ABC11 WTVD is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group, which is home to all of The Walt Disney Company's worldwide entertainment and news television properties. Eyewitness News also provides news, weather and sports information 24 hours a day on as well as serving two additional digital channels, ABC11 Eyewitness News Now on Time Warner cable channel 213, and Live Well HD on Time Warner 212. “We look forward to spending our mornings with ‘Big Weather.’”ĪBC11 Eyewitness News provides 33 hours of local news every week, serving more than 1 million households in a 23-county area in North Carolina and Virginia. Days after an uproar ignited over the alleged mock slave auction at a Chatham County K-8 school, dozens of parents and students flooded the school board meeting Monday night, to sound off to. ![]() “Don’s knowledge of Meteorology will be a great asset to our morning team,” said John Idler, president and general manager. Schwenneker also is a certified rescue technician and first responder. When Don is not in the First Alert Weather Center, he enjoys teaching kids about the science of weather. Married with three children, Schwenneker resides in Raleigh. Schwenneker’s nickname, “Big Weather,” reflects both his height – at 6-foot-5, he is one of the taller meteorologists on TV – and his appearances during big weather events from tornadoes to flood warnings. He began his weather career almost 20 years ago as a lead forecaster for KBIM-TV in Roswell, N.M. Prior to that, he worked for WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh and WTAJ-TV in Altoona, Penn. ![]() Schwenneker comes to Eyewitness News from Chicago, where he served as a meteorologist for WBBM-TV. Schwenneker has earned two Associated Press Awards for Best Weathercast, and the National Weather Association has named him a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and given him their Seal of Approval. Raleigh, NC, Janu-( PR.com)- ABC11 Eyewitness News () has announced that Don Schwenneker has joined the station as morning meteorologist.
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