Page 126 - Winterling's Chasing the Wind

Those attending were amazed at such movies since TV weather at that time usually
consisted of a static map of the U.S. showing fronts and weather data. Around that time
a company created animations of sun rays and rain showers by assembling polarized
reflectors on the map. A filter rotated in front of the studio light causing apparent
motions in the reflector.

In 1972, I solicited films of
weather shows from AMS
members. I showed these films at
an AMS meeting in New Orleans.
Afterwards, I sent a large reel
containing more than 15 weather
programs to the AMS
Headquarters in Boston hoping it
would be part of their archives.
Years later when I inquired about
them, none was found.

In 1973, as Chairman of the AMS
Weathercasting Committee, I
sought to improve the TV display
of the AMS Seal of Approval.
After soliciting suggestions from
the Board, I designed the one that was adopted through the efforts of my successor,
Chairman Jim Smith of WXYZ Detroit.

My television career took me to annual conferences in numerous locations across the
country from San Diego, Los Angeles and Disneyland in California to places like
Minneapolis, Chicago, and Boston. After the Boston meeting, veteran broadcaster Don
Kent and his wife, Miriam, took us to Boothbay, ME where we enjoyed eating Maine
lobster at the docks. The Committee’s 25th Anniversary was held in Honolulu where
my wife, Virginia, and I flew on a 700-mile three-stop tour of the Hawaiian Islands.

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