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CHAPTER 37 - Professional Outreach and Travels

I became a member of the American Meteorological Society when I became a member
of the USAF Air Weather Service in the early 1950s. The AMS Bulletin was a
publication that shared advances in the field of meteorology, and the Magazine,
“Weatherwise,” had articles on significant weather events and monthly or annual
summaries related to weather or climate. Upon becoming a Broadcast Meteorologist at
WJXT, I applied for the AMS television Seal of Approval. A recording of my reporting
was sent to each of the five members of the AMS Board on Radio and Television
Weathercasting. They, plus a selection of local AMS members, graded my broadcasts
for high informational and educational value and beneficial service in keeping with
standards established by the Society. In May 1963 I received the 43rd Seal issued since
the program was initiated in 1957.

During my first five years at Channel
4, one of my main projects was
developing animations with a Kodak
Cine-Special camera that had a lever
for shooting single-frames. By
positioning the camera over a platform
that had photo lamps, I could move
weather features manually, and they
would move with a natural motion in
the film projector.

I soon added music to a few animations
and displayed them at the AMS 2nd
Weathercasting Conference held in
Tampa, FL in 1967.

GEORGE WINTERLING 1972

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