April 10, 2014
Forecast for John Coleman: Retirement
Longtime weatherman ends his career after 61 years
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Coleman, a native of Texas, began his career in 1953 at WCIA in Champaign, Ill., where he was a student at the University of Illinois. He went on to work at stations in Peoria, Ill., Omaha, Neb., Milwaukee, and Chicago before becoming the original weatherman on ABC's "Good Morning America."
In the early 1980s, Coleman helped establish The Weather Channel, serving as CEO and president during the first year of operation. He joined KUSI 20 years ago last week in what he called his "retirement job."
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In recent years Coleman has been an outspoken opponent of man-made global warming. He called it a "scam" and said it was "a threat to our economy and our civilization."