Byron Miranda is the meteorologist for the PIX11 Morning News weekdays from 6 to 11 a.m.
An award-winning journalist, Byron joined PIX11 after working as the weekday meteorologist for the NBC station WMAQ in Chicago.
Prior to his tenure at WMAQ, Byron was the meteorologist at KNBC in Los Angeles. Previously, Byron was the chief meteorologist at KGTV in San Diego and the chief meteorologist at KCBS in Los Angeles. Byron also had a national presence on CNN as a meteorologist for the network.
He is the recipient of four Emmy Awards, including for best meteorologist, and was awarded the Golden Mike Award for “Best Weathercaster in Southern California.”
Byron began his career as an assignment editor in Oakland, Calif. Before finding his way onto television as a meteorologist, he was an Oakland police officer and an air traffic controller in the U.S. Air Force.
Byron holds a bachelor of arts degree in communications from California State University, East Bay and has completed the Mississippi State University broadcast meteorology program.
