Who Is Paul Poteet?

Paul Poteet is a one man, 24/7 content machine with one foot in broadcasting and one in broadbanding.  He’s a professional meteorologist who doesn’t just do the weather.  “Indiana’s Weatherman” was the first Indianapolis tv personality to plant a flag on the web, starting his own website back in pre-broadband days of 1998. He has thousands of friends and followers on Smaller Indiana, Facebook, and Twitter.  He’s performed in local, regional, and national commercial and corporate voiceovers.  Poteet makes on-camera appearances for companies as a spokesman and host.  He’s a frequent public speaker and emcee. He manages websites and social media for the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, and Will Power Race For Riley.

A lifelong interest in weather intersected with a booth announcing gig at WTTV Channel 4 in the 80’s, and put Paul in front of TV weather maps for the first time, sharing studio space with Cowboy Bob and Sammy Terry in the mid to late 80’s.  He did weekend weather in Lafayette in the early 90s, and came back to Indianapolis TV as part of a morning show from 1995-2009.  Poteet has earned certification as a Meteorologist from Mississippi State University.

Paul Poteet has been on the radio for 30 years, getting his start in Fort Wayne and Kokomo.  He first appeared in Indianapolis as a teen age DJ on WFBQ.  He was fired a few months later, and then re-hired a few months after that.  And it never stopped.  His resume could fill a hard drive, but the highlights include time with WNAP, WNDE, WTPI, and WENS.

Always an early adapter, he did the first isdn-based daily radio show in the state from his “Studio B” (for bedroom) for a Lafayette radio station in the early 90’s, and has been been featured as a daily personality via voicetracking, isdn, and the plain old telephone in Terre Haute, Muncie, New Castle, and Greensburg Indiana.  Before that, he was working the old fashioned satellites when he created, produced and syndicated sports programming that featured IU basketball stars Steve Alford and Ted Kitchel for a statewide network of radio stations in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

These days he’s a cast member of the Smiley Morning Show on Z99.5 WZPL in Indianapolis, 98.7 WQME in Anderson, and 106.9 WXXC in Muncie/Marion.  He gets to do the forecast and take the temperature of the world every day.  He blogs and covers the weather at Paul Poteet Dot Com.  He shares fun places to eat at Paul Poteet’s Gotta Eat! He previews entertainment on Paul Poteet’s Indiana Weekend, and gets out his maps and his charts on Paul Poteet’s Indiana Weather Almanac.

Poteet works with video producers to create and promote useful, entertaining, and interesting content that benefits participating businesses and advertisers.  Paul Poteet’s Gotta Eat is produced by Another Cool Design, and Paul Poteet’s Indiana Weekend and Paul Poteet’s Indiana Weather Almanac are produced by Thomas Daniel Media.  The programming is also featured in the Get Local section of Comcast Video On-Demand all across Indiana.

PAUL POTEET FACTOIDS:

• He has been named “Best Indianapolis Weatherman” by the readers of NUVO Magazine in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009. In 2005 he also came in second for “Sexiest TV Personality.”  That was one spicy year.
• For 2 1/2 years Poteet and television traffic reporter Tom Davis hosted and produced “Off The Cuff,” an online comedy show that had absolutely nothing to do with either traffic or weather.
• FAQ: Yes, that was his voice while you were watching the Indianapolis Zoo’s dolphin show.
• Poteet’s biggest accomplishment ever was finding his wife early in life.  They met at WMEE in Fort Wayne.  As “Jennifer Carr” she was a radio host including many successful years on WTPI’s evening “Nightbreeze” show.  Now, she prefers to let Paul hog the spotlight, and he obliges, even keeping her first name off line.  Please, call her “Mrs. Poteet.”  They have two cool sons, and a beautiful daughter-in-law.  Mr. & Mrs. Poteet love to bike, and travel.  Paul runs.  He’s completed a marathon, and several half-marathons.  He has an interest in old time radio and television. Even older than the stuff he’s done. His taste in movies and TV is mostly comedy, and is mostly nonfiction in books and magazines. He strives for nonfiction in his forecasts.