Tracy Butler, newscast and weather reporter for ESPN 1000 Radio is famous for being a meteorologist for ABC 7 News This Morning ever since 1995.
Butler also works as a meteorologist for the station’s 11 AM newscast and gives weather updates for ESPN 1000 Radio. She is known for being the longest-running female meteorologist in Chicago.
How Old Is Tracy Butler From ABC7?
Tracy Butler was born on August 20, 1973, and is 43 years old. She started her career as a meteorologist on ABC 7 in 1994.
She received her B.S. in Broadcasting from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and earned her meteorology certification from Mississippi State University in 2001.
The meteorologist is a final contributor to ABC 7’s live coverage of the Chicago Auto Show in February and has also played in the Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA’s) final golf outings.
Before that, she even had co-hosted the Chicago Air & Water Show and All-Star Shootout Golf Show on ABC 7. She did for weather anchors, Spencer Christain and Tony Perkins from 1993 to 2002 on ABC’s Good Morning America.
Previously Butler did anchoring the morning and noon weathercasts at WRIC-TV in Richmond, Virginia before coming to ABC 7. She was even the chief weather anchor at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio from the date 1988 to 1991.
She started beginning her broadcasting career as a weathercaster at WTRF-TV in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1988. She received the Women of the Year award by the Executive Women’s Golf Association and has won the Illinois Treasurer’s Public Service Award.
Butler earned the honor to receive the Public Education Award in 2012 from the Illinois Chapter of the MS Society and also received Emmy Award in 2014 alongside ABC 7 Weather Team.
She also helps children grow their talent through a club named Weather Sketcher’s Club. It’s a club that helps children to send their weather-related drawings for airing on ABC 7 News This Morning.
Butler said that she loves seeing children express their creativity through markers, crayons, paints, and pencils. The children’s interpretation of weather elements on paper brings new eyes to something that affects us all.
Tracy Butler Salary
Tracy Butler’s salary is between $53,115 to $112,645 as a meteorologist on ABC 7.
The meteorologist alongside the co-director, Scott Woodruff starts going for a gold outing named The Duke Classic, in honor of the memory of long-time ABC 7 cameraman, Michael Dukewich, who has left the world in 2012.
That outing collected $100,000 to advantage the Greater Chicago Food Depository & Wounded Warrior Project.
Tracy Butler Net Worth
Tracy Butler’s net worth is estimated to be around $4 million. Her main source of income is her profession as a meteorologist, weather reporter, and newscast.
The meteorologist is active on social media platforms. She has more than 16k followers on Instagram and more than 21.8k followers on Twitter. She goes with the username @TracyButlerABC7 on Twitter and @tracybutlerabc7 on Instagram