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[Lightning]

Former  "OCMs" like Dave Schwartz and Jeanetta Jones weren't meteorologists, but nobody seemed to complain when they were on the air. I don't see how this is any different.

Danielle Banks did complete the Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University; this is the same program that Dave Schwartz completed.

That school has an excellent broadcast meteorology program. They have an event there once a year in September called the Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, that I attend. It's real fun for weather enthusiasts.

[phw115wvwx]

So to be an fill-in OCM, you don't have to have a degree? 

You don't need a Meteorology degree if you're good enough as an OCM.  All it takes are presentation and people skills.  It does look better if you have the degree, but it's not a requirement for a lot of media stations.

[toxictwister00]

Danielle is a good weather presenter, but anyone notices that she has a habit of rocking back and forth towards and away from the camera when she's standing in front of the green screen?

[Mike M]

Danielle Banks did complete the Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University; this is the same program that Dave Schwartz completed.

Marshall Seese and Kristen Dodd also took a similar route, as well as some others.