George Cowling stationed as a meteorological assistant with No. 4 Bomber Group RAF in Yorkshire, and worked as a forecaster for the RAF, working in Britain, Normandy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany until 1953. In 1954 he was transferred to the London Weather Centre. On 11 January 1954, at the age of 33, George Cowling gave the first televised weather forecast, from the BBC's Lime Grove Studios, at 7.55pm. The forecast was live and 'in vision', with Cowling standing in front of the weather map, using a pencil and rubber to show the weather for the next day. He informed the viewing
Alfred Hozack Cowling served on an average of eight Standing Committees. He was defeated in the 1967 provincial general election, coming in third place and losing to Ontario's Chief Coroner, the very outspoken Morton Shulman. Alfred Hozack Cowling Alfred Hozack "Alf" Cowling (October 15, 1911 – November 18, 1996) was a Canadian politician, who represented High Park in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 to 1971 as a Progressive Conservative member. Cowling was born in Toronto. He was one of three sons born to Eleanor May Hozack and Alfred Homer Cowling. He worked as an insurance salesman and, eventually became an executive