Frank Field (meteorologist) net worth at the time of death – The exact net worth of Frank Field, a pioneering former WNBC meteorologist and health reporter who died Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Florida is not known.
As of May 2023, the average Meteorologist’s annual salary in the United States was $106,648. Owing to that, Field’s net worth at the time of death could be pegged at $500,000 – $800,000.
The salary ranges of a meteorologist can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, and the number of years spent in the profession.
Field began his career in New York at WNBC in 1958 and rose to national prominence when Johnny Carson decided needling “NBC’s crack meteorologist” would be good fun and he became a regular guest on “The Tonight Show.”
Field matched wits with the popular comedian, somehow managing to maintain his dignity and air of authority.
He was a first lieutenant and meteorologist with the 8th Air Force during World War II in the European Theater.
His meteorological training was at Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in geology, Columbia University with a B.S. in optometry, and the Massachusetts College of Optometry with an O.D. He was also a member of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Department of Preventive and Environmental Medicine faculty.
Field moved to competitor WCBS-TV on August 12, 1984, and stayed for 11 years. Afterward, he spent two years at WNYW-TV before concluding his weather forecasting career at WWOR-TV.
Field was well-known for his scientific reports on new technologies and medications.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he aired a nationally syndicated health program called Health Field, which originated on WNBC, and anchored a comparable health news program called Medical Update on WLNY for the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System.
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