Mike Morgan Biography
Mike Morgan is an eminent American journalist who is a meteorologist currently working for KFOR-TV an NBC affiliate in Oklahoma City since 1993. Morgan is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association.
Mike Morgan Age
Mike Morgan was born in 1954 in Tusla, Oklahoma, United States of America. He is 58 years old.
Mike Morgan Height
Morgan stands at an average height of 5 ft 6 inches.
Mike Morgan Education
In 1980, He started attending the University of Oklahoma where he majored in meteorology and geosciences and graduated with a degree in journalism.
Mike Morgan Family
Mike was born in Tusla, Oklahoma, United States of America to his loving and caring parents. However, information regarding his family members is under review and will be updated as soon as available.
Mike Morgan Wife
He is married to his pretty wife Marla McCullough. The duo is blessed with twins namely; Tanner Morgan and Montana Morgan who is 22 years old as of 2022. The family lives in Oklahoma City.
Mike Morgan Salary
Mike earns an annual salary of $54,425 per year. This is according to KFOR-TV anchors’ and reporters’ salaries.
Mike Morgan Net worth
Morgan has an approximate net worth of $1 million – $5 million.
Mike Morgan Career
He started his broadcasting career in 1985 when he was hired to work as a weekend evening meteorologist at NBC affiliate KJRH-TV in Tulsa. After working for four years Mike accepted a similar position at ABC affiliate KOKO-TV in Oklahoma in 1989.
Within months of his arrival, the then-26-year-old He was promoted to chief meteorologist, following the departure of colleague Wayne Shattuck (whom Morgan would later replace at KFOR) for a lead meteorologist job at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles.
Mike oversaw the development of the broadcast weather technologies such as First Alert which was the first automated weather warning system for television use and First Pix a system that enabled its “First Alert Storm Teams” (or “F.A.S.T.) storm chasing units to transmit still photographs over the cellular telephone.
One month after tendering notice of his departure from a rival station once his contract expired at the end of that year, KOCO suspended Him without pay in September 1992. That October, Morgan, and former KOCO storm chasers David Payne and Jeff Piotrowski were sued by the Gannett Company (owner of KOCO-TV at the time) for breach of contract and taking computer programs, forecasting equipment, and videotapes containing severe weather reports without permission
He joined KFOR-TV on January 1st, 1993, and became chief meteorologist within months at the station. He implemented newer forecasting and storm-tracking technology. Mike was criticized by local meteorologists for perceiving a sky as falling approach to tornado coverage.
Mike has earned numerous regional and national awards. He has been honored with several Radio-Television News Directors Association awards and also five Regional Emmy Awards.
Morgan has also received the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Award for “Best 10 p.m. Weathercast” eleven times since 2000. He was presented with the Oklahoma Humanitarian Award by former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating for KFOR`s coverage of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak on May 3rd, 1999.
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