Jump to content

User:This is Paul/Jo Blythe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jo Blythe (born 6 May 1980), originally from Gloucestershire[1][2] is a British television weather presenter. Blythe is currently employed by ITV .[3]

In December 2013, she covered the weather on Calendar's East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire Daybreak and Lunchtime bulltins usually done by Kerrie Gosney or John Mitchelle.

Education

[edit]

Blythe earned a BA (hons) in Media and Popular Culture from Leeds Metropolitan University. [4]

Career

[edit]

Blythe started presenting forecasts in 2001[5] and was originally based at Yorkshire Television studios (now ITV Yorkshire in Leeds[6] but provided forecasts for the four North of England ITV regions - Yorkshire, Granada, Tyne Tees and Border.[7] In February 2009 ITV regional weather was reorganised so that each region had dedicated weather presenters. Blythe moved to be based at ITV Granada in Manchester,[5][8] though appearing primarily on Granada she occasionally provides cover on Central. She no longer appears on Border, Tyne Tees or Yorkshire.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "joblythe_questions". Oocities.org. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  2. ^ https://twitter.com/#!/JoBlytheITV/status/169375191921737728
  3. ^ "Meet the Team - Granada Report (ITV Granada)". Itv.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  4. ^ [1][dead link]
  5. ^ a b Granada - Meet the team at itv.com
  6. ^ "It's carnival time!". Bradford Telegraph & Argus. 2004-07-08. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  7. ^ Andrew Bowden. "And now, the weather". Transdiffusion.org. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  8. ^ "Fred the Weatherman returns alongside Jo Blythe". How-Do. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
[edit]