Crystal Egger is an American former

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with

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and

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Early life and education

Egger, a native of

Grand Terrace, California Grand Terrace is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 12,040 at the 2010 census, up from 11,626 at the 2000 census. Grand Terrace is located between Highgrove and Colton, along the I-215 and Agua ...

, attended Terrace Hills Middle School and Colton High School. Upon graduation, she attended the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

where she received a B.A. in communications in 2000. After UCSB, she attended

Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Mississippi State, Mississippi, Un ...

's meteorology program.

Career

Local beginnings

Egger started her on-air work in

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, appearing on ITV Cable 16 in August 2004. She moved to become the lead weather anchor on

KIFI-TV KIFI-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States, serving the Idaho Falls–Pocatello market as an affiliate of American Broadcasting Company, ABC, CBS, The CW Plus, and Telemundo. The station is owned b ...

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in 2006. She subsequently moved to

Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

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, where she served as

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's from 2007 through 2010. While in Denver, she covered the 2008 Windsor, Colorado tornado.

The Weather Channel

It was announced on September 1, 2010, that Egger had joined

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-based

. She remained with the organization for three years. She did segments for

while at

Return home

Egger returned to Southern California in September 2013 when she joined

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. She left the role in 2017.

Personal life

Egger has two daughters.

References

External links

NBC Los Angeles biography

Agency biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Egger, Crystal University of California, Santa Barbara alumni American television weather presenters The Weather Channel people Living people People from Colton, California Year of birth missing (living people) Colton High School (California) alumni