Meet Amy Freeze!

Amy Freeze is the Chief Meteorologist at Fox News Chicago.

 

She was previously with NBC 10 Philadelphia as a Meteorologist and host of NBC 10's daily live, local show 10!  She been on the plaza in New York City as a weathercaster for the "Weekend Today" show.

 

She is one of a few woman in the world with a Certified Broadcast Meteorology accreditation from the American Meteorological Society.

 

Freeze has seals of approval from both the AMS and National Weather Association.

 

Amy's educational background includes a B.A. in Broadcast Communications from Brigham Young University and a B.S. in Meteorology from Mississippi State University.

 

She is also finishing her Masters Degree at University of Pennsylvania in Environmental Science.  Amy also studied abroad in both South Africa and Germany.

 

She is a two time Emmy winner for Best Weathercaster and Outstanding Host.  Beyond forecasting, Amy has covered movies and entertainment, reported on the Olympic Games in Salt Lake and Atlanta, and was the first female sideline reporter for Major League Soccer.

 

Amy is an avid runner and has completed five marathons, (CO, IL, NY, PA, and CA) including the Chicago Marathon in 2000.

 

Oh yes! She's also scuba certified and has taken a swim with the dozen or so 300lbs.  that reside at the New Jersey State Aquarium.

Prior to joining NBC 10, she worked in Denver, Colorado for at the ABC affiliate in the Channel 7 KMGH weather department. Freeze's previous experience includes working as the morning meteorologist for KWGN Denver, "WB Today" in Denver where she both provided weather reports and co-hosted the morning news.

 

In addition, Freeze spent three years working on the Pacific Coast in Portland with the KPTV's original local morning news program "Good Day Oregon."

Amy got her first full time job in news as general assignment reporter for a local news magazine in Portland called "East Metro Edition." Her schooling began at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.

 

After a year of general studies at WSU, Amy took a cheerleading scholarship at Brigham Young University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcasting.

 

It was at BYU on the nightly "KBYU Report," Amy learned to shoot, edit, write, and package stories. It was also the scene of her first "weather wall" report where she actually disappeared from the green screen during the weathercast!

 

After graduation from BYU, she spent time in Los Angeles, CA at KTLA working with both the Morning News and Marta Waller's live coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial.

A member of the Radio and Television News Director Association since 1994, Amy was chosen to participate in the 1996 RTNDF/RIAS German Journalism Exchange which included study of German politics, the European Union and NATO.  Before leaving Berlin, Amy produced two documentaries which aired on cable. 

 

She also studied international politics in Johannesburg during the election of Nelson Mandela.

 

She has interviewed hundreds of entertainers and athletes - - some of her favorites are Ed McMahon, Bette Midler, Glenn Close,  Howie Mandel, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Dick Clark, Kim Bassinger, Seth Green and William Hurt. Freeze had a cameo role on the sitcom "Scrubs" in 2005.

 

Although she never played soccer herself she is a huge fan of Major League Soccer and was the league's first ever female sideline soccer reporter.

 

Her love for sports and fitness led her to become a 1999 Body for Life Fitness Champion. Her fitness story can be seen in the movie Body For Life Success Stories 2. She has been featured in issues of "Energy" magazine, "Muscle Media," and "Ladies Home Journal."

 

Freeze does donate her time speaking to school children about weather and attending charitable functions. She was the first honoary chair person for the Philadelphia Wellness Community race team,  she remains the honorary chairperson for Colorado's Miles to Fight Melanoma started in 2000.

 

Amy was born in Utah, raised in southern Indiana, and she has lived in seven states.