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'''William Howard "Bill" Evans''' (born July 16, 1960) is an American [[meteorologist]] and the senior meteorologist for [[WABC-TV]], the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate in [[New York, New York|New York City]].
'''William Howard Evans''' (born 16 July 1960) is an American [[meteorologist]] and the former weatherman for [[WABC-TV]], the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate in [[New York, New York|New York City]].


==Early career==
==Early career==
Evans's broadcasting career began at the age of 13 in his hometown of [[Meridian, Mississippi]] on [[WDAL]] Radio and [[WTOK-TV]]. He attended [[Mississippi State University]], where he studied business administration, and [[Jackson State University]], where he studied meteorology.
Evans's broadcasting career began at the age of 13 in his hometown of [[Meridian, Mississippi]] on [[WDAL (AM)|WDAL]] Radio and [[WTOK-TV]]. He attended [[Mississippi State University]], where he studied business administration, and [[Jackson State University]], where he studied meteorology.


In 1985 the [[National Weather Service]] named him "Outstanding Meteorologist" for his forecasting and reporting during [[Hurricane Elena]].<ref name=wabc/>
In 1985 the [[National Weather Service]] named him "Outstanding Meteorologist" for his forecasting and reporting during [[Hurricane Elena]].<ref name=wabc/>
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==WABC-TV==
==WABC-TV==
Evans is the Senior Meteorologist for ''Eyewitness News This Morning'' and ''Eyewitness News at Noon''.<ref name=wabc>{{cite web |url=http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=bios&id=3301214&ft=print |publisher=WABC-TV Web site |title=Bill Evans |deadurl=no |accessdate=11 November 2013}}</ref>
Evans was the Senior Meteorologist for ''Eyewitness News This Morning'' and ''Eyewitness News at Noon''. He is now on [[WLNG]] Radio.<ref name=wabc>{{cite web |url=http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=bios&id=3301214&ft=print |publisher=WABC-TV Web site |title=Bill Evans |url-status=dead |accessdate=11 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311023949/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=bios&id=3301214&ft=print |archive-date=11 March 2007 }}</ref>


Evans is a 15-time [[Emmy]] award winner for "Outstanding On-Camera Achievement in Weather Broadcasting." He has been with WABC-TV since December 13, 1989.<ref>[http://abc7ny.com/about/newsteam/bill-evans/ abc7ny profile on Bill Evans]- Retrieved 2017-10-14</ref>
Evans is a 15-time [[Emmy]] award winner for "Outstanding On-Camera Achievement in Weather Broadcasting." He had been with WABC-TV from 13 December 1989 until 5 February 2019.<ref>[http://abc7ny.com/about/newsteam/bill-evans/ abc7ny profile on Bill Evans]- Retrieved 2017-10-14</ref>


In 2016 Evans was awarded the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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Every year he plays himself in ''The Christmas Spectacular'' at [[Radio City Music Hall]]. Evans has also played Lumiere (the candlestick) on [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] in [[Disney's Beauty and the Beast]]. He has appeared on ABC's ''[[Good Morning America]]''. He also appears on [[ESPN Sports Center]] and [[The Michael Kay Show]] on [[ESPN NY Radio 98.7 FM]]. Evans has appeared on the show "[[How Stuff Works]]" on the [[Discovery Channel]]
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and ''Live with Kelly and Ryan''.<ref name=wabc/>


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For years he played himself in ''The Christmas Spectacular'' at [[Radio City Music Hall]]. Evans has also played Lumiere (the candlestick) on [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] in ''[[Disney's Beauty and the Beast]]''. He has appeared on ABC's ''[[Good Morning America]]''. He also appeared on ''[[ESPN Sports Center]]'' and ''[[The Michael Kay Show]]'' on ESPN NY Radio 98.7 FM. Evans has appeared on the show "[[How Stuff Works]]" on the [[Discovery Channel]]
In 2007 Evans sent a congratulatory note to [[Alexander Cockburn]] in reply to an article written about global warming in ''[[The Nation]]'' magazine. Evans commented, "finally someone is getting it right" and said of Cockburn, "He is dead on in his assessment of the greenhouse global warming theory!"<ref>{{cite journal
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and ''Live with Kelly and Ryan''.<ref name=wabc/>
|last = Evans
|first = Bill
|authorlink = Bill Evans (meteorologist)
|date = 2007-06-18
|title = Letters / Cockburn: Climate Iconoclast
|journal = [[The Nation]]
|volume = 284
|issue = 24
|pages = 2
|url = http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070618/letter
|format = fee required
}} http://www.thenation.com/sites/default/files/nation20070618.pdf</ref>


