Celebrating 70 Years: Where are former WNDU meteorologists now?

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - WNDU’s First Alert Weather team helps you plan ahead, but today we’re looking back over 70 years of forecasting.

The majority of those years were covered by none other than the great Dick Addis. But after Dick retired, we welcomed other talented and popular long-term forecasters.

A lot of you have been asking where they are now, so here’s an update!

Mike Hoffman

The ever-reliable meteorologist Mike Hoffman started at WNDU in 1994. He became chief in 2001 and kept Michiana safe from many storms in his 27 years on the air.

When he retired in 2021, Mike and his wife, Cindy, moved to West Lafayette near the campus of his beloved Purdue University where he works part time for Purdue’s Science Express and enjoys time with the Reamer Club and Boilermaker Special.

Mike and Cindy love to camp and still enjoy their mission work in Tapachula, Mexico.

They recently welcomed their fifth granddaughter. Congratulations, Mike, and Boiler Up!

Cindi Clawson

Cindi Clawson worked weekends here at WNDU for nearly 20 years.

Who remembers the time she got a little help from her then 4-year-old son Kevin?

Cindi now works in marketing in Michiana, and with those weekends off she has a lot more time for traveling with her husband, Rick.

Can you believe their son is now a sophomore in high school?

Gordy Young

For 16 years, we laughed with (and many times at) Gordy Young. He left WNDU in 2010.

After that, he spent some time at the local PBS station before moving to his home state of Wisconsin to be closer to family.

Gordy became an announcer at the Tommy Bartlett ski show in the Wisconsin Dells.

But these days he’s back with his old radio partner from his early broadcast days on WMDX FM in Madison, Wisconsin. And yes… as you can imagine, it’s a fun and award-winning morning show.

Frank Waugh

After Gordy Young, there was Frank Waugh. He sent me a note from his morning gig at KAKE-TV in Wichita, Kansas, where he’s been since 2013.

He rides and races bikes. He and his wife have two boys.

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