Chief meteorologist Kevin Coskren is leaving WLNE-TV ABC 6, New England One has learned.
Kevin joined ABC 6 in August 2012 when former chief meteorologist Fred Campagna and the station failed to come to terms with a new contract.
Prior to ABC 6, Kevin was the chief meteorologist at Citadel Communications sister-station KLKN-TV ABC 8 in Lincoln, NE.
A native of the Northeast, Kevin made it no secret that he would like to return to this part of the country one day. When Citadel purchased WLNE in 2011, Kevin got his chance.
“The day I heard that, the hair stood up on the back of my neck,” he said in 2012 to the Lincoln Journal Star. “I thought, ‘This is my chance.’ So I carefully crafted an email to the president of the company, and included my boss in it, that if anything ever became available, I would like to be considered for it.”
Kevin started at KLKN in 1999 as the meteorologist for the newly launched morning newscast. He was promoted to chief meteorologist in 2001.
Kevin also worked for WKBT-TV in La Crosse, WI, and earned his AMD Seal of Approval while there.
Kevin was born in Massachusetts, and grew up in New Jersey. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he earned a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He also graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Master's degree in meteorology.
Kevin has not yet said where he is going, and is expected to leave ABC 6 at the end of the month.
Meteorologist Kevin Coskren Leaving WLNE
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