Sonny Eliot

Who was Sonny Eliot?

Marvin "Sonny" Eliot (Dec 5, 1920 - Nov 16, 2012) is a weatherman on WWJ AM 950 in Detroit, Michigan. Eliot has been doing weather reports on both TV and/or radio since just after returning home from World War II. Eliot was the pilot of a B-24 that was shot down during a bombing mission over Germany during the war and he was captured. He spent 18 months in the Stalagluft I prison camp. After return home from the war Eliot earned a B.A. in English and an M.A. in mass communications at Wayne State University. Eliot was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, Michigan Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame. Eliot has worked in Detroit at the television stations WJBK, WDIV, and WKBD. He is currently on the radio at WWJ AM 950. Eliot's weather reports are intended as comedic performances as well as informational broadcasts. Typical devices include elaborate and hyperbolic analogies: "that's colder than an eviction notice to a naked Eskimo in an unheated igloo and...