Sunday, April 18, 1999
Delkus 'just doing his job'
BY JOHN KIESEWETTER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Former minor-league pitcher Pete Delkus has performed for cheering crowds, but he's not used to applause for his TV weather forecasts.
“I don't know the word to explain how I feel. I'm overwhelmed,” says Mr. Delkus, 33, WCPO-TV's chief meteorologist since 1996.
Channel 9 has received hundreds of calls and letters thanking Mr. Delkus for staying all night at the station and broadcasting a street-by-street account of the April 9 tornado path across Hamilton County.
“I just did what I'm supposed to do. It sounds simple and corny, but it is my job.”
The Fort Wright resident was very familiar with the northeastern suburbs devastated by the storm. He lived in Montgomery after moving here from WFTV-TV in Orlando, Fla.
When CNN telecast part of his tornado coverage that morning, it was the second time in two months he appeared on national TV. The week of Feb. 22 he did weather for ABC's Good Morning America.
Has he found any TV job offers on his voice mail?
“No, not yet. I've got another year to go on my contract, and I'd really like to stay here. I love living here.”
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