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Title: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: NYwxguy on March 02, 2010, 06:57:51 AM
TWC has hired KYW meteorologist Maria LaRosa as a main anchor. The article doesn't say which show she'll be doing but she will be moving to Atlanta soon.

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/dan_gross/20100302_Dan_Gross__Weather_Channel_hires_LaRosa.html (http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/dan_gross/20100302_Dan_Gross__Weather_Channel_hires_LaRosa.html)
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: jtmal0723 on March 02, 2010, 07:50:40 AM
Now this is something I will be looking forward to. Her personality at CBS3 is great imo. I doubt we would see her on air on TWC before May imo. She's still pregnant.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Localonthe8s on March 02, 2010, 04:23:59 PM
Now this is something I will be looking forward to. Her personality at CBS3 is great imo. I doubt we would see her on air on TWC before May imo. She's still pregnant.
I love Maria LaRose too. She deserves the position and it would be great to see her as an OCM on TWC! Although this news came out as a surprise
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: TWCToday on March 03, 2010, 12:59:25 AM
Seems like a good choice from what ive seen
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: gt1racerlHDl on March 03, 2010, 10:00:55 AM
Finally an Awesome Addition, Hopefully TWC can look up in New England for their next met

Sarah Wroblewski (http://wbztv.com/bios/sarah.wroblewski.meteorlogist.9.685345.html) & Danielle Niles (http://www.necn.com/pages/teambios) are awesome talent.

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Danielle Niles, a Weymouth, Mass. native, joined NECN in Nov. 2008 as a meteorologist. She was previously employed at Weather Services International in Andover, MA, as a forecaster for private energy companies. “I am absolutely thrilled to be working in New England, forecasting with such a dedicated and talented Weather Team at a news station that is well-respected across the entire region," Niles says. “I have had a passion for the weather ever since I was a little girl, and working as a broadcast meteorologist has always been a dream of mine." Ever since she was young, Danielle has shared an enthusiasm for severe weather, blizzards, thunderstorms and hurricanes to name a few. She has even been storm chasing in the Midwest where she saw her first tornado last year. Niles is a 2006 cum laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts/Lowell where she earned her bachelor's degree in atmospheric science, and was captain of the women's varsity soccer team. She also earned a master's degree in meteorology at Florida State University and is a member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Anistorm on March 03, 2010, 04:28:45 PM
Can't wait to see her on TWC. with you guys' feedback about her, looks like she's pretty awesome.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: jtmal0723 on March 03, 2010, 08:14:08 PM
Here's her good bye videos from the newscasts today:

http://cbs3.com/video/?id=98506@kyw.dayport.com (http://cbs3.com/video/?id=98506@kyw.dayport.com)
http://cbs3.com/video/?id=98477@kyw.dayport.com (http://cbs3.com/video/?id=98477@kyw.dayport.com)
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Tyler on March 03, 2010, 10:17:20 PM
Probably more likely towards the end of the year.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: TWCToday on March 03, 2010, 10:19:24 PM
I wonder if she will be an official paid employee of TWC before she give birth.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Mike M on March 03, 2010, 10:43:20 PM
I haven't been much of a fan of KYW 3 since Larry Kane left in late 2002. Ever since, they've gotten rid of a lot of the other anchors I enjoyed watching, which led to me switching to WPVI and later WTXF for my local news. But since when did KYW started using that casual set with the comfy chairs for their newscasts?
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: jtmal0723 on March 04, 2010, 12:09:19 AM
Talk Philly is a talk show at noon. That is their set.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: twcfan on March 04, 2010, 11:39:55 PM
Look forward to seeing her. With the exception of Chris Warren, I've felt let down by most of TWC's recent new OCMs (bland Samantha, the uh's of Todd, and the mostly radio/video OCMs Elliot and Thibodeau [to be fair about the last 2, their roles make it difficult to make a great impression]).
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: skaloveexx33 on March 22, 2010, 10:50:13 AM
She sounds pretty decent. I can't wait to see her.  :happy:
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: hurricane expert on March 23, 2010, 10:17:49 AM
Too bad that they don't rehire some of the ocm's that they got rid of before. 
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: TWCToday on March 27, 2010, 02:51:07 PM
Too bad that they don't rehire some of the ocm's that they got rid of before. 
Or just didn't get rid of any in the first place. :(
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: curtjr4 on March 30, 2010, 06:09:10 PM
For those interested... here's her picture.
(http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/img/8a20/MemberAction/3418c.jpg)
Source: http://www.zimbio.com/Maria+LaRosa (http://www.zimbio.com/Maria+LaRosa)
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Anistorm on April 08, 2010, 05:59:45 PM
According to Jen's twitter, Maria LaRosa made her debut on YWT this morning.

