Fred Pfeiffer
Chief Weather Forecaster
KRTV Television, CBS-3 in Great Falls, Montana since May of 1996 as Chief Weather Forecaster.
I am currently seen Monday through Friday during the weather segments on KRTV, "Montana's News Station," at 5:30 and 10 pm. Thanks to readers of the Great Falls Tribune I was selected as the areas "Top Television Personality" during a poll in late 2002.
In May of 2004 I was selected by the Great Falls Education Association to receive the "Silver Apple Award" for excellence in supporting and promoting activities for children in the Great Falls community. Visiting area schools to speak about weather and television is always a highlight of my day.
I also host a 30 minute "Face The State" program at times that is broadcast state-wide on the Montana Television Network. Guests have included former Montana Governor, and current National Republican party chairman, Marc Racicot & his wife Theresa, historian the late Stephen Ambrose, author and Rick O'Shay cartoonist Stan Lynde, Grammy nominated pianist and composer Philip Aaberg and many other citizens who have an interesting life to talk about and information to share with others in the state.
The most recent interview took 7 years to arrange, but the wait was worth it! David Letterman agreed to an interview from his offices in NYC. My wife and I both flew to New York, the interview that same evening as the flight and the next day we were sitting in the audience for a show taping. A tour backstage and a wonderful time! When in Montana at his ranch near Choteau he watches KRTV and admitted I was his Montana weatherman. The program aired twice, March 30, 2008 and viewer demand asked for a repeat aired on April 27, 2008. My thanks to Mr. Letterman for fulfilling his long-standing promise of an interview!
In August of 2006 "Jungle" Jack Hanna and his wife Suzi agreed to appear on the program to talk about their world travels involving animals and education. The couple have a summer home near at the edge of Flathead Lake and enjoy spending their summers in Montana. Hanna is most famous for his animal series and appearing on the David Letterman show and other national programs with animals from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman originator of "Everyone Has a Story," was a in Ekalaka, Montana during late 2002. A highlight that year was being able to follow him and his photographer for two days to watch them develop a network story. He also agreed to a 30-minute Face the State program which was a "behind the scenes" look at his career. I also developed a local story to compliment the CBS Evening News story which Hartman wrote about one of Ekalaka's residents. Steve has visited the state a half dozen times now and continues to travel the country at the whim of a thrown dart.
L - R CBS Photographer Les Rose, Fred & CBS's Steve Hartman
Yes that is the entertainer behind the famous YAHOO! yodel on the companies commercials. Wylie Gustufson of "Wylie and the Wild West" is a native of Conrad, Montana. The country artist has appeared on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville dozens of times and he was a guest on a Face the State program in late April of 2003. The program was taped during a visit to his boyhood home in March of 2003.
A highlight during 2001 was to be selected as one of 10 CBS Weathercasters from around the country to appear in a Top 10 bit on the David Letterman Show. The date was Friday, June 8, 2001. The Top 10 "Things You Hope You Never Hear Your Weathercaster Say on TV" was the topic. You can read more about the appearance and check the archives on David Letterman's CBS site if you wish to read the list. Click here!
My previous television experience has included stops doing weather and co-anchoring for two years at KTGF Television in Great Falls as well as 6 years of morning news and weather on KTWO Radio and Television in Casper, Wyoming.
You can find out more about my radio and television careers, hobbies and interests by checking the topics and links to the right of the page.
If you are interested in the LSMR-409 that I was aboard in the US Navy, don't miss the section on US Navy service on the right hand side of the page. There are a lot of photos and histories about the ship that no longer exists.
Thanks for stopping by and come by for a visit anytime!! I am always updating many of the areas.
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