Bryan Busby Biography
Bryan Busby is an American Meteorologist working with KMBC 9 News where he serves the station as a Chief Meteorologist and joined the station in the year 1985. Prior to KMBC 9 News, he was working with Chiefs Fox Football Radio Network where he worked as a Chief Meteorologist between July 2007 and January 2013.
Bryan Busby Career
Busby works with KMBC 9 News where he serves the station as a Chief Meteorologist. He states that he loves his job. It was also his childhood dream to do the weather. Since he was in the third grade, it was what he dreamt to do. He states that he has a blast up there and hopes it shows.
After coming to KMBC 9 News, he quickly established himself as Kansas City’s leading meteorologist. Prior to KMBC 9 News, he was working as a Chief Meteorologist for The Chiefs Fox Football Radio Network. He is also heard on NewsRadio 980 and 98.1 FM, KMBZ. He has put KMBC-TV on the “weather map” with innovative programs like “Guaranteed Weather,” EarthStation,” “Instant Weather Network,” “Bryan Goes to School,” and “Weather-To-Go.”
This is a weather display system that has earned him U.S. Patent No. 5,943,630. For him, interaction, fun, and community outreach are key ingredients that make him the City’s favorite television personality. He states that he has never known what to expect when he does an on-location weather report. Bryan states that spontaneous reactions make his job fun and sometimes very challenging.
He is considered one of the premier broadcast meteorologists in the country. Busby was appointed to the National Chapter of the American Meteorological Society’s Board of Broadcast Meteorologists. He was also named Chairman of the committee between 1997 and 1998. In the same year, he was also considered for the weathercaster position at “Good Morning America.” Asides from this, he was 1 of only 10 weathercasters selected to be showcased by the Weather Channel’s “America’s Forecasters” series.
His interest in the weather began when he was in Cleveland, Ohio when he was a child. When he was studying the weather, he realized that television was for him. During his high school, he was a broadcast weather reporter for two Cleveland-based radio stations. He began working in radio where he obtained a degree in meteorology from St. Louis University.
He kick-started his television career working as a weatherman at the age of 17. The year 1978 saw him kick-start his career working with KTVI, Channel 2 in St. Louis. Despite working as an intern, he was on the air after only eight weeks at the station working as a weekend weathercaster. He also remained in St. Louis for about eight years before later joining KMBC 9 News. He states that he will keep doing TV weather until it is not fun anymore for him. This is a few years down the road.
His performance is not limited to television. He also works as the principal timpanist for the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. This was while performing five or six times a year. Busby professionally works as principal timpanist with the Kinnor Philharmonic (the artist in residence at the Jewish Community Center) and served as the solo timpanist with the Independence Messiah Festival Orchestra applying the group’s annual performance of the Messiah at the Community of Christ Auditorium between 1992 until the orchestra’s last year in the year 2005. He has performed with the Kansas City Symphony, and the Kansas City Percussion Quartet, and performed with timpani instructor to many of the area’s best student musicians.
Asides from performing and teaching, he is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Kansas City Youth Symphony, having conducted that group in Yardley Hall at Johnson County Community College. He has also worked at Kemper Arena, the United States Pavilion at the 1992 World’s Fair in Seville, Spain, and Carnegie Hall in New York City. His Youth Symphony activities have also appeared as guest conductors in area symphonies, community orchestras, bands, and high schools.
Asides from his musical abilities, he is known by friends to be a terrific imitator of cartoon voices. He is also the voice of his own cartoon character Georgie Global, a feature that has appeared on the Web, on television, and in newspapers across the country. Asides from this, he also provides all the voices for the pig, horse, and bull in the American Royal Television commercials. In order to further a hobby, he also began in grade school and plans to pursue a job doing voice-overs when he retires from broadcasting.
Bryan Busby Awards
In the year 2021, he was also elected to the Board of Directors of the National Weather Association. He has also been awarded the National Chapter of the American Meteorological Society’s Award for Broadcast Meteorology in the year 2010. Bryan is also a recipient of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Siler Circle Inductee 2015.
This is in addition to receiving 9 Emmy Awards(1984, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2020). He was also an Emmy Nominee(1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2006, and 2007). Asides from this, he has received Ten Outstanding Young Missouri Jaycees(1992) and the Kansas City Media professionals Hall of Fame(1991). He also received the Black Achievers award and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1987.
Bryan Busby Age
Busby likes to keep his personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month he was born. It is therefore not known when he celebrates her birthday. However, he might be in his 60s.
Bryan Busby Height
He stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches.
Bryan Busby Family
Busby was born and raised in Melbourne, United States. He has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Bryan has any siblings.
Bryan Busby Wife
Busby is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of him being in any past relationship with anyone.
Bryan Busby Net Worth
Busby has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned from his successful career as a Meteorologist.
Bryan Busby Salary
Busby earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
Bryan Busby KMBC 9 News
Busby works at KMBC 9 News where he works alongside other famous KMBC 9 News anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;
- Danielle Grant
- Pete Grigsby
- Neville Miller
- Katie Horner
- Nick Bender
- Karen Kornacki
- Len Jennings
- Len Dawson
- Donna Pitman
- Kris Ketz
- Emily Holwick
- Kelly Eckerman
- Cody Holyoke
- Larry Moore
- Johnny Rowlands
- Brian Johnson
- Martin Augustine
- Rob Hughes