Jan Von Uffel began working at WTAJ News in 1978 behind the scenes.  Before long she moved into the weather department and became an on-air weatherperson.  Today WTAJ Meteorologist Joe Murgo has the opportunity to bring you the weather with colorful maps and radars.  But back then she forecasted the weather with magnets.  Jan Von Uffel did get married.  She now goes by Jan Andrews.

She has many good memories at WTAJ.  She says spending Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney was quite special.  “I have some very fond memories of going up to Punxy for four days to do a special on Punxsutawney Phil, and every time that February 2^nd comes around, it’s fun to remember that.”

She left the station after working for four years, in 1982.  She then spent the next ten years in public relations at the Altoona Hospital.  She now works as an administrator at the law firm, Andrews and Beard.  Generally she works with payroll and manages staff.  But she says the skills she learned at WTAJ stay with her to this day.

She teaches people she works with how to deal with the media.  “One of the things you learn in the media is that no comment is not a good answer.  There should always be something that is said.”  She says that anyone in the news industry always uses the skills learned in their next career.  She says everyday she writes and communicates with many people, just like her job at WTAJ.