EAST PEORIA, Ill. – WEEK-TV is promoting from within for the First Alert Weather Team.
Brian Walder is being promoted to the station’s Chief Meteorologist. He takes over the role from Chuck Collins when Collins retires next month.
Walder’s role will include overseeing the 25News First Alert weather team on the air and on digital and social platforms, with an emphasis on severe weather coverage.
Walder has been with WEEK since 2017, after previous jobs in West Virginia and Tennessee. He is a 2012 graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology.
His accolades over the years include being named a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist in 2019 by the American Meteorological Society, and was a 2020 Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Award winner for Best Weathercaster.
Walder is also the host of the station’s “You Gotta Eat” weekly food segment.
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