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Overview
Mary Kay Kleist is a meteorologist at WBBM-TV, the CBS station in Chicago. She appears on Weeknights on CBS2 News at 5 p.m. She has been at WBBM-TV since 2002.
Kleist has also worked at WXYZ-TV in Detroit (meteorologist since 1999), WGN-AM Radio and CLTV in Chicago (1994-95) and WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida (1995-99).
Honors include several local Emmy Awards, including three in 2015. Her credentials include the AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (2007). Kleist studied at the University of Central Florida (B.A. in radio and television, magna cum laude) and Mississippi State University.
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Mary Kay Kleist at a glance
- Role
- Meteorologist
- Station
- WBBM-TV (CBS)
- At the station since
- 2002
- TV market
- Chicago, IL
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