcross Television Biography