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By Kevin Weracke
D&IT Nclrhia Etajtf Writer
You too can be a television
weatherman. If thb sounds crazy,
Just ask Bruce Koppiin, assistant
professor of geography.
Six years ago KCLN Channel
10 television needed a weather
man. Koppiin who was a UNL
teacher at the time, volunteered.
And now he's a weatherman on
the move.
Besides broadcasting the weath
er, Koppiin teaches a meteorol
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ogy class at UNL and physical
geography class at Nebraska Wes
leyan University.
Although he has taught since
1 087, Koppiin said he began work
as" a weatherman on a part-time
basis. His airtime increased after
the death of long-time weather
man Bob Taylor.
Now, Koppiin said, he read3
the weather for two early morn
ing broadcasts and the midday
report.
Heading the weather on televi
sion isnt as difficult as it looks, he
said, because most of the data
comes directly from the National
Weather Service and "all you have
to do is read it."
Koppiin said he doesnt regret
his decision to spend some of his
teaching time being a weather
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"In a way it's still like I'm teach
ing a class," he said. "But there's
no repsonse from the audience."
Because he b listed as a part
time instructor, Koppiin said he
receives no complaints about ifav
ing anot her job.
"It must be OK," he said. "I'm
not sure whatever the universi
ty's 'moonlight' law is."
As the broadcasts have come
and gone, Koppiin said he has
enjoyed being on television more
and more.
Although Koppiin said he has
felt the urge to move to a bigger
city where the television markets
are larger, for now, he is content
in Lincoln.
Although his first timeon tele
vision went without a hitch, Kop
piin said the butterflies were
there..
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"I was very rigid," he said, "but
now IVe learned to relax."
With practice, Koppiin said he
can cover up the mistakes or
"fluffs."
But Koppiin said some words
and sentences still present prob
lems, such as saying "windy winds"
and "shunderthowers ."
As in every job, Koppiin said,
reading the weather can have its
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dull moments.
Reading the same forecast: sun
ny and hot, in the summer for
three straight weeks can get bor
ing, he said.
"You've heard about dull news,"
he said. "This la dull weather."
But when threatening weather
strikes, he said, things get excit
ing because forecasts are always
changing.
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