The Arkansas native has a Bachelor of Science in meteorology from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism from the University of Arkansas. “Especially for Black people because it’s our history or as a country because it’s our true history.” “We gloss over it because it’s a date on the calendar but it shouldn’t be limited to a month,” said Wooten. “I’m great friends with her now,” he said.Īs far as what Black History Month means to him, Wooten says the celebratory month-long event doesn’t get its proper recognition. He credits Janice Huff of WNBC as the first Black meteorologist he met. He described the town he grew up in as conservative and rural, so it made sense that all the meteorologists he knew were white. The on-camera meteorologist joined the network in 2018. Steve Baskerville was interviewed by The HistoryMakers August 24, 2013.“I didn’t even know a Black meteorologist until I was 24,” said Tevin Wooten of Camden, Arkansas. They have two children: Aaron Baskerville and Sheena Baskerville. In addition, he received an Emmy Award in 2005 for the news feature, “Steve’s Getaway Guide.” In 2006, Baskerville earned several more local Emmy Awards including the “Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence.”īaskerville and his wife live in Glenview, Illinois.
In 1999, he won an Emmy Award for the news feature series, “Best of Chicago” and, in 2001, he was honored by the Illinois Broadcasters Association for “Best Weather Segment.” Baskerville served as host for CBS 2 Chicago’s Emmy-Award winning program, “Sunday! With Steve Baskerville!” He received local Emmy Awards for his work on CBS 2’s 2004 broadcast of the LaSalle Bank of Chicago Marathon, and his coverage of the deadly tornado in Utica, Illinois in 2004. In addition, Baskerville has displayed his diverse skills by hosting projects such as “Thanks to Teachers,” a salute to area educators “Taste of the Taste,” a half-hour live broadcast from the Taste of Chicago the “All-City Jamboree,” a high school talent competition and “Beautiful Babies,” a public service campaign.īaskerville has been honored for excellence throughout his career. Then, in 1987, he became the weatherman for WBBM-Channel 2 in Chicago, Illinois.īaskerville’s interest in children’s programming led him to host a two-hour special, “Dealing with Dope.” He also co-hosted a children’s issues program for WCBS-TV titled, “What If.” In 1984, Baskerville was hired by CBS as a broadcast meteorologist on their “Morning News” segment, making him the first African American network weatherman. While there, Baskerville worked as a weatherman, co-hosted a morning talk show with Maurice “Maury” Povich, and hosted a daily children’s program which was honored by Action for Children’s Television. He then joined KYW-TV, the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia, from 1977 to 1984. In 1972, Baskerville began his broadcasting career and was hired by the Philadelphia School District Office of Curriculum where he hosted a children’s show on public radio.
He received his American Meteorological Society (AMS) Seal of Approval in 2007. Later, in 2006, Baskerville earned a certificate in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University. He attended the School of Communications and Theater at Temple University and graduated from there in 1972 with his B.S. Broadcast meteorologist Steve Baskerville was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1950.
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