Did anyone watch it or happened to record it?
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: wxntrafficfan on April 09, 2010, 03:27:23 PM
According to Jen's twitter, Maria LaRosa made her debut on YWT this morning.

Did anyone watch it or happened to record it?
I recorded YWT between 7 and 9:30 AM EDT yesterday morning (closed my tuner to reset it, and forgot to reopen in until WUWA). I looked through my clip of it and couldn't find her appearance.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: skaloveexx33 on April 11, 2010, 02:07:53 PM
Maria now has a TWC bio: http://www.weather.com/tv/personalities/MariaLaRosa.html (http://www.weather.com/tv/personalities/MariaLaRosa.html)  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: jtmal0723 on April 11, 2010, 09:11:43 PM
I'm 95% sure you will NOT see her on camera before she gives birth in May.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Mike M on April 11, 2010, 09:14:30 PM
I'm 95% sure you will NOT see her on camera before she gives birth in May.
She was doing the weekly planner on weekend now yesterday. ;)
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: jtmal0723 on April 11, 2010, 09:38:59 PM
I'm 95% sure you will NOT see her on camera before she gives birth in May.
She was doing the weekly planner on weekend now yesterday. ;)
Anyone have a clip of thisssssss?
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: skaloveexx33 on April 11, 2010, 09:40:08 PM
I'm 95% sure you will NOT see her on camera before she gives birth in May.
She was doing the weekly planner on weekend now yesterday. ;)
Anyone have a clip of thisssssss?
Yes pleasee? I didnt get to see it:(
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Zach on April 11, 2010, 09:55:00 PM
I'm 95% sure you will NOT see her on camera before she gives birth in May.
She was doing the weekly planner on weekend now yesterday. ;)
Mike, that was my mistake. I thought it was Maria, but I forgot about Danielle Banks at the time. :wall:
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: gt1racerlHDl on April 20, 2010, 01:26:27 PM
Maria premiered on DP today! During the Weekly planner segment

Pic taken in Mattapoisett, MA
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: wxntrafficfan on April 20, 2010, 03:47:22 PM
Maria premiered on DP today! During the Weekly planner segment

Pic taken in Mattapoisett, MA
Shoot, my [HD] box froze for a 5th time this morning and my tuner stopped recording. Thanks for the screenshot, Alex :biggrin:
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Anistorm on April 20, 2010, 06:53:53 PM
Maria now has her own TWC fan page. My facebookers should get an invite from me by now.

For other Facebookers:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maria-LaRosa/110572388978042?ref=nf&v=wall (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maria-LaRosa/110572388978042?ref=nf&v=wall)
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: jtmal0723 on April 20, 2010, 07:18:18 PM
Anyone have videos of all weekly planner segments on DP today? I can't believe I missed this!
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Mike M on April 20, 2010, 09:41:09 PM
Maria now has her own TWC fan page. My facebookers should get an invite from me by now.

