Keenan Smith: Difference between revisions

| birth_place= [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.]]

| occupation= [[News Anchor]] / [[Meteorologist]]

'''Keenan Smith''' (born October 31, 1972, in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]) is an American television broadcaster who hasis a reporter/anchor beenfor the morning and noon meteorologistnewscasts at [[WXYZ-TV]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. sinceSmith latejoined the network around September 2010 and served as the morning and noon meteorologist until March 2018. WXYZ-TV meteorologist Kevin Jeanes succeeded him with this role in the same time frame.<ref>[https://www.wxyz.com/weather Weather<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Prior to thishis employment at WXYZ-TV, he was at [[WPTV]] in West Palm Beach, Florida, from 2008 to 2010<ref name=SFLTV>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfltv.com/2010/wptv-meteorologist-keenan-smith-goes-north/|title=WPTV Meteorologist Keenan Smith Goes North}}</ref> and [[WGN-TV]] and [[Chicagoland's Television|CLTV]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], before that.<ref>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070812132713/http://wgntv.trb.com/news/wgntv-smith-keenanbio,0,7486133%2C0%2C7486133.story Keenan Smith | News | WGNTV.com | WGN TV | Chicago's CW<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

At [[WGN-TV]], Smith's primary responsibility was to provide ''[[Tribune Broadcasting|Tribune]]''-owned cable station [[Chicagoland's Television|CLTV]] with evening weather reports during the work week. As a WGN staff [[meteorologist]], he also appeared on the noon and flagship 9:00 pm newscasts, filling in for chief meteorologist [[Tom Skilling]].

Keenan's first on-air job in television was at [[WGAL]] in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]. Keenan also worked for [[NBC News]] in New York City, where he worked as an Assistantassistant, and later, Associateassociate Producerproducer for ''[[Dateline NBC]]'' and NBC's New York News Bureau. Keenan returned to on-camera work as a reporter/anchor at [[WPHY-CD|WZBN]] (W25AW) in [[Trenton, New Jersey]], reporter and news and weather anchor at [[WEEK-TV]] in [[Peoria, Illinois]],<ref>[http://market117.blogspot.com/2005/01/where-are-they-now-week.html MARKET 117: Where Are They Now - WEEK<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and later as a reporter/news anchor in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]].

Smith is a full member of the [[American Meteorological Society]] and [[National Weather Association]]. He holds the AMS Seal of Approval.<ref>[http://www.ametsoc.org/memdir/seallist/get_listoftv.cfm AMS List of TV Seal Holders<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Smith washas been nominated for a Midwestmultiple [[Regional Emmy]] for Outstanding Achievement in Weathercasting<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://v1.chicagoemmyonline.org/news/archives/NATASNOV05%20final.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828194654/http://v1.chicagoemmyonline.org/news/archives/NATASNOV05%20final.pdf |archive-date=August 28, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in Chicago and wonDetroit. Smith took home an Emmy in 2015. He is the winner of an Illinois [[Associated Press]] Award for Investigative Reporting, a Michigan Association of Broadcasters Award for Broadcast Excellence - Weathercast and Michigan Associated Press Award for Best Weathercast.

[[Category:American television meteorologistsweather presenters]]

[[Category:Woodrow WilsonPrinceton School of Public and International Affairs alumni]]

[[Category:PeopleTelevision personalities from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]