==Other broadcasting==
==Other broadcasting==
Evans also reports the weather for [[WPLJ|95.5, WPLJ-FM]] and sister stations NASH FM 94.7 and 77WABC in New York City.<ref name="Bill Evans">{{cite web|title=Bill Evans|url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/billevansweather|publisher=Linkedin|accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref>
Evans also reported the weather for [[WPLJ|95.5, WPLJ-FM]] and sister stations NASH FM 94.7 and 77WABC in New York City.<ref name="Bill Evans">{{cite web|title=Bill Evans|url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/billevansweather|publisher=Linkedin|accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref>


On 14 December 2018, Evans and his wife Sandra Foschi purchased [[WLNG]] in [[Sag Harbor, New York]].
In October 30, 2018, Evans and his wife Sandra Foschi purchased [[WLNG]] in [[Sag Harbor, New York]], a legacy [[full service (radio format)|full-service]] station, and promptly attempted to modernize the famously anachronistic station.<ref>Fybush, Scott (January 8, 2019). [https://www.fybush.com/nerw-20190108/ Happy New Year (Part II)]. ''NorthEast Radio Watch''. Retrieved January 8, 2019.</ref><ref>Theodore, Dom (December 31, 2018). [http://www.domtheodore.com/?p=104 A living, breathing thing...] Retrieved January 8, 2019.</ref>


==Charitable interests==
==Charitable interests==
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==Writing==
==Writing==
Evans' first novel ''Category 7: The Biggest Storm in History'', was co-written by Marianna Jameson.<ref name="sacred">{{cite web |url=http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/27792_meteorologist_and_author_bill_evans_to_discuss_new_book.cfm |title=Meteorologist and Author Bill Evans To Discuss New Book |publisher=[[Sacred Heart University]] |date=April 2008}}</ref> Evans promoted the work on a 2007 book tour.<ref name="cat7blog">{{cite web |title=Bill Evans: Category 7 Blog |url=http://billevanscategory7.typepad.com/category7/global_warming/index.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529121604/http://www.billevanscategory7.com/ |archivedate=29 May 2008}}</ref> The story is about "weather folk" tracking a hurricane as it approaches [[New York City]].<ref name="GMA">{{cite web |url=http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/27792_meteorologist_and_author_bill_evans_to_discuss_new_book.cfm |title=Book Excerpt: 'Category 7' |work=[[Good Morning America]] |publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=11 July 2007}}</ref> It comes out that the hurricane was created and directed artificially by a billionaire villain.<ref name=fictiondb>{{cite web |url=http://www.fictiondb.com/author/bill-evans-marianna-jameson~frozen-fire~252658~b.htm |title=Frozen Fire by Bill Evans; Marianna Jameson |work=[[fictiondb]]}}</ref>
Evans' first novel ''Category 7: The Biggest Storm in History'', was co-written by Marianna Jameson.<ref name="sacred">{{cite web |url=http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/27792_meteorologist_and_author_bill_evans_to_discuss_new_book.cfm |title=Meteorologist and Author Bill Evans To Discuss New Book |publisher=[[Sacred Heart University]] |date=April 2008 |access-date=9 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927003111/http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/27792_meteorologist_and_author_bill_evans_to_discuss_new_book.cfm |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Evans promoted the work on a 2007 book tour.<ref name="cat7blog">{{cite web |title=Bill Evans: Category 7 Blog |url=http://billevanscategory7.typepad.com/category7/global_warming/index.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529121604/http://www.billevanscategory7.com/ |archivedate=29 May 2008}}</ref> The story is about "weather folk" tracking a hurricane as it approaches [[New York City]].<ref name="GMA">{{cite web |url=http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/27792_meteorologist_and_author_bill_evans_to_discuss_new_book.cfm |title=Book Excerpt: 'Category 7' |work=[[Good Morning America]] |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=11 July 2007 |access-date=9 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927003111/http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/27792_meteorologist_and_author_bill_evans_to_discuss_new_book.cfm |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It comes out that the hurricane was created and directed artificially by a billionaire villain.<ref name=fictiondb>{{cite web |url=http://www.fictiondb.com/author/bill-evans-marianna-jameson~frozen-fire~252658~b.htm |title=Frozen Fire by Bill Evans; Marianna Jameson |work=[[fictiondb]]}}</ref>


