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Revision as of 22:43, 26 July 2009 by 98.148.49.233 (talk) (That's an idiotic rule.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Template:Infobox television personality Jacqueline "Jackie" Johnson (born January 23, 1978) is a weather forecaster and television personality for the primetime KCAL-TV news and the late afternoon KCBS-TV news in Los Angeles, California.
Early life
Johnson was born in Plymouth, Michigan. She initially attended the University of South Alabama, concentrating on meteorology. Johnson eventually graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in broadcast journalism.
Career
Johnson's television news work began in Tallahassee, Florida at station WCTV in 2000 where she worked as a reporter and weekend weather anchor. In September, 2001, she moved to WSVN in Miami, continuing on as a weathercaster and reporter for three years. In Miami, Johnson became something of a minor celebrity.
Finally, in 2004 she moved to California where, in October, Johnson joined KCBS and its sister station, KCAL, as a weeknight weatherforcaster. She is also involved in special projects for both stations.
In December, 2009, she filled in for Dave Price on CBS's the Early Show.
Personal life
Much has been made of Johnson's personal attractiveness and style. In 2003, she was deemed "hottest meteorologist" in an online poll conducted by Playboy Magazine. As winner, she was offered a nude celebrity pictorial in Playboy Magazine, an offer which she declined.
Los Angeles musician Linus of Hollywood wrote a song about her in 2006 entitled "Jackie Johnson." The song appears on the album Reheat And Serve and as a bonus track on the Japanese version of his Triangle album.
Beginning in 2008, a "Jackie Johnson Fashion Watch" was begun on one website in order to monitor and praise the weathercaster's choice of clothing during her broadcasts and other public appearences. In May, 2009, during The Simpsons episode Four Great Women and a Manicure, an apparent reference to Johnson was made during the Snow White segment when the Wicked Queen character inquires of her HDTV who the fairest woman is. After naming Snow White- played by Lisa Simpson- the television adds "also there's a weather girl on channel 9 who's ."
Johnson's romantic life has also come under some attention. In July, 2008, Johnson revealed that she was engaged to former NFL player, John Kidd. According to the interview, the marriage was scheduled to be in June, 2009. However, early in that year, Johnson was no longer seen wearing her engagement ring during her weathercasting segments and as of July, 2009, no marriage announcement had been made public. Fueling internet speculation that she was dating Billy Corgan, Johnson has been spotted several times with the Smashing Pumpkins frontman: in May at a Los Angeles Lakers game during the NBA finals, and in June at STK- an upscale restaurant in West Hollywood.
Notes
- ^ "Weather: Jackie Johnson," CBS 2 KCAL 9 News Team. Accessed on July 16, 2009.
- "Jackie Johnson 'Living it Up,'" Harness Link (June 21, 2003).
- Kate Sullivan, "The Weather Babe," (archived) LA Weekly (April 19, 2006).
- "Jackie Johnson," Zimbio.com. Accessed on July 16, 2009.
- ^ "Jackie Johnson Fashion Watch," Soup Cans. Accessed on July 16, 2009.
- "The Soup Cans Interview: Jackie Johnsons," Soup Cans (July 15, 2008).
- TMZ Staff, "Corgan & L.A. Weather Gal -- A Smashing Couple," TMZ.com (June 12, 2009).