Career
Black joined the local evening news broadcast along with anchor Peter Van Dusen in 1989 and holds the position today. He is a certified broadcaster with the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, serving as the only Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor-certified broadcaster in Ottawa and one of only a few to perform local forecasting duties. In addition to providing extensive forecasting on Canadian Broadcasting Company News: Ottawa at Six, Black gives regular updates on the CBO-FM program All in a Day.
His televised segments include a "Weather Watchers" Club" in which volunteers from communities surrounding Ottawa submit current temperatures and conditions, which are superimposed on a map.
In 2007, Black visited local elementary schools to talk to children about weather and answer their questions, with highlights appearing on his daily broadcasts. During a Canadian Broadcasting Company lockout in 2005, radio personality Alan Neal hosted a half-hour segment outside Canadian Broadcasting Company studios titled Ian Black provided a mock forecast, with lines such as "a lot of hot air on Parliament Hill".
