CULTURETECHLENSIisha Scott
VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)
Combined Graph record U-07505 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6319.
Iisha Scott is a meteorologist with NBC Chicago (WMAQ, NBC 5), credited in the station's own coverage as an NBC 5 Storm Team meteorologist. An award-winning Certified Broadcast Meteorologist holding the AMS seal, she earned a BS in Mass Communications from Norfolk State University and a BS in Geosciences/Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University, and joined NBC Chicago in August 2021 from WCNC Charlotte, where she was a weekend meteorologist. She was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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Iisha Scott is a meteorologist with NBC Chicago (WMAQ, NBC 5), credited in the station's own coverage as an NBC 5 Storm Team meteorologist. An award-winning Certified Broadcast Meteorologist holding the AMS seal, she earned a BS in Mass Communications from Norfolk State University and a BS in Geosciences/Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University, and joined NBC Chicago in August 2021 from WCNC Charlotte, where she was a weekend meteorologist.
Notes
Organization edge: NBC Chicago / WMAQ is not homed (the graph's 'NBC' records are Baptist-convention namesakes); an affiliated_with edge is BLOCKED until the station is homed. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.
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- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Meteorologist, NBC Chicago.
Sources
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Iisha Scott as Meteorologist, NBC Chicago, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- NBC Chicago (accessed 2026-10-21): credits 'NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Iisha Scott' in current weather coverage. (primary source · build store)
- Adweek TVSpy (accessed 2026-10-21): reports Scott's 2021 move to NBC Chicago from WCNC Charlotte; the League of Leaders podcast biography corroborates her AMS certification and Norfolk State and Mississippi State degrees. (build store)
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