Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Paul Konrad has made watching the Chicago weather fun for more than twenty years, and we hope he sticks around for another decade to continue informing us about the Windy City.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Konrad was born in April 1965 in Naperville, Illinois. He and his brother Christopher started a tradition of sneaking into a parade on the fourth of July each year, playing Yankee Doodle Dandy on their trumpets. In the third year, brothers John and Jason were added to their ensemble, named Konrad Brothers Drum and Bugle Corp. “The crowds appreciate our footwork” he says of this annual tradition!
- Paul is a graduate of Waubonsie Valley High School, class of 1983. He liked Austrian folk music and Vienna Choir Boys music. He also had a sense of grand dry humor and quick wit so this might not qualify as a “typical” childhood.
- He is a graduate of DePaul University – Goodman School of Drama with a B.A. in Acting (class of 1987). Later, he received a M.A. in Speech, Radio, Television, and Film from Northwestern University (class of 1988) & also studied meteorology at Mississippi State University. He says his background in drama helps him deal with on-air drama queens and “has really paid off.”
- Currently, Paul is the father of four children (two sons, two daughters), who are now all over the age of 10. When they were younger, Paul spends a lot of time playing hide-and-seek, frequently getting work done in a closet while the children search for him.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- Paul began his career in Montgomery, Alabama, with WAKA-TV and then headed to WFTS-TV in Tampa, Florida, as a weathercaster. He frequently displays humor and significant personal investment in his reporting, even the occasional tirade against viewers who complain about his forecasting. However, weathercasters can’t be accurate all the time, right?
- Currently, Konrad is a nine-time Emmy award-winning Chicago WGN morning news anchor, also hosting the semi-weekly segment called Courtesy Desk where viewers post suggestions and Friday Forecaster encouraging local elementary students to be involved in meteorology.
- He is a magnet of creativity, and a face Chicagoans have come to trust, especially after when Sinclair purchased WGN-TV. He calmed their emotional storms by saying that his colleagues and himself are “leaders in innovation and technology, and that’s what sets them apart.”
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- Paul was a Youth Minister for two years at Eastwood Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1988 to 1990.
- Konrad played a waiter in the movie Felicity in 1998.
- When asked about any special crusades, Paul funnily suggested we should get more work out of horses, insisting, The great majority of them are standing around on very large parcels of valuable real estate doing absolutely nothing. They either need to be productive members of our society (as they were 100 years ago) or should be deported to Canada.
- Always one to make the audience laugh, Paul supports local charities and encourages everyone to keep life light.
Personal Life / Body Details
- Marital Status / Married? : Yes
- Paul Konrad Height : 5′9″
- Children / No of Kids : 4
- Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race : White
- Nationality : American
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Hey Paul,
I know this is not your job, but again you do so much there that’s not really your job and you do it much better than everybody else.
Now that I have sucked up to you enough, I am hoping you can help me with the following…even though I know it is not your job. My wife is a teacher at Ogden International School on Walton Avenue. She teaches third grade there. She, Dr. Yeaton, would like to know how she submits a name for the Friday forecaster segment.
I have looked but can’t find out how to email/call/? to contact anyone and I am hoping you can please help me out.
Hi Paul,
Why is it when a news story has already been proven true…the word alleged is used as if it has yet to be proven. Just asking for a friend
Is Paul on vacation?
I love Channel 9. We need to laugh more like them. The team all fits together perfectly, but where is Paul? I haven’t seen him now for over 2 weeks.
Why does Paul Konrad only read the weather? He only points to the weatherboard with his fingers while reading. Unlike Tom Skilling, who explains what is happening with the weather. Tom is the best meteorologist of WGN.
Hi Paul,
I love the morning newscast. Have been watching for over 10 years. Everyone there looks to be having fun.
I have a question as you have mentioned (more than a couple of times) that Robin is wondering where all the good single guys are? I would like to introduce myself to her and I am asking for your advice.
I was having breakfast with my mother this morning…I am her caregiver. She asked me why I could not find a woman like Robin to ask out for lunch and or dinner.
I am 60 and have been divorced myself. Yes, I do live in Plainfield, IL.
Sincerely,
Michael