![]() Because of a long-planned vacation trip, he’ll also miss most of the month of November. But if bad weather hits, he’ll pitch in on other days. In what so far is “kind of a handshake deal,” Finfrock is “more likely to be in” on Wednesdays through Fridays. 31 “retirement” due to imminent changes in the station’s health insurance provisions that would have affected his wife of 40 years, Shari Finfrock. He signed his last long-term deal in 2012 and it was set to expire on June 1st of this year. And I would hate to just walk out the door and not come back.” Most of my friends are here at the TV station. “That’s one thing I was looking forward to - the flexibility and scheduling,” he says during an interview at NBC5’s Fort Worth studios. meteorologist ever since.įinfrock, who turns 65 in May, says “it’s the best of both worlds for me” and a voluntary move that meets his goals of having more time off while also staying in the game. ![]() The new chief is Rick Mitchell, who joined NBC5 in August 2012 and has been the weekday 10 p.m. Finfrock isn’t leaving, but he’s cutting back to a part-time forecaster who will work roughly 100 days a year on a pay-per-day basis. They have been the only two chief meteorologists in the 70-year history of KXAS-TV (which began as WBAP-TV and now is promoted as NBC5).Īs of Thursday, Feb. He succeeded a legend and then became one himself.įrom Harold Taft to David Finfrock - and the list doesn’t go on and on. David Finfrock’s mentor still looms large at NBC5.
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