Steve Sosna Bio
Steve Sosna is an American meteorologist who currently works at WJZ/CBS Baltimore. He joined the WJZ First Alert Weather Team in March of 2023. Sosna forecasts weekend evenings and he also fills in during the week on all of the various WJZ weekday daypart newscasts.
Steve is an active member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and has earned its prestigious Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) seal of approval. In addition, Sosna is the recipient of a National Emmy for his award-winning work with StormRanger, NBC Universal’s state-of-the-art mobile dual pol X-band Doppler Radar. Steve’s creative and innovative augmented reality graphics segments also helped earn him win an Edward R. Murrow Award.
Most recently, Steve and NBC Philadelphia meteorologist Brittney Shipp were both awarded a Mid-Atlantic regional Emmy for their outstanding & lifesaving coverage during “Ida”, which produced destructive floods and violent tornadoes across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
While at NBC Philadelphia, Steve earned two NBC “GEM” (Going the Extra Mile) awards for collaborating and developing new weather technology for the station. In addition, he assisted the team executing this technology across on-air, digital, and social platforms.
Moreover, Steve joined NBC Philadelphia in 2017 from WNBC-TV, NBC’s flagship station, in New York City. He served as an executive weather producer since 2011 for the network’s flagship station. He also routinely filled-in on-air at MSNBC during severe weather, and on shows such as “Early Today”, “Andrea Mitchell Reports”, “Meet the Press Daily”, “MSNBC LIVE”, “AM Joy”, and “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”. During the devastating 2017 hurricane season, Steve covered major hurricanes “Harvey” and “Irma” for over 12 consecutive hours on-air.
Steve Sosna Age
Sosna is 39 years old as of 2023. He was born on July 10 1985 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania in the United States. In addition, Sosna celebrates his birthday on 10 July every year and his zodiac sign is Cancer.
Steve Sosna Height
Sosna stands tall at an average height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Steve Sosna Family
Sosna was born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania and raised in Lansdale in the United States. He is the son of Janet L. Erdman of Sellersville, Pa., and Richard F. Sosna of North Wales, Pa. Mr. Sosna’s mother retired as a secretary at the Telford Mennonite Home, an assisted living center in Telford, Pa. His father retired as a planning associate in what was then the Sellersville manufacturing plant of Teva Pharmaceutical.
He graduated from Kean University in Union, N.J.
Steve Sosna Husband
Sosna is openly gay he is happily married to his husband Jonathan David Lovitz. The couple got married on October 8 2017 in New York Harbor aboard the Atlantica, a charter yacht. James R. Obergefell, a friend of the couple, a Universal Life minister and the named plaintiff in the lawsuit that led the Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage throughout the United States, officiated the marriage.
Steve Sosna Salary
Sosna earns an annual salary of $68,675 from his current position as a meteorologists who forecasts weekend evenings and he also fills in during the week on all of the various WJZ weekday daypart newscasts.
Steve Sosna Net worth
Sosna has an estimated net worth of between $1 million- $5 million as of 2023. His main source of income is his successful career as a broadcast meteorologist.