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Amy Freeze Biography
Amy Freeze (Amy Elizabeth Freeze) is an American television meteorologist. She has been the weekend meteorologist at WABC-TV in New York City, New York since 2011 . She also regularly appear on ABC’s Good Morning America.
From 2007 to 2011 she served as the first female Chief Meteorologist in Chicago, Illinois, for Fox owned-and-operated station WFLD in Chicago.
Amy Freeze Age | How Old Is Amy Freeze
Amy was born on June 19 , 1974 in Utah. She is 45 years old as of 2019.
Amy Freeze Body Measurements
Amy stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches or 1.68 m. She weighs around 66 kg. She has a body measurement of 37-26-37 inches. Her hair color and eye color is dark brown.
Amy Freeze Family
Amy was Born in Utah and raised in Indiana. She is the daughter of Bill and Linda Freeze. Freeze is the oldest of five daughters.
Amy Freeze Education
In 1992 Amy graduated from Jeffersonville High School in Jeffersonville, Indiana. A Mormon, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah, in 1995. She also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geosciences from Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. Freeze has a Master Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, her thesis was creation of “the Storm Water Action Alert Program,” dealing with major cities and combined sewer overflows.
Amy Freeze Divorce | Is Amy Freeze Married
Amy is single. In 2014 she divorced from Gary Arbuckle. She has 4 children and she resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Freeze is a runner who has completed 9 marathons; she has climbed to the summit of Mount Snowden in Wales, all 7 peaks of Mount Fuji, and the summit of Mount Timpanogus. Freeze surfs and she is also a certified scuba diver.
Amy spends time to her community speaking to school children about weather and supporting charitable causes. She has emceed the Miss Illinois/Miss America Pageant in Chicago, the Miles to Fight Melanoma Race and won Chicago’s “Dancing with the Stars” contest benefitting the March of Dimes.
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Amy Freeze WABC-TV
Amy is Meteorologist for WABC-TV’s popular Eyewitness News Saturday and Sunday Morning. She is one of only a few women in the world who has earned the prestigious Certified Broadcast Meteorologist accreditation from the American Meteorological Society. She also holds Seals of Approval from both the AMS and the National Weather Association.
In 2011 Amy joined Channel 7’s Eyewitness News Weather Team, after serving as Chief Meteorologist for Fox News in Chicago. Initially she was a meteorologist at Philadelphia’s WCAU-TV, was morning meteorologist at KMGH-TV in Denver and worked on KPTV’s local morning news program “Good Day Oregon” in Portland. Her work has earned her several Emmy Awards, including for “Best Weathercaster,” “Outstanding Host” and for her weather special, “Surviving Severe Weather.”
Amy Freeze Career
Amy worked for NBC’s WCAU in Philadelphia as a meteorologist and co-Host of 10!, a live entertainment show on NBC10 before joining WFLD. At that time she also worked at Rockefeller Center in New York City as a substitute for NBC’s Weekend Today and MSNBC. Amy also worked in Denver, Colorado, at both KWGN and KMGH. Amy started her broadcasting career in Portland, Oregon, at KPTV on Good Day Oregon.
Amy in the episode “My Life in Four Cameras” (2005) of the comedy-drama television series Scrubs (2001–2010) she had a cameo appearance. Amy’s name has been featured in the American quiz show “Jeopardy” in two different categories.
Amy uses viewers’ digital photos sent in via Twitter, Facebook and email that capture the weather, including them in her forecasts as “Freeze Frame,” “Super Cat Saturday” and “Big Dog Sunday.” She also created “The Freeze Factor” – a special segment where she rates the next day’s weather on a scale of one to ten. In New York 2027 she was named Top Forecaster by NJ.com
When she was in Chicago, she visited more than 10,000 area students each year giving weather presentations on tornadoes and other severe weather. She hosted the first ever Weather Education Days for MLB’s Chicago White Sox, the Chicago Cubs, and for the Chicago Wolves hockey team. She is known as the first-ever female sideline reporter for Major League Soccer working for the Colorado Rapids, LA Galaxy, and the Chicago Fire. Amy also worked on the sidelines for the NFL Chicago Bears for four seasons.
Amy has certificate number 111 from the American Meteorological Society as a certified broadcast meteorologist – she was one of the first 20 women in the world to receive this certification. In addition, Amy has her National Weather Association and American Meteorological Society Seals of Approval. She is a five-time National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award winner.
Amy Freeze Salary
Amy has more than one decade of expertise in several TV networks. Reportedly has earned the net worth of$2.5 million. She began a career from NBC, where she served in WCAU as a meteorologist. Reportedly she has an estimated yearly salary of $1 million.