Evans has gone on to release more novels in the "eco-thriller" genre, all with Jameson co-writing, including ''Frozen Fire'', a sequel to ''Category 7''.<ref name=fictiondb/> A children's book with research by Susan Berkoff was released in 2012.
Evans has gone on to release more novels in the "eco-thriller" genre, including "Frozen Fire", a sequel to "Category 7", "Dry Ice", and "Blackmail Earth". Evans also penned a weather book for kids entitled: "It's Raining Fish & Spiders".


===Bibliography===
===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |title=Category 7: The Biggest Storm in History |isbn=978-0-7653-1735-3 |publisher=[[Forge Books]] |date=10 July 2007 |last1=Evans |first1=Bill |last2=Jameson |first2=Marianna }}
* {{cite book |title=Category 7: The Biggest Storm in History |isbn=978-0-7653-1735-3 |publisher=[[Forge Books]] |date=10 July 2007 |last1=Evans |first1=Bill |last2=Jameson |first2=Marianna |url=https://archive.org/details/category700evan }}
* {{cite book |title=Frozen Fire |isbn=978-0-7653-2008-7 |publisher=[[Forge Books]] |date=23 June 2009 |last1=Evans |first1=Bill |last2=Jameson |first2=Marianna }}
* {{cite book |title=Frozen Fire |isbn=978-0-7653-2008-7 |publisher=[[Forge Books]] |date=23 June 2009 |last1=Evans |first1=Bill |last2=Jameson |first2=Marianna |url=https://archive.org/details/frozenfire00evan }}
* {{cite book |title=Dry Ice |isbn=978-0-7653-2472-6 |publisher=[[Tor Books]] |date=16 August 2011 |last1=Evans |first1=Bill |last2=Jameson |first2=Marianna }}
* {{cite book |title=Dry Ice |isbn=978-0-7653-2472-6 |publisher=[[Tor Books]] |date=16 August 2011 |last1=Evans |first1=Bill |last2=Jameson |first2=Marianna |url=https://archive.org/details/dryice00evan }}
* {{cite book |title=It's Raining Fish and Spiders |isbn=978-0-7653-2132-9 |publisher=[[Forge Books]] |date=22 May 2012 |last=Evans |first=Bill }}
* {{cite book |title=It's Raining Fish and Spiders |isbn=978-0-7653-2132-9 |publisher=[[Forge Books]] |date=22 May 2012 |last=Evans |first=Bill }}
* {{cite book |title=Blackmail Earth |isbn=978-0-7653-2783-3 |publisher=[[Tor Books]] |date=19 June 2012 |last=Evans |first=Bill }}
* {{cite book |title=Blackmail Earth |isbn=978-0-7653-2783-3 |publisher=[[Tor Books]] |date=19 June 2012 |last=Evans |first=Bill }}


==Notes==
== Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=bios&id=3301214 Bill Evans of ABC News]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061004204738/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=bios&id=3301214 Bill Evans of ABC News]
*{{cite web |url=http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/27792_meteorologist_and_author_bill_evans_to_discuss_new_book.cfm |title=Book Excerpt: 'Category 7' |work=[[Good Morning America]] |publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=11 July 2007}} &ndash; Chapter 1, first few pages
*{{cite web |url=http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/27792_meteorologist_and_author_bill_evans_to_discuss_new_book.cfm |title=Book Excerpt: 'Category 7' |work=[[Good Morning America]] |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=11 July 2007 |access-date=9 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927003111/http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/27792_meteorologist_and_author_bill_evans_to_discuss_new_book.cfm |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }} &ndash; Chapter 1, first few pages
* {{cite web |title=Bill Evans: Category 7 Blog |url=http://billevanscategory7.typepad.com/category7/global_warming/index.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529121604/http://www.billevanscategory7.com/ |archivedate=29 May 2008}} &ndash; Evans' blog from the time of his ''Category 7'' book tour
* {{cite web |title=Bill Evans: Category 7 Blog |url=http://billevanscategory7.typepad.com/category7/global_warming/index.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529121604/http://www.billevanscategory7.com/ |archivedate=29 May 2008}} &ndash; Evans' blog from the time of his ''Category 7'' book tour


