Greg Fishel

Greg Fishel (born February 19, 1957) is a former meteorologist for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. He received his B.S. in Meteorology from Pennsylvania State University in 1979.

Greg Fishel
Born	(1957-02-19) February 19, 1957 (age 67) Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Occupation	Meteorologist

Fishel began his broadcast meteorology career in 1979 with WMDT in Salisbury, Maryland.^[1] He joined WRAL in 1981, and became the station's chief meteorologist in 1989.^[2] He resigned from the WRAL News Team in February 2019.^[3] In late 2019, Fishel joined Priogen Energy, an Amsterdam-based energy company, as an atmospheric scientist.^[4]

Through most of his career, Fishel held a view on climate change in opposition to the climate consensus. However, he began researching the matter in 2005, and by 2015 he participated in a climate documentary. In his last five years with WRAL, Fishel would make strong anti-denialist statements on climate change.^[5][6]

Awards and recognition

• American Meteorological Society Fellow^[7]

References

1. "11pm Newscast, 8/19/1980". WMDT. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
2. WRAL. "Greg Fishel :: WRAL.com". WRAL. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
3. WRAL. "Greg Fishel announcement :: WRAL.com". Retrieved 13 February 2019.
4. Huffman, Dane (7 February 2020). "WRAL's Fishel lands new job". Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
5. Fishel, Greg (13 November 2017). "How a North Carolina meteorologist abandoned his climate change skepticism". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
6. Bennett, Abbie (23 May 2017). "'Put up or shut up': WRAL's Greg Fishel goes off on climate change deniers". The News & Observer. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
7. "Fishel receives national honor". WRAL.