Jacqueline "Jackie" Johnson (born January 23, 1980) is a former American

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and

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personality, best known for her work on

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news in

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. She could also be heard for many years on the

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-owned radio station KNX1070 in Los Angeles, doing periodic weather forecast updates.

Biography

Johnson was born in

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Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

. She initially attended the

University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama (USA) is a public research university in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May 1963 and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alaba ...

, concentrating on

meteorology Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e. weather), with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agricultur ...

. Johnson eventually graduated from

Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a Public university, public research university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as ...

with a degree in

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. She then moved to Florida to work as a

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and weekend weather anchor for WCTV-TV in

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, and then was employed in similar roles at WSVN-TV in

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. After a move to Los Angeles, Johnson was the prime-time weather anchor for KCAL 9 News until 2010, and then occupied the same position at

, their

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in the city, until retiring in 2018. Johnson is divorced from former

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

player John Kidd.Broward Sun-Sentinel: "John Kidd"
retrieved August 18, 2015 She remarried in 2016 and gave birth to a daughter on January 12, 2018.

Film and television

Johnson has appeared in a handful of films and television shows, typically playing a meteorologist or

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. In 2012, she appeared as herself in the movie ''

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''.

References

External links

CBS2/KCAL9 On-Air Talent Biographies
* * Jackie Johnson Official
Web site

Jackie Johnson (JackieJohnsonLA) on TwitterJackie Johnson's Facebook Page
*http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/04/jackie-johnson-divorce-nfl-star/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20150415234031/http://www.naughtygossip.com/jared-leto-has-a-new-love-see-who-it-is/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Jackie 1980 births Living people People from Plymouth, Michigan Middle Tennessee State University alumni University of South Alabama alumni American television weather presenters