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Bill Evans
Born
William Howard Evans

(1960-07-16) 16 July 1960 (age 64)
Meridian, Mississippi
OccupationMeteorologist

William Howard Evans (born 16 July 1960) is an American meteorologist and the former weatherman for WABC-TV, the ABC affiliate in New York City.

Early career

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Evans's broadcasting career began at the age of 13 in his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi on WDAL Radio and WTOK-TV. He attended Mississippi State University, where he studied business administration, and Jackson State University, where he studied meteorology.

In 1985 the National Weather Service named him "Outstanding Meteorologist" for his forecasting and reporting during Hurricane Elena.[1]

Before coming to New York, Evans was meteorologist for WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama and was morning show host on WABB-FM. He also held similar jobs in Dallas, as both meteorologist at WFAA-TV and morning show host for KHYI-FM.[1]

WABC-TV

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Evans was the Senior Meteorologist for Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon. He is now on WLNG Radio.[1]

Evans is a 15-time Emmy award winner for "Outstanding On-Camera Achievement in Weather Broadcasting." He had been with WABC-TV from 13 December 1989 until 5 February 2019.[2]

In 2016 Evans was awarded the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

For years he played himself in The Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall. Evans has also played Lumiere (the candlestick) on Broadway in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. He has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America. He also appeared on ESPN Sports Center and The Michael Kay Show on ESPN NY Radio 98.7 FM. Evans has appeared on the show "How Stuff Works" on the Discovery Channel and Live with Kelly and Ryan.[1]

Other broadcasting

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Evans also reported the weather for 95.5, WPLJ-FM and sister stations NASH FM 94.7 and 77WABC in New York City.[3]

On 14 December 2018, Evans and his wife Sandra Foschi purchased WLNG in Sag Harbor, New York.

Charitable interests

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Bill Evans scuba diving

Evans helps raise funds for children's charities Babies Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian, the Juvenile Diabetes Association, Junior Achievement, and the National Young Adult Institute.[1] He also hosts golf tournaments to raise funds for The Red Cross of New Jersey and Special Olympics of New York.[3]

Writing

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Evans' first novel Category 7: The Biggest Storm in History, was co-written by Marianna Jameson.[4] Evans promoted the work on a 2007 book tour.[5] The story is about "weather folk" tracking a hurricane as it approaches New York City.[6] It comes out that the hurricane was created and directed artificially by a billionaire villain.[7]

Evans has gone on to release more novels in the "eco-thriller" genre, including "Frozen Fire", a sequel to "Category 7", "Dry Ice", and "Blackmail Earth". Evans also penned a weather book for kids entitled: "It's Raining Fish & Spiders".

Bibliography

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  • Evans, Bill; Jameson, Marianna (10 July 2007). Category 7: The Biggest Storm in History. Forge Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-1735-3.
  • Evans, Bill; Jameson, Marianna (23 June 2009). Frozen Fire. Forge Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-2008-7.
  • Evans, Bill; Jameson, Marianna (16 August 2011). Dry Ice. Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-2472-6.
  • Evans, Bill (22 May 2012). It's Raining Fish and Spiders. Forge Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-2132-9.
  • Evans, Bill (19 June 2012). Blackmail Earth. Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-2783-3.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Bill Evans". WABC-TV Web site. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ^ abc7ny profile on Bill Evans- Retrieved 2017-10-14
  3. ^ a b "Bill Evans". Linkedin. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Meteorologist and Author Bill Evans To Discuss New Book". Sacred Heart University. April 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Bill Evans: Category 7 Blog". Archived from the original on 29 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Book Excerpt: 'Category 7'". Good Morning America. ABC News. 11 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Frozen Fire by Bill Evans; Marianna Jameson". fictiondb.
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