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Wes Hohenstein

Wes Hohenstein
Hohenstein in Durham in 2018
Born
Wesley Hohenstein

Alma materSaint Louis University (B.S. Meteorology)
OccupationTV meteorologist

Wes Hohenstein is an American on-camera meteorologist for WNCN (CBS 17) in Raleigh, North Carolina who holds the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval. Hohenstein brings viewers the weather on CBS 17 at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. and has worked for WNCN since 2006. He has also worked in Louisiana, Utah, Texas and Arizona.[1] While in Houston, he was known for the Sunshine Award, where he visited schools across southeast Texas in the station's helicopter nearly every day.[2] He also had the misfortune of swallowing a bug live on TV one day during his weather broadcast and, thanks to the Internet, made news all around the world.[3]

  1. ^ MEDIA, GENERAL. "Wes Hohenstein Bio". NBC17.COM. MEDIA GENERAL. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. ^ STANFIELD, STACI. "BRING ON THE SUNSHINE". GALENA PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT. GALENA PARK ISD. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  3. ^ FUNG, KATHERINE (8 August 2011). "Weatherman Wes Hohenstein Swallows Moth During Live Report". HUFFINGTON POST. Retrieved 14 November 2012.