A temporary transmitter was installed using a short, makeshift tower at the studio site and later on the original tower of WEEI-FM (now WBGB) in Malden. The station was knocked off the air on August 31, 1954, when Hurricane Carol destroyed its transmitter tower. The WBZ stations would not move into what was then known as the Westinghouse Broadcasting Center until June 17, 1948, when the building was opened. The station originally operated from inside the Hotel Bradford alongside its radio sister its current home was not completed at the time, although master control and its self-supporting tower over the building were in use at sign-on. At its sign-on, WBZ-TV became the first commercial television station to begin operations in the New England region. The station was from its inception associated with the NBC television network, owing to WBZ radio (1030 AM)'s longtime affiliation with NBC's radio networks. The dedication was followed by the station's first news broadcast, hosted by Arch MacDonald. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the exact day the station would launch, all of the messages were prerecorded and one of the speakers (Liebman) had died before the program aired. Liebman, Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, Boston Chamber of Commerce president C. Edwin Van Etten, Archbishop Richard Cushing, Rabbi Joshua L. The station's dedicatory program aired at 6:30 pm and featured remarks from the Very Rev. Jacob is a member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society.Early logotype for WBZ-TV as seen on a station bumper, circa 1960.Īs the only television station that was built from the ground up by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, WBZ-TV began operations 10 am at Jwith test patterns. Wycoff hold a bachelor's degree in operational and theoretical meteorology from Western Connecticut State University. Prior to that, Wycoff worked at EarthNetworks, the parent company for WeatherBug, where he covered multiple tropical systems and snow storms including hurricanes Earl, Irene, and Isaac. Wycoff joined WBZ-TV from Western Mass News in Springfield, where he was a meteorologist for 5 years.
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A month later, a small tornado touched down near his hometown and in 1996, the movie Twister was released, solidifying Wycoff's desire to one day become a meteorologist. In the spring of 1993, there was the "Storm of the Century" Blizzard, burying the region under nearly two feet of snow. Growing up in Northeast Ohio, Wycoff got hooked on weather at a very early age. Wycoff brings you the NEXT Weather forecast weekend mornings on WBZ-TV, as well as contributing throughout the week.
Jacob Wycoff is a meteorologist at WBZ-TV. degree in Atmospheric Science and a minor in Mathematics. Eric is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany (SUNY) with a B.S. Previously Fisher worked as the morning meteorologist at WGGB-TV in Springfield, Massachusetts.Ī supporter of science and learning, Eric is a member of both the Mount Washington Observatory and the Blue Hill Observatory here in New England. Recent times have unfortunately provided no shortage of natural disasters. Some of the most notable events Fisher reported from include the Moore, Oklahoma tornado in 20 tornado Super Outbreak Hurricanes Sandy, Irene, and Isaac and the massive blizzards that essentially shut down New York City in December of 2010 and Boston in February of 2013. He produced and delivered national forecasts and contributed to numerous live reports on extreme weather for The Weather Channel, NBC Nightly News, TODAY and MSNBC. Glued to the red warnings crawling across the screen and watching the radar, his career in weather was born.įisher joined WBZ-TV News from The Weather Channel in Atlanta where he spent three years as a Meteorologist. Eric vividly remembers Memorial Day of 1995 as a day that helped solidify his path as a meteorologist, when an infamous tornado ripped through Great Barrington in the Berkshires. It offers the challenges of blockbuster snowstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, heat waves, frigid cold snaps and dramatic seasonal shifts. Fisher is a frequent contributor to CBS News, often found reporting on breaking severe weather across the country.īorn and raised in New England, Eric says there are few places on earth that produce weather like this little corner of the U.S. He anchors weather segments weeknights at 5PM, 6PM, and 11PM, as well as WBZ-TV News at 8PM on CBS News Boston and TV38. Eric Fisher is Chief Meteorologist for CBS Boston's WBZ-TV.
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