Robert Elton Stokes, Jr. (born January 1958) is an American television meteorologist, and formerly for The Weather Channel from 1996 through 2008. He co-anchored the weekend morning show Weekend Outlook during his last several years at the network.

A native of Taipei, Taiwan, Stokes graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a B.A. in radio, television and film and holds a Certificate of Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University. He had also been a member of the American Meteorological Society and held their seal of approval.

Prior to joining The Weather Channel in June 1996, he had worked at KFSM-TV, KARK-TV, WROC-TV, WTVF and WREG-TV.

He has been successfully sued in arbitration by former co-anchor Hillary Andrews for sexual harassment, in which Andrews alleged that he said sexual things to Andrews like "will you lick my swizzle stick".[1] He was fired from the Weather Channel over this incident.

References

  1. ↑ Hareyan, Armen (7 May 2008). "Weather Channel's Hillary Andrews Wins Bob Stokes Harassment Case". huliq.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021.
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