Background
Storm Field followed his father, longtime New York weatherman Doctor Frank Field, into the business.
Storm Field followed his father, longtime New York weatherman Doctor Frank Field, into the business.
Storm Field"s first foray into weathercasting came as part of "s Eyewitness News program Field made his debut on November 29, 1976 as a replacement for the fired Tex Antoine, who had been dismissed for an inappropriate comment concerning a rape story five days earlier. Field"s primary responsibilities were the 6 Prime Minister and 11 Prime Minister newscasts, with other forecasters (such as Ira Joe Fisher and Sam Champion) appearing on the 5 Prime Minister newscast.
In 1978 Storm Field joined the morning team with Jimmy Fink and Shelli Sonstein at New York radio station WPLJ. In addition to his weather duties, in 1981 Field became the anchor of the recently launched 5 Prime Minister Eyewitness News broadcast, working alongside Tracy Egan and (later) Kaity Tong.
He would do so until 1983, when Tom Snyder took over the newscast, and subbed off and on until 1984. He left altogether in 1991 and was replaced by Sam Champion on the 6 Prime Minister and 11 Prime Minister Eyewitness News broadcasts.
After taking time off, on August 24, 1992 Field joined his father Doctor Frank Field at, marking the first time the two had worked together. In anticipation of his debut shot a series of commercials with Storm and Frank Field using puns on both meteorologists" names.
He would remain with until 1997, succeeding Irv "Mr.
G" Gikofsky as the station"s chief meteorologist and then moving to " morning newscast toward the end of his time there. Storm Field"s third and last weather position brought him to in 1997, where he reported on the station"s 10 Prime Minister newscast and served as "s chief meteorologist. During his tenure he got a second chance to work with his father, as Doctor Frank Field was hired by as a weekend weathercaster in the early 2000s before retiring.
He retired shortly thereafter.