Julie Bologna is an American television meteorologist who was the chief meteorologist at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania until 2011.
Bologna was born in Center Township, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Penn State University in 1994 with a degree in journalism and received her broadcast meteorology certificate from Mississippi State University.[1]
While at Penn State, she received an internship at WDVE in Pittsburgh.[2]
After graduation, Bologna began her career at low-power WMBA-AM in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. She then worked at stations in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Altoona, Steubenville, and Wheeling before becoming the morning and noon meteorologist at WPXI in Pittsburgh in 1999.[3] In 2004, she left WPXI for a similar position with KTVT in Dallas-Fort Worth[4] before returning to WPXI in 2008.[5]
Bologna left WPXI on July 13, 2011.[6]
Bologna has received two local Emmys for her weather reporting.[7]
She has also co-authored a book entitled The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extreme Weather.