Name sounds familiar. I believe he worked at WTVH in Syracuse for awhile as the weekend wx guy... then landed the chief wx guy job at one of the Watertown stations.
I'm leaning toward WWTI... it's been a long time, but then again, it's been a long time since WWTI had news. No idea what happened to the guy after that. But if he's at WHEC now, maybe he has some kind of personal ties to upstate.