Jackie Purcell Biography
Jackie Purcell is an American Chief Meteorologist at KTUU-TV. Jackie started her career in 1984 at a small radio station in Chickasha, Okla., but decided to move “home” in 1985, working her way through radio and television until becoming the full-time weatherperson for Channel 2 News in December 1990.
Jackie Purcell Age
Purcell was born on 01/27/1961 in Alaska. He is 58 years old as of 2019.
Jackie Purcell Husband
Jackie is happily married to Dannie Pearson, a former Channel 2 photographer, and counts as part of her family three cats.
Purcell Education
The news reporter graduated from Bartlett High School in 1979. She attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., graduating in 1983 with a degree in communications and a minor in political science.
Purcell Career
Purcell is an American Chief Meteorologist. Jackie started her career in 1984 at a small radio station in Chickasha, Okla., but decided to move “home” in 1985, working her way through radio and television until becoming the full-time weatherperson for Channel 2 News in December 1990.
Jackie started her career in 1984 at a small radio station in Chickasha, Okla., but decided to move “home” in 1985, working her way through radio and television until becoming the full-time weatherperson for Channel 2 News in December 1990.
“It’s a gratifying experience to work in a job you love, in a town you love, surrounded by people and scenery you love. Wow!” Jackie says.
Although she’s lived in Alaska for much of her life, Jackie had the opportunity to travel all over the world, thanks to a mother who believed travel was one the best educations one could have — plus the fact that she has relatives in Europe and Indonesia — and her father worked in the Middle East for a time.
Doing the weather on Channel 2 News keeps Jackie on her toes since Alaska presents some of the most challenging weather situations in the world. It’s definitely not the same old thing every day.
Jackie Purcell KTUU
Purcell is an American Chief Meteorologist at KTUU-TV.
