KSNW Names Lisa Teachman Chief Meteorologist

Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate KSNW Wichita, Kan. (DMA 66), today appointed Lisa Teachman chief meteorologist of the station’s broadcast and digital operations. Her appointment is effective immediately and she will report to Rachel Schrag Sommerfeld, KSNW news director.

With the move, Teachman returns home where she began her broadcasting career in 1996 as a KSNW meteorology intern under the leadership of the station’s former chief meteorologist, Dave Freeman, who retired earlier in May. Upon completing her undergraduate studies at Wichita State University and Mississippi State University, Teachman went on to serve as on weather teams at stations Huntington, W.Va.; Baltimore; and Kansas City.

Teachman has earned the American Meteorological Society “Seal of Approval” and brings more than 14 years of professional experience to her new role at KSNW, including 10 years of forecasting severe weather in Kansas and Missouri. In 2011, she reported live from Joplin in the hours following the catastrophic EF5 tornado that struck the city.