Paul Douglas (meteorologist)

Paul Douglas (born June 12, 1958; real name Douglas Paul Kruhoeffer) is a meteorologist, author, entrepreneur, and software expert in Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota. He has over 30 years of broadcast television and radio experience.

During his first radio job in high school, the General Manager of WHEX-AM in Columbia, Pennsylvania, interviewed him on the phone and asked him what his name was. When he told him “Doug Kruhoeffer” there was a long pause. He said, "Our DJs can’t even say their own names. What’s your middle name?” Douglas told him “Paul”. He said, "Okay, from today on, if you want to collect a check for $25/week, your on-air name is Paul Douglas." This was 1975, and once he started using the Paul Douglas name on WHEX, it was hard to switch back.

Douglas had a consulting company called Total Weather when he was at Penn State working for WNEP-TV from 1976 to 1982, about a dozen radio stations, and a construction company. He resurrected Total Weather in Minnesota during his KARE 11 days in Minneapolis from 1985 to 1992. In addition to being on WLOL (with Hines and Berglund and Roger too!), he did morning radio spots with Steve Cochran at KDWB and provided weather forecasts for M.A. Mortenson, the construction company that put up the Mall of America. During his WCCO-TV days, he also did radio for WCCO-AM and WLTE-FM during the afternoon drive.

Douglas graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University in 1980. While a senior at Penn State University, he broadcast the weekend weather for WNEP-TV in Wilkes Barre/Scranton - where he was promoted to the weekday position in 1980.

In 1982–1983 he worked at Satellite News Channel in Stamford, CT, delivering 21 national weather shows daily. He was also tapped for appearances with Ted Koppel on ABC News Nightline.

From 1983 to 1994, Douglas was employed by KARE-TV in Minneapolis, MN. While there, he began a daily weather column in the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper. He authored a book, "Prairie Skies; The Minnesota Weather Book", and taught a broadcast meteorology class at St. Cloud State University in 1992–93. His most recent weather-related book, "Restless Skies; The Ultimate Weather Book", was released nationwide by Barnes & Noble in late 2004. It's now coming out of its second printing with Sterling Publishing.

From 1994 to 1997, Douglas worked at WBBM-TV in Chicago, where he made occasional appearances on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.

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