{"id":6000,"date":"2014-12-15T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T19:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=6000"},"modified":"2014-12-15T13:03:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T19:03:25","slug":"cheryl-scott-truly-thankful-for-abc-7-weather-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/12\/15\/cheryl-scott-truly-thankful-for-abc-7-weather-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheryl Scott \u2018truly thankful\u2019 for ABC 7 weather role"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Cheryl Scott<\/p><\/div>\n

As expected, <\/a>meteorologist Cheryl Scott has officially joined the weather team at WLS-Channel 7,<\/a> where she\u2019ll initially be filling in during various newscasts.<\/p>\n

Her hiring, effective immediately, was announced Monday by Jennifer Graves, vice president and news director of the ABC-owned station. Terms of her three-year deal were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

Scott steps in as ABC 7\u2019s fifth<\/em> full-time weather personality along with chief meteorologist Jerry Taft and Tracy Butler, Mike Caplan and Phil Schwarz.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to join ABC 7 Eyewitness News and their respected and dedicated weather team,\u201d Scott said in a statement.\u00a0<\/a>\u201cI am truly thankful for the opportunity to continue my career in Chicago, a city I have come to know and love, and now call home!\u201d<\/p>\n

Until she signed off last September, Scott, 29, had spent the last three years as Saturday and Sunday morning and evening meteorologist at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5.<\/a> She chose not to renew her contract to pursue other opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cCheryl is an experienced and knowledgeable meteorologist who has a long-held passion for studying and understanding weather,\u201d Graves said in a statement. \u201cShe knows this market well and enjoys the challenge of forecasting Chicago\u2019s unpredictable weather. We have no doubts that Cheryl will be a terrific addition to our weather team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is the text of Graves\u2019 memo to the staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m pleased to announce a new addition to our ABC 7 Weather Team.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Cheryl Scott is joining ABC 7 immediately.\u00a0 Cheryl, as you know, most recently was the weekend meteorologist at NBC 5.\u00a0 She started there in September 2011.\u00a0 In her time here in Chicago, she\u2019s proven herself as a knowledgeable meteorologist and effective communicator, who knows how to connect with the audience.\u00a0 \u00a0She\u2019s thrilled to join ABC 7 and contribute to our efforts.\u00a0 Her first role will be to fill in on various newscasts.<\/em><\/p>\n

Before moving to Chicago, Cheryl was the weekend meteorologist for WBIR-TV, the NBC affiliate in Knoxville, Tennessee.\u00a0 Her first stop out of college was at WSEE-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she worked at weekend weathercaster.\u00a0 While there, she also provided forecasts for a 24-hour Caribbean Weather Channel.\u00a0 Cheryl is a graduate of Brown University.\u00a0 She\u2019s active in the Chicago community, serving on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see Cheryl in the building tomorrow.\u00a0 Her first goal is to learn our weather system!\u00a0 Let\u2019s all give her a warm welcome to ABC 7!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As expected, meteorologist Cheryl Scott has officially joined the weather team at WLS-Channel 7, where she\u2019ll initially be filling in during various newscasts. Her hiring, effective immediately, was announced Monday by Jennifer Graves, vice president and news director of the ABC-owned station. Terms of her three-year deal were not disclosed. Scott steps in as ABC... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6000"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6012,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000\/revisions\/6012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}