George Cowling
Broadcaster, Deceased Person
1920 – 2009
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Who was George Cowling?
George Cowling was the BBC's first television weatherman. Cowling joined the Met Office in 1939 and worked as a forecaster for the RAF before joining the BBC in 1954. On 11 January 1954, he gave the first televised weather broadcast. He continued to present televised weather broadcasts for the BBC until 1957 when he rejoined the RAF. He later worked at the Met Office College and at Heathrow Airport before retiring from the Met Office in 1981.
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- Born
- Mar 2, 1920
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 24, 2009
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on July 23, 2013
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