Crayons to Computers—Reflecting on 40 Years of TV Weathercasting

From the 1950s through the 1970s, television weather technology did not change greatly, aside from the development of color TV. In the past 40 years, the industry has undergone a revolution, thanks to computer weather graphics. Most “millennial” weather-casters have always had full-color computer weather displays and may not realize the challenges we faced in the days B.C. (before computers)! In this presentation, I will take a look back to the "old days" and journey through the wild times in the 1980s and 90s as the computer graphics revolution roared through the TV industry.