Nick Kosir

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Kosir in 2019.
Born (1983-10-07) October 7, 1983 (age 40)
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Employer Fox Weather

Nick Kosir (born October 7, 1983) [1] is an American television meteorologist. [2] He worked for WJZY Fox 46 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is known for his dancing videos online, hitting 5 million followers on TikTok as of September 2022. [3] Kosir signed on to join the Fox Weather channel which launched on October 25, 2021. [4]

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Education

Kosir was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. [5] He earned a bachelor of arts in communicational organization [6] from the University of Akron. He earned a certificate in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University. [3]

Career

Kosir worked as a reporter and part-time weather forecaster at WMFD-TV in Mansfield, Ohio and later became the weather director. In October 2008, he began working as a morning meteorologist on KBTV-TV in Beaumont, Texas. [6] While there, he became known as "The Rapping Weatherman". [3] Kosir worked for three years at KMVT in Twin Falls, Idaho. [6] [ dead link ] For seven years [3] he worked for WJZY Fox 46, where employees are encouraged to post on social media daily. Kosir began by making skits with his best friend Hans and eventually imitating Cam Newton. [7] [8] [9]

Personal life

Kosir lives in New York City with his wife and son. [6] [ dead link ] Kosir is of Slovenian and Turkish descent.

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References

  1. Today is my 38th birthday! To celebrate I decided to do a little dance with the NFT version of myself - Bacano Nick. 😝🤘🏻 HUGE shout out to Colombian NFT... | By Nick Kosir - The Dancing Weatherman | Facebook , retrieved 2024-01-05
  2. Smith, Lavendrick (August 3, 2018). "A Charlotte broadcaster quoted Cardi B on live TV. Here was the rapper's response". The Charlotte Observer . Retrieved 2019-04-04.
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