Audrey Puente
| Audrey Puente | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1970 New York City, New York, United States |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| 💼 Occupation | television meteorologist |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Jay Thompson (m. 2004) |
| 👶 Children | 3 |
| Family | Tito Puente (father) Tito Jr. (brother) |
Audrey Puente (born March 3, 1970) is an Emmy Award winning[1] 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[2] and father Tito Puente, a musician, songwriter and record producer.[3] She is the sister of musician Tito Puente, Jr..[3]
She studied speech communication at Syracuse University and served an apprenticeship at Hunter College.[3] 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.[4][5]
Puente succeeded WWOR-TV veteran meteorologist Storm Field in January 2007 as the station's main meteorologist,[3] 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.
She previously provided weather forecasts for WCBS-TV's Channel 2 News This Morning and CBS 2 News at Noon.[3] On January 1, 2007 WCBS hired John Elliott to take her position. Before WCBS she worked as the weekend morning meteorologist for WNBC since 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 at the inaugural Latin Grammy Award ceremony in Los Angeles on behalf of her father, who had died in June the same year.[4]
Puente has been married to Jay Thompson since September 18, 2004.[7] She has three children.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The 2020 New York Emmy® Award Winners" (PDF). 25 April 2020. p. 16.
- ↑ Browne, J. Zamgba (27 September 2001). "Harlem launches National Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame". New York Amsterdam News. p. 19. ProQuest 390152067.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Flamm, Matthew (26 February 2007). "Audrey Puente: Weather bellwether". Crain's New York Business. 23 (9): 29. ProQuest 219184129.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "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.
- ↑ 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 (magazine). 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. Search this book on
- "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.
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