Anthony watts has no degree, period.
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Early life and education[edit]
Watts states that he started his broadcast career by assisting with the setup of a radio program for his high school in
Indiana.
[2] In 1978, he became an on-air meteorologist for
WLFI-TV in
Lafayette, Indiana.
[9] He also attended classes at
Purdue University, but did not graduate and has stated that he does not hold a degree in
climatology.
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Career[edit]
He joined
KHSL-TV, a
CBS affiliate based in
Chico, California in 1987.
[9][13] He stopped using his first name "Willard" to avoid confusion with
NBC's
The Today Show weatherman
Willard Scott.
[9] Watts temporarily resigned from KHSL in 2001, but was able to negotiate more personal time to devote to his private business, ITWorks.
[14] Then in 2002 he left KHSL to focus on ITWorks full time.
[15] Watts has been the chief meteorologist for
KPAY-AM, a
Fox News affiliate based in Chico, California since 2002.
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Watts has been the director and president of IntelliWeather Inc. since 2000,
[5] and the managing member of Zev2Go LLC, an electric vehicle company since 2008.
[18][19] Innovative Tech Works, Weathershop and ITWorks are all alternate business names for IntelliWeather.
[20]
Watts was a member of the Chico, California school board from 2002 to 2006.
[21][22][23] In 2006, he was briefly a candidate for
county supervisor, to represent Chico on the
Butte County Board of Supervisors, but withdrew his candidacy due to family and workload concerns.
[24] In 2010, Watts went on a speaking tour to 18 locations around Australia.
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