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Though John Coughlin would make a career out of predictions, he never foresaw his future as a TV weatherman.
His first weather report came in 1969 when a WBBM-TV meteorologist took ill just moments before air time and Mr. Coughlin was asked to step in.
He grabbed the forecasts, forged through the segment and eventually became so popular in his new on-air role that fans would fight the station when it later tried to fire him.
Mr. Coughlin, 75, collapsed and died Saturday, Feb. 17, at the King Home for seniors in Evanston.
“Weather was never something that John wanted to do,” recalled Harry Volkman, a longtime friend and former WBBM-Ch. 2 meteorologist who now works for Fox. “It was something they told him he had to do because he was the only one available and the show was coming up.”
Despite flying into the business by the seat of his pants, Mr. Coughlin took it upon himself to learn the science behind forecasting, taking classes in his off hours and reading volume after volume on the subject.
Confident and engaging, Mr. Coughlin was compelling to watch in a time when weather reporters could not rely on showy computer-generated effects. He would stand in front of actual maps, moving around pictures of the sun and clouds, and viewers loved it.
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John Coughlin (weatherman)
John Coughlin (September 3, 1925 – February 17, 2001) was a longtime meteorologist for WBBM-TV in Chicago, during the station's No. 1 position in the television news market in Chicago in the 1970s.
Early life and education
[edit]Born and raised in Chicago, Coughlin served two years of combat during World War II. He then earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Northwestern University in 1952.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Coughlin's first job was working for a small radio station in Alton, Illinois, where he lived in a dingy boarding house with the station's other disc jockeys. After about a year in Alton, Coughlin worked for a variety of radio stations in Chicago. He joined WBBM-TV in 1953, working mostly on children's programs.[1]
In 1969, Coughlin was pressed into service as a weatherman after one of the station's meteorologists, Roy Allred, took ill just before a broadcast. Later, after Allred quit, Coughlin was asked to become the station's interim meteorologist, even though by his own admission, he knew nothing about the subject. No replacement ever was found, however, and after eight months of filling in, Coughlin was given the job on a full-time basis.[2] Coughlin then began studying meteorol