For other Facebookers:

[url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maria-LaRosa/110572388978042?ref=nf&v=wall[/url] ([url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maria-LaRosa/110572388978042?ref=nf&v=wall[/url])
Why can't I join the page? All I see is a "like" button.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Anistorm on April 20, 2010, 09:44:27 PM
Maria now has her own TWC fan page. My facebookers should get an invite from me by now.

For other Facebookers:

[url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maria-LaRosa/110572388978042?ref=nf&v=wall[/url] ([url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maria-LaRosa/110572388978042?ref=nf&v=wall[/url])
Why can't I join the page? All I see is a "like" button.


Apparently FB changed their "Pages" features. Instead of "becoming a fan" you "like" the pages. Blame it on those stupid facebookers who love to abuse the "Pages" feature by creating random pages.

I apologize for going :offtopic: .
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: gt1racerlHDl on April 20, 2010, 10:04:06 PM
Anyone have videos of all weekly planner segments on DP today? I can't believe I missed this!

I wish i could've caught it :( but i can catch it hopefully tomorrow.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Pop Light Brown on April 23, 2010, 12:31:20 AM
I wonder if she will be an official paid employee of TWC before she give birth.

I'm sure her starting date is printed in the contract. It's likely she'll start sometime after the birth of her baby...and she moving to Atlanta. I don't think she's hurting for money.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: jtmal0723 on May 09, 2010, 10:30:48 PM
Congrats to Maria! She had her baby this past Monday (May 3)...

"Hi, everyone! Thank you so much for the warm wishes, thoughts and prayers. Tyler was born Monday, May 3, and came in at a whopping 10 lbs. He's healthy and sweet and scrumptious! Big brothers and big daddy are doing well, too. Again, thank you for sharing this amazing journey with me." (http://www.facebook.com/twcmarialarosa#!/photo.php?pid=84655&id=110572388978042&comments&ref=mf)
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: TWCToday on May 09, 2010, 11:51:40 PM
Thats great news
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: phw115wvwx on May 10, 2010, 12:35:41 AM
Congratulations to Maria!  Hope she has a fun time as a new mom.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Anistorm on May 10, 2010, 01:20:07 AM
Cute baby!!!  :happy:
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: jtmal0723 on May 10, 2010, 01:50:59 AM
Congratulations to Maria!  Hope she has a fun time as a new mom.
lol, it's her third son, third child.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: phw115wvwx on May 10, 2010, 01:58:05 AM
Congratulations to Maria!  Hope she has a fun time as a new mom.
lol, it's her third son, third child.
Wow, I didn't know that!  She's really going to be a busy mom now. :P
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Anistorm on June 28, 2010, 01:04:14 PM
Maria is coming back from maternity leave! According to her FB, she was going to make an appearance on Day Planner between 11 and 3 PM ET. Anyone got a chance to catch her? (I just woke up. :P)
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: gt1racerlHDl on June 28, 2010, 01:12:34 PM
Maria is coming back from maternity leave! According to her FB, she was going to make an appearance on Day Planner between 11 and 3 PM ET. Anyone got a chance to catch her? (I just woke up. :P)

Yep, she came on during the 11pm hour to talk about the wave heights and precip in the area of the gulf where the oil spill.

and Heather said : If anyone noticed the last time you saw maria she had a bump, she's back after giving birth to a beautiful baby boy.

Edit: she just appeared @ 1:20pm EDT
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: Mike M on June 28, 2010, 01:32:15 PM
Wow that was quick; usually a maternity leave lasts at least three months.
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: IceManNYR on July 21, 2011, 01:23:53 AM
Anyone know if Maria will be a regular on the 11am-2pm shift now that Carl Parker is off Day Planner through severe season?
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: JBC on September 21, 2012, 03:17:04 PM
Maria look good yesterday. Is she still considered a fill-in as she doesn't have a regular scheduled?
Title: Re: Maria LaRosa hired by TWC
Post by: IceManNYR on September 22, 2012, 07:32:56 PM
Maria moved to weekdays doing reports and forecast segments 5:30am-10am.