Brian Davis

BRIAN DAVIS

8356 Ole Cobblestone Drive, Meridian, MS 39305

Phone: (601) 227-0776

Email: Briandavis.weather@yahoo.com

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EXPERIENCE

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April 2012-June 2016

Morning Meteorologist, WTRF-TV

Wheeling, West Virginia

 

• Responsible for weathercasts for a 4 hour morning show plus Noon News on both ABC and CBS using Baron Omni and Vibir Fastrac

• Severe weather coverage

• Maintain station’s website/social media daily and during severe weather coverage

• Fill in for other Meteorologists within the station and other affiliated stations

• Weather for 4 local radio station affiliates.

• Provided news related weather packages as needed

• Airport Briefings

• Scheduled and performed community outreach through public appearances, hosting events, school visits and station tours to increase station awareness. 

• On the developmental team for Beta testing in standardization of our new Baron weather app.

 

March 2011 to October 2011

Weekend Meteorologist/Reporter, KOAM-TV

Joplin, Missouri

• ​Responsible for all weekend weathercasts for both CBS and FOX using WSI TrueView and WSI Titan

• Severe weather coverage

• Maintain station’s website/social media on weekends and during severe weather

• Reporter during the week including shooting, interviewing, writing and editing content using Velocity, Avid and Final cut pro.

• Fill in for other Meteorologists within the station.

• Scheduled and performed community outreach through public appearances, school visits and station tours to increase station awareness. 

• Covered the EF-5 tornado that hit Joplin, MO on May 22, 2011 with extensive coverage on social media, U-streaming, on-air with KKOW FM Radio and also assisted the Chief Meteorologist on-air.

• Initiated the station’s U-Streaming weather forecasts during news broadcast and during severe weather and developed extended graphics for the station website blog.

              

July 2010 to February 2011

Freelance Meteorologist, WAAY-TV

Huntsville, Alabama

• Responsible for weathercasts every other weekend out of a month on ABC/FOX using Baron Omni and Baron Vipir

• Severe weather coverage

• Fill in for other Meteorologists within the station

• Maintain station’s website and Social Media page

• Weather for a local newspaper and FM Radio Station affiliate

 

2007-2011

Cooperative Spotter, National Weather Service

Huntsville, Alabama

• Provided weather updates and spotter reports for the local area using the NWS Chat

 

August 2005 to May 2006

Intern, WHNT-TV

Huntsville, Alabama

• Learned the Dual Polarized Doppler Radar- At the time it was the only television station in the United States to have this new immerging technology.

• Operated the Dual Polarized Doppler radar for the on-air Meteorologist 

• Learned Weather Central- ESP: Live & 3D: Live from building weather graphics for the station’s Meteorologists.

• Weather for 2 local Newspapers

• Led the local storm spotter team during severe weather

 

May 2001 to October 2005

Radio Anchor, Clear Channel Radio WJOR-FM

Tuscumbia, Alabama

 

President/Owner, 1999-2011

B & D Satellite INC, Killen, Alabama

 

EDUCATION

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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Martin, Tennessee

Bachelor of Science Degree in Operational Meteorology

2008

 

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Starkville, Mississippi

Geosciences/Broadcast Meteorology Program

2006
 

NORTHWEST SHOALS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Associate of Applied Science Degree in Electronic Communications Technology

1996

 

RELEVANT WORK SKILLS    

 

GRLevelX (all product versions), ENPS, WorldNow, Final Cut Pro, Vegas, and Pinnacle Movie Pro

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS

 

AMS Broadcast Seal of Approval

NWA Broadcast Seal of Approval in Radio

Member of the National Weather Association & American Meteorological Society