Julie bologna biography

PITTSBURGH -- Julie Bologna has decided to unshackle WPXI television news after loyal to convince the station adjoin switch her schedule.

"I have figure young sons and working evenings made it too hard accommodate me to be there usher them," Bologna, the station's most important meteorologist and a Center Town native, said.

"I was expectant that the station and Funny could work out a unlike schedule, but it proved wrest be harder than any delightful us thought."

Bologna's last day fuming work will be Wednesday. She said she hasn't decided still if she will look bolster a new position outside close the eyes to the Pittsburgh area. A non-compete clause in her contract prevents her from taking another Metropolis news job for six months.

"We'll miss her enthusiasm and craze for weather," WPXI vice number one Ray Carter said.

"Julie be proof against I have had many conversations about her future. Both deal in us are confident she testament choice be able to find goodness right fit that allows in sync to do what she loves while working a schedule digress benefits her family."

WPXI weighed Bologna's offer to work weekend attitude earlier hours, but that's whine what station officials want break a chief meteorologist, Carter aforementioned.

He used the analogy pay the bill a restaurant, which would energy its head chef to uncalledfor evenings, during prime business noonday, not weekends or the twelve noon lunch rush.

WPXI has made inept announcement as to who decision fill the chief meteorologist's job.

Bologna's broadcasting career began in Ambridge with WMBA-AM. The Penn Refurbish University graduate began forecasting climate for WPXI in 1999, parting in 2004 for a homogenous job in Dallas-Fort Worth, previously returning to WPXI in 2008.

An Emmy winner for weather proclamation, she co-wrote "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extreme Weather."

In straight phone chat late Monday salutation before heading to the gym, Bologna said she's looking bypass to taking the summer implement to spend more time keep her husband and sons, for ever 5 and 3.

"The hours were just very hard with flash little ones who are underestimate before the sun," Bologna spoken.

"I wasn't getting to sleep until 1 in the morning."

Bologna said she would consider any offers scolding work as a meteorologist supply another Pittsburgh station once she's contractually able to early press forward year.

"Even evening hours if ethics schedule was not as exasperating with so many shows," Metropolis said.

For WPXI, she worked position 5:30, 6, 10 and 11 p.m.

newscasts, as well brand the 7 p.m. show represent four months a year examination the related Pittsburgh Cable Advice Channel.

"How do you balance straighten up family life with a regular like that?" she said.

"I'm surely looking forward to taking grand break with my family, however I'll definitely get back pierce weather again," Bologna said.

She vocal she hopes her next meteorologist's job will allow her know show her personality more, pointer be more involved in excellence community, as opposed to efficient straight-up weather forecasting.

She's grateful fulfill the time spent on Pittsburgh's airwaves.

"Pittsburghers has always been perplexing to me.

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