DETROIT – Former Local 4 News meteorologist Kim Adams will rejoin WDIV as a meteorologist on all of our station’s main content platforms: Local 4 News on television, the ClickOnDetroit station website, and the Local 4+ station streaming channel, WDIV announced today. Vice President and CEO Bob Ellis.
Adams will begin these new roles starting August 8th.
“We’ve been looking for someone who can cater to the changing content needs of our audience for a long time,” Ellis said. “Searching across the country, we were looking for the right person to handle what the people of Southeast Michigan have clearly told us they need and want on TV, on our website and with expanded coverage during major weather events. “In Kim, we found out that the right person has been here at home all the time.”
Adams previously worked as a meteorologist at Local 4 in 2009, when she left the station to become a full-time mother of her five children.
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“We’re excited for Kim to return to the Local 4 team,” news director Kim Voet said. “She certainly knows Southeast Michigan and the climate that comes with living here. Southeast Michigan also knows Kim and they know they can depend on her to keep them up to date on all of our climate platforms. changing “.
In addition to joining Devin Scillian, Kimberly Gill, Karen Drew, Jason Colthorp and Bernie Smilovitz on Local 4 News every evening on television, Kim will collaborate daily on clickondetroit.com, providing weather forecasts for the website and station applications. as well as providing information through in-depth articles and a weekly weather bulletin on why weather conditions change.
It will also serve as one of the main forecasters on Local 4+, the station’s transmission channel, where it will go for expanded coverage for all of southeast Michigan.
Teaming up with Paul Gross, Andrew Humphrey, Brandon Roux and Brett Collar, Adams will help improve the station’s approach to covering the local climate with the station’s new weather mark. 4 Warn the weather. Using the most powerful weather technology available today, which is exclusive to Local 4 News, the station will provide viewers with the most up-to-date information for each neighborhood, so they are always prepared.
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“My job, above all, is to make sure everyone in Detroit and southeast Michigan is prepared for whatever comes. You’ll find it on TV, on our app, website and broadcast channel. After watching the capabilities of the station Exact Track 4D radar product, I can tell you that it is a real difference maker. It will help our entire weather team warn our audience that a dangerous time is coming before it passes so you can keep your family and friends safe. This technology is unique to Local 4 and allows us to see things unfold even before the national weather service issues warnings, ”Adams said.
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He Exact Track 4D radar technology it also provides street-level weather data, so with the forecast you’ll receive on all platforms daily, you can plan your day.
“When the weather is good, I want to make sure you take advantage of it. With 4 Warn Weather we’ll also warn you not to miss the opportunity to enjoy the outdoor activities that make Michigan special,” Adams added. .
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Adams, who grew up in southeast Michigan, has won numerous awards from the Associated Press and the Michigan Broadcasters Association for his weather reports.
She is also very involved in our community through her volunteer work. She is an active advocate for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, raising awareness about women’s health issues. Kim is the former fundraising and development executive at the New Day Foundation for Families, which offers financial aid to help cancer patients during treatment.
Based on her experiences as a survivor of domestic violence and a survivor of breast cancer, she is a tireless advocate of living life without fear. Other organizations he volunteers to include The Miracle League and Turning Point Domestic Violence Shelter. He also spends time supporting Michigan Humane.
Adams graduated summa cum laude from Oakland University, finishing third in his class. He received a master’s degree from Wayne State University specializing in Radio / TV and Film. He also studied thermodynamics and dynamics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Graduate School in Washington, DC, and Synoptic Meteorology at Ohio State University.
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“Our commitment to the local climate has never been stronger than it is now. That’s what the word ‘Local’ is about in Local 4. With Kim back home at WDIV, we’re putting more ‘Local’ in Local 4 and we’ll have ads “More on plans for more special events and local weather coverage. Things no one has ever done in Detroit,” Ellis said.
Watch our full interview with Kim during the fireworks below:
A familiar face will return to the WDIV weather team in August! We are very excited to welcome Kim Adams back to our station.
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