Dagmar Midcap (born Dagmar Gottschalk; March 12, 1969) is a Canadian-born American media personality, weathercaster, and actor originally based in

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. She was the weekday evening weather anchor for KNSD-TV in

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from 2011 to August 2023, with the station announcing her departure in October 2023.

Career

Television

A graduate of

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's broadcast journalism program in 1990, Midcap began her television career on

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, appearing on a weekly current affairs program (1990–1998). She then returned to British Columbia, where she worked as the traffic and weather reporter on VTV's ''Breakfast'' before moving to

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's BCTV ''Morning Show'' as a fill-in traffic reporter. Moving away from live television, she hosted ''Crash Test Mommy'' on the

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. In 2005 she became co-host of BCTV's ''Driving Television'', a weekly survey of automotive industry news for which she test drove new cars on a regular basis. It was broadcast nationally in Canada on Global. In 2007 she returned to the United States where she became the weather and traffic anchor for the ''Better Mornings'' morning show on

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, beginning in April. As of January 2008, she became the main weather anchor for WGCL-TV, doing forecasts during the late afternoon and evening newscasts. Midcap tendered her notice to the station on September 3, 2010, citing ongoing emotional and physical distress as a result of her boyfriend's suicide. The station acknowledged her departure on September 7, 2010. On October 25, 2011, Midcap started as the weekday evening weather anchor for KNSD-TV in

, an

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. Midcap took a leave of absence in August 2023, with the station ultimately announcing her departure in October 2023. Midcap stated she was "living through her third life-changing chapter", after departing from a cult she was raised in and her boyfriend committing suicide while she was working as a weather anchor in

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Acting career

In Canada, Midcap often appeared in film and television series produced in the Vancouver area. She has appeared in such films as ''

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'', '' Baby Geniuses 2'' and '' Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch''. Television appearances have included ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Just Cause'', ''

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'' and '' Twilight Zone'', among others. She has also had recurring roles on the series '' Dark Angel''.

References

External links

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Dagmar Midcap's Official Site
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