News4’s Doug Kammerer- His Wife and Incident with Children
Doug Kammerer is an American journalist who currently serves as a chief meteorologist on NBC Washington. He can be seen forecasting the weather news on weekdays on News4 at 4, 5, 6 and 11.
Kammerer recently made the headlines after he paused the weather reporting to call his kids and warn them about the tornado coming through his house. Read the article to know everything about the journalist.
Doug Kammerer Age, Nationality, and Education
Doug Kammerer was born on May 6, 1975, in Washington, D.C., USA. He is 46 years old as of April 2022. Born to American parents, he holds an American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity.
He grew up in Northern Virginia where he attended Herndon High School and Herndon Middle School. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology from the University of Northern Colorado.
Career as a Meteorologist
After his graduation, Kammerer started his career as a meteorologist in Orlando, Jacksonville, and Macon. He has worked for KYW-TV, The CW Philly, WCAU-TV, and WPHL-TV during his 7 years stay in Philadelphia.
Doug Kammerer currently works for NBC’s WRC-TV which is based in Washington DC. He appears as a chief meteorologist on News4 on the weekdays at 4, 5, 6 and 1.
Moreover, he also forecasts weather news on 103.5 WTOP Radio and the station’s website.
Besides weather broadcasting, The New4’s meteorologist has authored a book titled ”Average Dough: My Take on America: From Politics and Government to Society”.
He has also earned five EMMY Awards presented by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Doug Kammerer’s Wife and Children
The Emmy award-winning journalist is married to his wife Holly Roehl Kammerer for a long time. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter.
The couple was blessed with their first child, a son named Kenton, in January of 2007. Their daughter Cally was born in June 2010.
What’s his Salary and Net worth?
As a chief meteorologist for NBC, Doug Kammerer earns a huge paycheck as his annual salary. He reportedly earns about $100,000 a year.
His net worth could be in the range of $2 million in 2022.
Doug is also active on Instagram with @dougkammerer where he has more than 18k followers. He has shared his personal as well as professional photos and has also flaunted his normal lifestyle.
Kammerer stops the live broadcast to Warn his Son about Tornado
Kammerer recently became popular after he paused the weather reporting to call his children who were alone at home and warn them about the tornado coming that way.
“I’m tracking this so closely now. This is going to go right over my house. So, very close to my house.”
Kammerer said while reporting.
The journalist then took his phone and called his son.
“You there, buddy? All right, hey, man, I want you to get down in the basement. We got a tornado warning. Get in the bedroom down there and just kind of wait for 10, 15 minutes,”
Kammerer instructed his son.
He later explained the situation with AccuWeather and said:
“We have had tornado warnings before, but I was always able to text my wife or call them off-air. This was the first time I had to make the call live. My wife was not home, so my kids were home alone and I knew they would not be paying attention. Fortunately, we were all safe and no one was injured by this tornado.”
Kammerer even relied to the users who shared the video of the moment. He retweeted:
“Yes, had to warn my family! Kids were home alone and I knew they were not watching me on TV! They are safe. Thank you! Scary moment for me though, I was freaking out inside a bit.”
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