Joe Witte is currently a researcher at the Goddard Spaceflight Center specializing in Visual Communication of Climate Science and Television news visualizations. He adapts science content for use by 1,300 television meteorologists around the country. Witte left television after a long career in meteorology. Most recently he was the morning and midday weathercaster for TBD TV, a local cable news network owned by Albritton Communication headquartered in Rosslyn, VA and serving the Washington, D.C area. Prior to that he worked at Washington's ABC affiliate, WJLA, which is also owned by Albritton and headquartered in the same Rosslyn facility. He served as the weekend weathercaster at WJLA from 2003 through September 2008, when he was released by the station. He was brought back in November 2008 to replace popular longtime morning weathercaster Ron Riley, who retired after 15 years with Newschannel 8. Witte also served 3 years reporting on the weather's effects on the business world for CNBC. Witte has worked for WCBS-TV, WABC-TV, and WNBC-TV in New York City, as well as at stations in Seattle, Milwaukee and Philadelphia. Witte has also made appearances as meteorologist MSNBC.