Michael J. Prangley

• Ultimate team player by assisting sister station at 10 Tampa Bay from December of 2022 for 6 months leading to a full-time job by May 2023.
• Gained valuable skills and expertise in a top market keeping the community informed, prepared and connected during an unprecedented 4 hurricanes in just over a year.
• Evacuated 10 Tampa Bay three times and did over 100 hours of wall to wall coverage during Hurricane Idalia, Helene and Milton.
• Earned employee excellence award by volunteering for live shots.
• Led the weather team by mentoring and building new weather impact alert graphics.
• Teamed up with First Coast News during Hurricane Helene coverage by making and sending local impact weather graphics to the TEGNA weather network.
• Supported 10 Tampa Bay Plus streaming initiative with additional weather shows at 10:30am and 12:30 pm during the week.
• Experience working in both Jacksonville and Tampa built

a winning TEGNA team.

• Produced content for the station''s website and mobile app, expanding accessibility to accurate forecasts beyond traditional broadcasts.
• Enhanced viewer engagement with captivating on-air presentations and relatable explanations of complex weather phenomena.
• Increased viewer trust by consistently delivering reliable forecasts tailored to their specific locations within the viewing area.
• Utilized social media platforms for real-time updates, reaching a larger audience and increasing overall viewership.

• Highlighted a wonderful community by being named show host of First Coast Living.
• Fulfilled the TEGNA mission of making it a better place to live each and every day by sharing stories of people and local businesses that make a positive difference Including the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund and K9s for Warriors.
• Severe weather expert and meteorologist during several big weather events including Hurricane Ian.
• Mentored and built graphics for the weather team.
• Produced and edited dozens of stories each and every week.
• Utilized meteorological skills by incorporating a weather segment and sponsor on the show.
• Grew the show and audience by adding big sponsors like the YMCA.

• Excelled as all-purpose Meteorologist. Anchored all weekend weather shows and played big role in weekday weather shows.
• Chief Meteorologist for one year in 2014 due to unexpected absence.
• Promoted to Morning Meteorologist in 2016,
• Built Good Morning Jacksonville into a powerful brand by instilling a family culture and having a close-knit relationship with the community, including talking weather at coffee shops and area businesses.
• Intense competitor that set a new standard while morning meteorologist with an amazing 600 hours plus of additional weather coverage.
• Gained trust by guiding the First Coast through 10 tropical cyclones with local impacts including historic Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Irma.
• Created a community connection with school talks and local organizations.
• Spearheaded effort with WeatherRate to verify First Coast News has the most accurate weather forecast.

• Responsible for providing accurate and concise weather forecasts at 5pm, 6pm and 11pm
• Provided live internet weather on WLFI.com with web updates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Recognized for innovative and popular weather blog with factual information, forecasts and weather education for viewers
• Covered 55 tornadoes including several hours of wall to wall coverage until the all clear was given
• Took charge of building brand with installation of Live Doppler 18 radar and weather central computer
• Built close relationships with Emergency Management and three National Weather Service offices helping to protect lives and property during several tornado outbreaks, crippling ice storms
• Known as the meteorologist who predicted the Blizzard of 2007
• Successfully mentored countless Purdue University student interns
• Board Member of Colombian Park Zoo, Lyn Treece Boys and Girls Club, and involved with MDA Telethon, American Heart Association, Purdue Cancer Research Center, over 100 public and private schools and Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater Lafayette

• Responsibilities included weekend weathercasts, producing weather graphics and stories for the main weathercasts and numerous on-air fill-in opportunities
• Played big role during Hurricane Bonnie with 72 hours of round the clock coverage by providing weather updates in the studio and on the beach
• Produced accurate forecasts including being the only one to correctly forecast Myrtle Beach’s first snow in years

• Responsible for accurate and reliable forecasts for the morning and noon shows Monday through Friday
• Accurately forecasted and recorded the state record low of 60 below zero
• Prepared community for record-setting 200 inches of snow in one season
• Gained valuable experience forecasting extreme weather conditions including a live-shot in extreme below zero weather which gained national recognition on Oprah Winfrey Show

• Responsible for weekend weather anchor duties and science story of the week
• Gained valuable on-air experience with a focus on presenting a clear and accurate forecast