Craig Allen Presents at Folio Awards April 22

Meet CBS New York & PIX 11 meteorologist Craig Allen at the biggest media event on Long Island, the Fair Media Council’s Folio Awards on April 22. This year’s event honors New York news icon Ernie Anastos with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

With reporters, anchors, news directors, producers, editors and writers from major media outlets throughout the New York metro area, the Folio Awards celebrate the best in local news as chosen by the public. About 600 business and nonprofit leaders attend to congratulate the media for shining a light on important issues that impact life on Long Island.

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Allen joins an impressive lineup of awards presenters, including WNYW/FOX5’sRosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly, CBS New York’s Mary Calvi and WLNY’s Dick Brennan and WCBS Newsradio 880 anchor Wayne Cabot.  Byron Harmon, Fox 5 news director, will make the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Ernie Anastos. Singer MarissaAnn, a Long Island high school student and contestant from NBC’s The Voice, will be performing the National Anthem.

The event is sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Northwell Health,

WeiserMazars LLP, NYIT, Protiviti, Murphy Bartol & O’Brien, Hofstra University, Briarcliffe College, CBS New York and YMCA Long Island.

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About Craig Allen

Meteorologist Craig Allen is the most authoritative weather source in the New York tri-state area. Heading WCBS 880’s weather team, Allen’s reports are accurate and authoritative, his manner warm & friendly.

Craig earned his meteorology degree from the Earth & Space Sciences Department at Stony Brook University in May of 1979 and became chief meteorologist for WCBS 880 the following Spring.

At age 12, Craig Allen lugged a chalkboard to the kitchen table each night and pretended to be a TV weatherman, delivering a forecast to his family while they ate dinner. Today, audiences hear his radio reports on 880 every weekday morning from 5am to 10am; evenings from 4pm to 8pm.

It is the perfect occupation for someone who “loves to watch the forces of nature”, so much so that he sometimes leaps into his car “to chase thunderstorms all over Long Island, especially down by the beaches.” What the audience doesn’t know is how frightened he was of thunderstorms as a child. When he was 11, his grandparents gave him some weather instruments and “the fear turned to fascination. Now, I try to share that fascination & enthusiasm with my radio audience.”

Craig prepares his own forecasts. He scans the tremendous (sometimes overwhelming) amount of atmospheric data and ponders all the possibilities before typing out a forecast which so many people will rely upon. “If there is severe weather, I’ll try not be overly grim but I’ll make sure to get the sense of urgency across to the listener! But remember, there are too many variables surrounding us in this bubble of an atmosphere we call home.

The physics of the atmosphere follow certain laws and never breaks away from them. We do not know all those laws; neither do the computers! I don’t believe forecasting will ever be a perfected science…but I’ ll always try my best!”

Here are some of Craig’s accomplishments over the years:

• Meteorologist for WCBS880 since 1980
• TV weather broadcasts for CBS-TV, News 12 and FOX5
• Member of American Meteorological Society, Radio Seal of Approval since 1985; TV Seal of Approval since 1991
• Speaker at many schools, conventions and seminars concerning weather and safety
• Member of New York Press Club and A.F.T.R.A.

What does Craig do in his limited free time?

“I cherish it! Sitting outdoors, watching the weather with my son, and you’ll almost always find me out there doing all gardening and landscaping around my home.” (Source: CBS)

About Fair Media Council

The Fair Media Council is one of the oldest, most successful media watchdog organizations in the country. A 501c3 nonprofit founded in 1979, FMC advocates for quality local news and works to create a media savvy society.