āNorāEasterā Nick Pittman is the President, CEO, and founder of NorCast Media Group. His love of weather is deeply rooted in a childhood fear of severe storms. Nickās fear turned into a fascination and later, a career.
Growing up in Brigantine, Nick got to observe and study all kinds of conditions from blizzards to hurricanes and everything in between. He got his start in front of a camera in Elementary school where he anchored the daily weather report on the morning announcements TV show which carried right through to high school.
At just 17 Nick became the youngest on-air weather forecaster in the nation when he accepted his first professional job for an NBC affiliate based out of Atlantic City. Nick spent a decade in local TV news before starting his own company in 2019.
He now runs a multi-media company complete with broadcast, consulting, production, and marketing divisions. His team has expanded to 4 on-air meteorologists and 8 behind the scenes.
Nick believes in paying it forward. In 2018 he started the āRainy Day Projectā which aims to help families in need. In that time heās raised over $100k and helped over a thousand families.
In 2019 Nick married his longtime partner Brandon and the two work side by side building the NorCast brand. They reside in Gloucester County with their two fur babies Skye and Zeus.
EAST TENNESSEE WEATHER
Tennessee Valley Weather launched April 12, 2020 to answer the need for enhanced local weather coverage in Southern Tennessee, North Alabama, and Northeast Mississippi.Ā Our goal was simple: to provide the communities we serve with the most professional and accurate weather information possible.Ā This led our team to become among the first in the nation to extend such coverage options to a given area using live Internet streaming technologies, mobile and smart television applications, and over-the-air content on affiliated radio stations.
From utilizing our expansive network of weather sensors and cameras, to our powerful suite of Baron Weather computer systems, and our state-of-the-art broadcast center, the Tennessee Valley Weather Team stands equipped to meet the evolving challenges of forecasting and storm tracking in the heart of āDixie Alley.āĀ We work daily to answer the call that everyone in our coverage area is given fair, accurate, and as personalized weather coverage as possible, from sunny to stormy days alike.
Such efforts have earned our crew distinction in the broadcast industry.Ā In 2022, Tennessee Valley Weather was named āBest Public Serviceā in our division by the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters at its annual awards banquet.Ā The honor highlighted our teamās coverage of a 2021 tornado event through Southern Middle Tennessee.Ā In 2024, Tennessee Valley Weather won a Telly Award and a Communicator Award for "Excellence in Social Video News & Information" for the team's coverage the March 31 - April 1, 2023 EF-3 tornado.
We are passionate about our operation because weāre offering a service to our home.Ā Each member of our team is either āfrom around hereā or has chosen to make their residence in the Tennessee Valley.Ā Itās also where our families and friends live.Ā Itās where we each live, work, and worship. Serving our neighbors is a great honor and one we take seriously every day.Ā So, when storm clouds are forming or youāre simply wondering how warm or cool itās going to be this afternoon, turn to Tennessee Valley Weather.
Nick Mikulas grew up in St. Peters Missouri, and as soon as The Weather Channel debuted in 1982, it was no more Saturday morning cartoons for him. It was all weather, all the time.
Nickās fascination with weather at an early age was coupled with an intense fear of severe weather. The only other fear he had was his basement, so when the tornado warnings hit, it was decision time on which fear was worse. The fear of severe weather would always win out, and off to the basement heād go to hide under the stairwell under a giant Star Wars pillow.
Nick ended up getting his degree in atmospheric sciences from The University of Missouri in 2001. So, heās officially a meteorologist but is entirely comfortable being referred to as a āweathermanā.
When he was about to head to his college graduation, Nick decided to send out 5 resumeā tapes to various cities. On the way home from graduation, he got a call from KALB in Alexandria Louisiana, and took the job, sight unseen! He went to pack up his stuff in Detroit where he had been interning at WDIV, and started the journey to a town heād never been to. He was only going to be in Alexandria for 2 years or less, so getting the experience was all that mattered.
Life has a funny way of working out, and when he met a local girl, that 2 years became a lot longer. Nick left the TV business in 2009 to help his wife run Louisiana Promotions, which was their business that she had started many years prior. His love for weather never left, so it turned from a full time job back into a hobby. Social media was becoming a thing, so he figured heād start posting some local forecasts for friends and family. Over the years, the audience grew, and the commitment to providing honest, dependable, local weather for Central Louisiana grew along with it.
Finally, it became evident that this was no longer a part time job, and Nick had somehow, accidentally built his passion for weather into something that could no longer be contained! It was time to go for it, and bring on his mentor and weather-legend Tom Konvicka to provide accurate forecasts, hype-free weather discussions, and up to the minute information on severe weather for the area Nick moved to for 2 years over 20 years ago.
Nick and his wife Kristen have 2 kids, Max and Lily. They are empty nesters with 4 cats that will probably make occasional appearances in Nickās weather videos. Nick is thrilled to be a part of Cenla Weather, and will do everything he can to build on the trust he has gained from the Central Louisiana community.
NEBRASKA WEATHER TV
All through high school, Mikeās friends said he would either be a weatherman or gameshow host. At the time he really didnāt think much of it even when he attended college at Eastern New Mexico University to get a degree in Broadcast Communication.
His love for weather was born when he was given a spot on the college News Broadcast as a Weather Anchor. From there, he finished out his degree and then moved to San Francisco where he studied meteorology for two more years.
In 1997, Mike got his first job as the Weekend Meteorologist in the heart of Tornado alley at KFDX in Wichita Falls, Texas. Although he enjoyed chasing storms, he couldnāt pass up the opportunity to move to the Northstate in 1999 where he started out as the Weekend Meteorologist at KRCR in Redding and less than two years later became the Chief.
In those years Mike planted his roots in the Northstate by becoming an active member of the community and starting a family. With almost 25 years of forecasting experience in Northern California, Mike has become the most trusted source for weather information in the area.
Mikeās love and passion for the area is what motivated him to break the mold and start Weather NorCal, the first of its kind on the entire West Coast. He hopes to not only continue to give the people of Northern California the best weather coverage they deserve but to give back to the community that has given him so much supoort since he moved here almost 25 years ago.
When Mike isnāt giving you the weather forecast you will find him spending time with his family either at home or in the great outdoors enjoying what the Northstate has to offer. In 2003 and again in 2014 Mike had an opportunity to climb to the summit of Mount Shasta and plans to do it again in the future with his son.