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'''Crystal Egger''' is an American former meteorologist with The Weather Channel and KNBC.
== Early life and education == Egger, a native of Grand Terrace, California, attended Terrace Hills Middle School and Colton High School.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 26, 2013 |title=TV: NBC's new meteorologist from Grand Terrace |url=http://www.pe.com/articles/-736643--.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924070118/http://www.pe.com/articles/-736643--.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |newspaper=The Press-Enterprise |location=Riverside, California |accessdate=November 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://iecn.com/colton-high-school-alumni-working-as-meteorologist-for-nbcs-today-in-la-morning-news-program/ |title=Colton High School alumni working as meteorologist for NBC's "Today in LA" morning news program |last=Victoria |first=Anthony |date=September 18, 2014 |website=IECN.com |publisher=Inland Empire Community Newspapers |accessdate=November 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129040414/http://iecn.com/colton-high-school-alumni-working-as-meteorologist-for-nbcs-today-in-la-morning-news-program/ |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Upon graduation, she attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where she received a B.A. in communications in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/09/new_weather_talent_coming.php |title=New weather talent coming to LA: Crystal Egger |last=Roderick |first=Kevin |date=September 18, 2013 |website=LAObserved.com |accessdate=November 21, 2014}}</ref> After UCSB, she attended Mississippi State University's meteorology program.<ref name='twc'>{{cite web |url=http://www.theweathercompany.com/newsroom/2014/08/19/meteorologist-crystal-egger-joins-weather-channel |title=Meteorologist Crystal Egger Joins The Weather Channel |date=September 1, 2010 |website=TheWeatherCompany.com |accessdate=November 21, 2014}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== Local beginnings === Egger started her on-air work in San Diego, California, appearing on ITV Cable 16 in August 2004.<ref name='twc'/> She moved to become the lead weather anchor on KIFI-TV in Idaho Falls, Idaho in 2006.<ref name='twc'/> She subsequently moved to Denver, Colorado, where she served as KDVR's from 2007 through 2010.<ref name='twc'/><ref>{{cite news |last=Husted |first=Bill |date=September 21, 2010 |title=Husted: Crystal Egger rises at Weather Channel |url=https://www.denverpost.com/ci_16128056 |newspaper=The Denver Post |location=Denver, Colorado |accessdate=November 21, 2014}}</ref> While in Denver, she covered the 2008 Windsor, Colorado tornado.<ref name='twc'/>
=== The Weather Channel === It was announced on September 1, 2010, that Egger had joined Atlanta-based The Weather Channel.<ref name='twc'/> She remained with the organization for three years. She did segments for The Weather Channel while at KNBC.
=== Return home === Egger returned to Southern California in September 2013 when she joined KNBC in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/meteorologist-crystal-egger-joins-knbc/ |title=Meteorologist Crystal Egger Joins KNBC |last=Knox |first=Merrill |date=September 19, 2013 |website=MediaBistro.com |access-date=November 21, 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060455/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/meteorologist-crystal-egger-joins-knbc_b104466|archive-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> She left the role in 2017.<ref name='sunny'>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/crystal-egger-finds-a-sunny-place-of-her-own/4264/ |title=Crystal Egger Creates a Sunny Space of Her Own |date=February 23, 2019 |website=KNBC |accessdate=June 24, 2021}}</ref>
== Personal life == Egger has two daughters.<ref name='sunny'/>
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140202152606/http://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/about-us/Crystal-Egger-230083341.html NBC Los Angeles biography] * [http://www.nowhiningtalent.com/crystalegger Agency biography]
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