Lonnie Quinn joined the NBC 6 news team in April 2002.
He performs double duty as a weather anchor on
weekends and a reporter during the week, focusing on
stories that reflect the unique and interesting
aspects of life in South Florida.
Most recently, Quinn
worked with the NBC affiliate in Charlottesville,
Virginia where he was, in his words, the newsroom's
"Jack of all trades." His duties included
everything from reporting to weathercasting, editing,
producin and anchoring. He even dabbled in
maintaining the company's vehicles, for which, he
jokingly laments, he was not paid extra!
Quinn's diverse
background began long before working in
Charlottesville. After graduating from Boston College
with a degree in communications, he went to New York
City and studied drama at The American Academy of
Dramatic Arts. He portrayed the character Will
Cooney/Cortland on All My Children, then moved to Los
Angeles for the NBC series Santa Barbara. Two years
later, Quinn ventured into local television with a
morning talk show in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was
there that he realized his love of writing and his
desire to participate in local news.
Quinn is a private
pilot and holds a meteorology certificate from the
FAA. He is one of seven children, and is originally
from Connecticut. He loves sports, movies and, most of
all, his 4-year-old son, "little man" Nate.
