Ed Wilson
13 fascinating facts about Ed Wilson:
- I was born at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Mountain Home, Idaho. It cost my parents $7.00. (Just the price of food for my mother at the military hospital.)
- I'm an only child.
- I ran a family popcorn stand on the county courthouse square in Grundy Center, Iowa.
- Listened to WHO Radio every morning before school in Grundy Center. Never thought I would meet and work with the great cornerstones of Iowa broadcasting one day.
- Made it to Iowa State Speech Contest as an 8th grader.
- I was a three-time Iowa All State Choir member.
- In 1980, toured Germany, France, Belgium, England and Holland with the Iowa Youth Choral.
- 1982 Grundy Center High School Senior Class President.
- During college, I was a Baptist youth minister in Conway, Arkansas.
- I have sky dived.
- In 1989, TV 13 anchor, Laurie Groves, introduced me to my wife Angela. (Angela grew up in Marshalltown.)
- Have two children, Faith and Cole.
- While at WHO TV I have lived in West Des Moines, Urbandale and Waukee.
First Alert Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Ed Wilson knows Iowa weather! Wilson grew up in Grundy Center, Iowa where he and his meteorologist grandfather studied Iowa storm systems when Wilson was a child. Those early experiences led him to the profession he loves - predicting Iowa weather on a daily basis. He's been doing it now for more than 20 years!
Ed got his start at KIMT-TV in Mason City before coming to WHO-TV in 1988. Ed earned his Certificate of Meteorology from Mississippi State University.
Ed is very active in our community exciting children about the magic of Iowa's weather everyday at the Science Center of Iowa and serving as chief emcee for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk to Cure Diabetes for more than 12 years.
When not working on the latest seven-day forecast, Wilson enjoys spending time with his wife, Angela, his daughter, Faith, and son, Cole. When not talking about the weather, Ed likes to be out enjoying it with a round or two of golf.
You can e-mail Ed at Ed.Wilson@WHOtv.com.
