William J. Karins (born April 14, 1974) is an American

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, working for

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. He is currently seen primarily on

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's ''

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'' and ''

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with Tom Llamas''. He also occasionally reports weekdays for

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's '' First Look'', ''

Way Too Early ''Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire'' is an American morning news show that airs weekday mornings on MSNBC. The network has had shows with the title ''Way Too Early'', both with and without the name of the host at the time, during two differen ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and

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. Prior to being named an NBC meteorologist, Karins was one of the original meteorologists for the now shuttered NBC Weather Plus. From 2009 to 2012, Karins had been the meteorologist on ''

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'' on Saturdays. Karins was briefly one of several substitute hosts for ''Way Too Early'' during the departure of

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from the show for his ''

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'' hosting duties. He has also appeared as a fill-in for

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on ''

'', and for

Dylan Dreyer Dylan Marie Dreyer (born August 2, 1981) is an American television meteorologist working for NBC News. She is also an anchor on Today's 3rd Hour. Dreyer frequently appears on ''Today'' on weekdays as a weather correspondent and as a fill-in for ...

on ''

''. Karins was born in

Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York Cit ...

. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Oneonta. Prior to working at NBC, he was a meteorologist at

KSNT KSNT (channel 27) is a television station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside low-power, Class A Fox affiliate KTMJ-CD (channel 43); Nexstar also provides certain services to dua ...

Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central U ...

, and at WCTI in

New Bern, North Carolina New Bern, formerly called Newbern, is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 29,524, which had risen to an estimated 29,994 as of 2019. It is the county seat of Craven County and ...

. He also worked in

Bangor, Maine Bangor ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Penobscot County. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's 3rd-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121). Modern Bangor ...

for WABI-TV.

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