Weather forecasting G. Harold Noyes in 1931. The world's first televised weather forecasts, including the use of weather maps, were experimentally broadcast by the BBC in 1936. This was brought into practice in 1949 after World War II. George Cowling gave the first weather forecast while being televised in front of the map in 1954. In America, experimental television forecasts were made by James C Fidler in Cincinnati in either 1940 or 1947 on the DuMont Television Network. In the late 1970s and early 80s, John Coleman, the first weatherman on ABC-TV's Good Morning America, pioneered the use of on-screen weather satellite
Gary Cowling Gary Cowling Gary Cowling (born November 4, 1961), is an American stage and motion-picture actor. Cowling was born and grew up in Newport News, Virginia. He holds a BA in Theater and Speech from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from West Virginia University. He has worked in theater, television, and film for a number of years. Cowling co-starred in the features "What's Your Sign?" (Audience Award Winner—San Antonio Film Festival) and "Waldo Walker" by Wally White. He also appeared in "Celebrity" and "Judgment Call", and as a stuntman in