Tim Deegan (meteorologist)

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Tim Deegan
Birth name	Timothy William Deegan
Born	1960
Circumstances
Occupation	Meteorologist
Title	Chief Meteorologist
Family	Yes
Spouse	Donna Deegan
Children	3 Daughters
Ethnicity	White
Religious belief(s)	Catholic
Notable credit(s)	Evening Weather Anchor/Chief Meteorologist for WTLV/WJXX

Timothy William "Tim" Deegan is currently the chief meteorologist for First Coast News on television stations WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida. Deegan presents the weather segments on First Coast News, weeknights at 5:00pm, 5:30pm, 6:00pm and 11:00pm. ^[1]

1 Education
2 Employment
3 Family
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Education

Born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tim graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas with a bachelors of science degree in meteorology. He was an avid surfer in college, taking several trips to Baja California to take on the waves there.

Deegan is a member ^[2] of the American Meteorological Society and the broadcast carries their coveted Seal of Approval.

[edit] Employment

[edit] First job

Deegans first weatherman job was with station KBTX-TV when he was still in college. The show was Good Morning, Bryan & College Station where he gave the weather forecast beginning at 5:30am--a show mainly for farmers. At the end of the show each day, Tim went off to class.

[edit] Jacksonville

When Tim Deegan started at WTLV in 1982, he was 22 years old with blonde hair and he loved to surf. He has been doing the weather (and surf) forecast in Jacksonville for over 25 years. Deegan originally started at WTLV as the main weather anchor for the station's morning show, "Good Morning Jacksonville." Later he became the station's Chief Meteorologist. ^[3]

[edit] School visits

Tim tries to visit one school per week to teach kids about weather. He will also recount his trip with the Hurricane Hunters into Hurricane Gilbert in September, 1988.

[edit] Family

Tim has 3 children (Shawn, Emily & Corryn) with his previous wife, Kathleen, ^[4] who has primary custody in Davis, California. He occasionally mentions them in his daily weather segment.

Tim wed First Coast News (FCN) anchor Donna Hicken in 2002. She was previously married to FCN Sports Director Dan Hicken, and the three of them are on the same news show weekdays at 11pm. Donna, on October 29th, 2007, finally changed her stage name to Deegan on the evening news. This also coincided with a complete graphics package change for FCN.