Since have a feeling our "Where Are They Now?" feature is going to be greatly expanding in the coming months, we figured we get in touch with one our personal favorites, who left WKYC right before your Director's Cut blogger started at WKYC - Meteorologist Larry Cosgrove.We both share one great love - THE WEATHER. Larry is now living in Houston and we speak regularly on our Facebook accounts. So, I asked him to tell us a little about what he has been up to since leaving WKYC.
THE PAST:
From November 1991 into January 1994, I worked (at various times) as either the weekend or morning/noon meteorologist at WKYC. Among my favorite times at Channel 3: the severe weather coverage of the summer of 1992 (I actually did a live, phone-in report from a pizza restaurant in West Amherst dealing with a tornado that ultimately hit Hopkins Airport) and the Blizzard of March 1993 (a marathon which secured a 17/33 rating/share for WKYC).
I still remember my days in Cleveland fondly, and miss the various weather challenges that northern Ohio has to offer a meteorologist specializing in extreme conditions like cold, snow and tornadoes.
A bit of trivia: the late Wally Kinnan, who was the chief meteorologist at Channel 3 during much of the 1960s and 1970s, was my boyhood idol when he was on WRCV-TV in Philadelphia, previous to his coming to Cleveland.
THE PRESENT:I now live in Sugar Land TX, just southwest of Houston.
My main role these days is consulting investment firms that handle natural gas and crude oil. I look out for important weather changes "down the road" which may affect pricing of energy sources.
I have in the past year appeared on FOX News Channel as an on-air expert for weather topics; and I still, after 21 years, do radio forecasting for WWJM-FM in the Zanesville area.
And yes, I still chase storms! I was out in the middle of Hurricane Ike when it hit Houston.
THE FUTURE:While I still love broadcasting (and wish that I could do more radio and TV work), the energy field has opened up a new and highly profitable arena for my career. I would not be surprised if, at some point, I were to build a presence on the Internet advising speculators in energy and agriculture.
VIDEO PROMOS:
Here are some classic Channel 3 Promos we added to YouTube feature Larry while he was here at WKYC.
