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{{Short description|American meteorologist}} |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|3|3}} |
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| birth_place = [[New York City |
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| alma_mater = [[Syracuse University]] |
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* {{cite news |last1=Starr |first1=Michael |title=This NYC weather gal loves breakfast in bed with her kids |url=https://nypost.com/2017/04/07/this-nyc-weather-gal-loves-breakfast-in-bed-with-her-kids/ |work=New York Post |date=7 April 2017 }} |
* {{cite news |last1=Starr |first1=Michael |title=This NYC weather gal loves breakfast in bed with her kids |url=https://nypost.com/2017/04/07/this-nyc-weather-gal-loves-breakfast-in-bed-with-her-kids/ |work=New York Post |date=7 April 2017 }} |
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* {{cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Josephine |title=Tito Puente: When the Drums Are Dreaming |date=2010 |publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=978-1-4520-7274-6 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Thw6fpM-u6AC&pg=PA3 }} |
* {{cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Josephine |title=Tito Puente: When the Drums Are Dreaming |date=2010 |publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=978-1-4520-7274-6 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Thw6fpM-u6AC&pg=PA3 }} |
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* {{cite journal |title=About Our Members |journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |date=1 December 1999 |volume=80 |issue=12 |pages=2758–2761 |doi=10.1175/1520-0477-80.12.2758 |bibcode=1999BAMS...80.2758. }} |
* {{cite journal |title=About Our Members |journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |date=1 December 1999 |volume=80 |issue=12 |pages=2758–2761 |doi=10.1175/1520-0477-80.12.2758 |bibcode=1999BAMS...80.2758. |doi-access=free }} |
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* {{cite news |last1=Ettus |first1=Samantha |title=The Morning Routines of 12 Women Leaders |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthaettus/2014/11/17/morning-routines/ |work=Forbes |date=17 November 2014 }} |
* {{cite news |last1=Ettus |first1=Samantha |title=The Morning Routines of 12 Women Leaders |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthaettus/2014/11/17/morning-routines/ |work=Forbes |date=17 November 2014 }} |
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* {{cite web |title=Audrey Puente Issue |url=https://celebrityparentsmag.com/magazine/celebrity-parents-magazine-audrey-puente-issue/ |work=Celebrity Parents Magazine |date=29 July 2010 }} |
* {{cite web |title=Audrey Puente Issue |url=https://celebrityparentsmag.com/magazine/celebrity-parents-magazine-audrey-puente-issue/ |work=Celebrity Parents Magazine |date=29 July 2010 }} |
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[[Category:Television meteorologists from New York (state)]] |
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[[Category:Syracuse University alumni]] |
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[[Category:Hunter College alumni]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:51, 28 July 2024
Audrey Puente | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Syracuse University |
Occupation | television meteorologist |
Spouse |
Jay Thompson (m. 2004) |
Children | 3 |
Family | Tito Puente (father) Tito Puente Jr. (brother) |
Audrey Puente (born March 3, 1970) is an American meteorologist. She brings the weather for the weekend news at 6 and 10 p.m. on WNYW in New York City. She also fills in on Good Day New York.
Early life and education
[edit]Was born to mother Margie[1] and father Tito Puente, a musician, songwriter and record producer.[2] She is the sister of musician Tito Puente, Jr.[2]
She studied speech communication at Syracuse University and served an apprenticeship at Hunter College.[2] She received her Masters of Science in Geosciences with an emphasis on meteorology from Mississippi State University.
Career
[edit]Puente is a news celebrity, meteorologist, and emcee, who works from New York City.[3][4]
Puente succeeded WWOR-TV veteran meteorologist Storm Field in January 2007 as the station's main meteorologist,[2] and served in that capacity until WWOR cancelled the evening newscast in July 2013. She has been the weekend meteorologist at WNYW since late 2012, and the main fill-in meteorologist for the channel.
In 2016 she and news anchor Dari Alexander co-hosted a short-lived lifestyle show on WNYW called The D&A Show.[5]
She previously provided weather forecasts for WCBS-TV's Channel 2 News This Morning and CBS 2 News at Noon.[2] On January 1, 2007 WCBS hired John Elliott to take her position. Before WCBS she worked as the weekend morning meteorologist for WNBC starting in 1999.[6] In the mid-1990s, she was a meteorologist at WJCL and WTGS television in Savannah, Georgia, and WAPT in Jackson, Mississippi. She also periodically filled in for Dave Price on CBS's The Early Show.
Personal life
[edit]In September 2000, Puente accepted an award at the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on behalf of her father, who had died in June of that year.[3]
Puente has been married to Jay Thompson since September 18, 2004.[7] She has three children.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Browne, J. Zamgba (27 September 2001). "Harlem launches National Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame". New York Amsterdam News. p. 19. ProQuest 390152067.
- ^ a b c d e Flamm, Matthew (26 February 2007). "Audrey Puente: Weather bellwether". Crain's New York Business. 23 (9): 29. ProQuest 219184129.
- ^ a b "Estefan, Miguel, Win Latin Awards". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ Mitchell, Yvonne Delaney (12 May 2016). "The Cosmopolitan Review". New York Amsterdam News. p. 8. ProQuest 1792393548.
- ^ "New York Fox launches lifestyle show". Newscast Studio. June 14, 2016.
- ^ Huff, Richard; Petrozello, Donna (12 September 2003). "Inner tube". New York Daily News. p. 130. ProQuest 305827091.
- ^ "New York Wedding Guide - The Wedding Album Spring 2005 - Real New York Weddings". New York. 2004-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ^ My 9 Meterologist Audrey Puente Welcomes Daughter Lola Jaye Archived February 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine from Celebrityparentsmag.com August 2010
Further reading
[edit]- Starr, Michael (7 April 2017). "This NYC weather gal loves breakfast in bed with her kids". New York Post.
- Powell, Josephine (2010). Tito Puente: When the Drums Are Dreaming. AuthorHouse. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4520-7274-6.
- "About Our Members". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 80 (12): 2758–2761. 1 December 1999. Bibcode:1999BAMS...80.2758.. doi:10.1175/1520-0477-80.12.2758.
- Ettus, Samantha (17 November 2014). "The Morning Routines of 12 Women Leaders". Forbes.
- "Audrey Puente Issue". Celebrity Parents Magazine. 29 July 2010.
External links
[edit]- 1970 births
- Living people
- American people of Puerto Rican descent
- Mississippi State University alumni
- Television anchors from New York City
- Television meteorologists from New York (state)
- Television meteorologists in New York City
- Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences alumni
- Scientists from New York (state)
- Hunter College alumni