Lloyd Lindsay Young Biography
Lloyd Lindsay Young is an American weather reporter known for his outrageous style and antics. He has been in broadcasting since 1962 when he began at Bakersfield, California radio station KWAK AM 970.
Lloyd Lindsay Young Age
He was born on 4 September 1941, in the United States of America. Lloyd is 81 years old as of September 2022.
Lloyd Lindsay Young Wife- Daughter
He hasn’t made his relationship public. His marital status, whether married, engaged, divorced, or single, is unknown. However, he is the father of former KGET-TV weatherman George Lindsay Young, with whom he worked for several years in New York.
Lloyd Lindsay Young Career
He has been in broadcasting since 1962 when he began at Bakersfield, California radio station KWAK AM 970. He worked at WFIE, channel 14, in Evansville, Indiana for three years before leaving in late 1980, and then at KGO-TV in San Francisco from 1981 to 1983. He also worked for WWOR-TV, channel 9, in Secaucus, New Jersey, for twelve years until October 1, 1995. During his rise, he was seen on KIFI-TV in Idaho Falls and heard on KNAK in Salt Lake City; his big break came when the San Francisco station’s news manager overheard him while skiing in Sun Valley in the 1970s. Beginning in 1996, while living and working in Bakersfield.
Young was also a weatherman on KGO 810 radio in San Francisco during the afternoon drive-time newscast; in 2009, he took over the morning drive-time position from the retired Leo Ciolino. KGO dismissed Young and several other talk-show hosts on December 1, 2011. Until September 2008, Young worked as a television weatherman for KERO in Bakersfield, California. Rusty Shoop, a former KERO weatherman, took his post. Young may be heard on KKSF-AM in San Francisco from 2012 until 2016. After KKSF-AM became an ESPN Deportes station in July 2016, he was let go. His signature entrance is “Hello (insert city name)”, which he began saying in Idaho. He is also known for his outlandish weather predictions, such as icicles and mannequin legs.
Young appeared in the films Working Girl and Age Isn’t Everything as a cameo. In his stand-up special What Am I Doing In New Jersey?, Young also introduced George Carlin. Young states “it’s a trip, it’s got a funky beat, and I can bug out to it” in the Beastie Boys song “B-Boy Bouillabaisse” from the 1989 album Paul’s Boutique (in the “Mike on the Mic” portion). The group commissioned Young to feature on the album after becoming fans of his work on WWOR, according to author Dan LeRoy in his book on Paul’s Boutique. The beginning of their song “Hello Brooklyn” may have been influenced by Young’s trademark shouts as well.
Lloyd Lindsay Young’s Net Worth
Young has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.
