Joan Klein Weidman

Joan Haenle Klein Weidman ( Klein; August 8, 1933 – June 25, 2019) was an American television broadcaster, host, weathercaster, and anchor. at WGAL in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Early life and education Klein was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She attended concerts with her mother at age three, and studied piano starting at age seven. She played bass fiddle in the Manheim Township High School jazz band, graduating in 1951. In 1955, she graduated from the Eastman School of Music, where she worked for the university radio station as program director and hosted her own program. She interviewed well-known entertainers and guests of the time including Wendy Barrie, who was in town for summer stock theater, Eddie Bracken, Cliff Arquette, and Ann B. Davis. retiring from the show before the birth of her first child.

She performed as a pianist in the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra.

Personal life She married Richard K. Weidman (who was WGAL's graphic artist and art director for 41 years) in September 1958

Klein died on June 25, 2019, at the Mennonite Home in Lancaster after an illness at the age of 85.