Bill Kuster

Infobox Person
name = Bill Kuster


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birth_date = Birth date|1930|05|09
birth_place = Fernville, Pennsylvania
death_date = Death date and age|2006|08|12|1930|05|09
death_place = Littleton, Colorado
death_cause = Leukemia
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nationality = USA
alma_mater = Pennsylvania State University
occupation = Television meteorologist
spouse = Dottie
children = 2

Bill Kuster (May 9, 1930 [Birth date from Social Security Death Index.] - August 12, 2006) was an American television meteorologist. He was a weather forecaster at KYW-TV in Philadelphia from 1963 to 1979 and KUSA in Denver from 1979 to 1996.

Biography

Early life and education

William E. Kuster was born on May 9, 1930 in Fernville, Pennsylvania.cite news |first=Cathy |last=Cipolla |title=Bill Kuster: Weatherman extraordinare |url=http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Default/Skins/BasicArch/Client.asp?Skin=BasicArch&&AppName=2&enter=true&BaseHref=DCG/1976/02/13&EntityId=Ar00900 |work=The Daily Collegian |date=1976-02-13 |accessdate=2008-09-06 ] The Kuster family later moved to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, where he briefly attended Bloomsburg State College. He served for four years in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War before earning a a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1956 from Pennsylvania State University.

Career

Bill Kuster's broadcast career began with a six-month period at WARM (AM) in Scranton as a substitute game show host and weatherman. He next worked at WGAL in Lancaster as a weatherman and assistant news director.

In 1963, he moved to the Philadelphia area and joined KYW-TV as a weekend weatherman. He started a vegetable garden, dubbed Kuster's Garden, at the station in 1975.

After he left KYW in 1979, he moved to Denver, Colorado station KUSA-TV. He worked as KUSA's weekday and weekend weathercaster until his retirement in 1996. He continued the tradition of his Kuster Garden in Denver and expanded it to enlist a restaurateur to prepare meals with the annual harvest for Denver-area homeless shelters. [cite news |first=Dusty |last=Saunders |title=Bill Kuster, green-thumbed weatherman |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2006/Aug/16/bill-kuster-green-thumbed-weatherman/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=2006-08-16 |accessdate=2008-09-06 ]

Marriage and children

Bill married the former Dottie Zettle circa 1955. The couple had two children, son Marc and daughter Kim.

Death and afterward

Kuster died on August 12, 2006 following a battle with leukemia. [cite news |title=Popular TV Weather Forecaster Bill Kuster Dies |url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/9672022/detail.html |publisher=KMGH-TV |date=2006-08-13 |accessdate=2008-09-06 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/billkuster.html The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia: Bill Kuster]

Persondata
NAME = Kuster, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Kuster, William E.
SHORT DESCRIPTION = American television meterologist
DATE OF BIRTH = May 9, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH = Fernville, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH = August 12, 2006
PLACE OF DEATH = Littleton, Colorado