Paul Douglas and Jordana Green have been named the new afternoon drive hosts on WCCO-AM in Minneapolis. They begin August 1 and they replace John Williams, who took a position with WGN in Chicago. Paul and Jordana previously teamed up when Jordana was Vice President of Programming for WeatherNation TV before moving to WCCO.
Jordana Green has been with WCCO since 2012, hosting her 9:00-11:00 p.m. show and co-hosting afternoon drive with John Williams. She started her career as a field producer at FOX-5 in New York, then as the medical reporter at WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre. She moved to the Midwest to anchor the morning show at FOX-59 TV in Indianapolis. Then Minnesota called, and Jordana answered by anchoring FOX-29 TV’s primary newscast while earning an Emmy for on-camera excellence. Before coming to WCCO, Jordana helped launch WeatherNation TV.
Douglas is a broadcaster and meteorologist, with 34 years of broadcast television and 36 years of radio experience. He’s well known to Minnesota residents as the head meteorologist for KARE-TV and WCCO-TV. He also launched the national weather channel, WeatherNation TV in 2011. Paul provides daily weather for the Star Tribune, the St. Cloud Times, Conservation Minnesota, and WeatherNation, and is an author and regular contributor to TPT’s Almanac. He’s launched five weather technology companies during his career, including his current ventures, AerisWeather and Praedictix, based in Eden Prairie.
Best wishes to Paul on his new gig! I first started watching him do weather in 1981 when I was a freshman at the U of M. Here was this young, funny, innovative weather guy up on the roof with his umbrella doing his forecast. He was an instant hit in the Cities and got some national notice as well. I always thought he would end up at one of the national TV morning shows and compete against Al Roker.
Sorry to see him become a victim of cuts at WCCO. He will do great on radio. He has the right personality and a great voice. He obviously doesn’t need the money so it will give him an easier workday and should be a fun transition for him. I look forward to tuning in and checking out the afternoons on WCCO!
How time flies! Closer to 40 years than 30 years in broadcasting! Amazing!