The beloved weather forecaster died on Saturday in Florida. He was once called 'the dean of weathermen, health reporters and science reporters.'
Frank Field at the weather map in April 1974, on WNBC-TV's Newscenter 4 program. Field joined the NBC flagship in 1958 and left in 1984.Frank Field, the innovative New York television weather forecaster who for over 40 years delivered forecasts with professorial authority and reported on groundbreaking advances in health and science, has died. He was 100.
Field was born on March 30, 1923 in Queens. He studied geology at Brooklyn College and later earned his meteorological training while enlisted in the Army Air Forces in World War II. before switching back to weather forecasting, landing at Channel 4 during the early days of TV news. The next year, Field moved down the dial to WCBS-TV Channel 2, where he remained until heading to WWOR-TV Channel 9, from which he retired in 2004.
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