{"id":32889,"date":"2026-08-18T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=32889"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:03:46","slug":"beloved-cbs-meteorologist-killed-in-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=32889","title":{"rendered":"Beloved CBS Meteorologist Killed in Plane Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"100\"><strong data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"100\">CBS Meteorologist Roland Steadham Dies at 67 in Plane Crash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"230\">Roland Steadham, the longtime chief meteorologist at Boise\u2019s CBS2, has died at 67 following a tragic plane crash in rural Idaho.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"447\">The small aircraft crashed into the frozen Payette River near Emmett on Tuesday morning after reportedly clipping a power line. Steadham and another person were killed. The second victim has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"449\" data-end=\"718\">Steadham was not only a respected meteorologist but also an accomplished pilot with more than <strong data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"565\">3,000 flight hours<\/strong>. Just one week before his death, he spoke to aviation students in Emmett about his passion for flying and encouraged them to pursue careers in aviation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"868\">He previously worked as chief meteorologist at major stations including WTVJ in Miami, KUTV and KTVX in Salt Lake City before joining CBS2 in Boise.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"1031\">Tributes quickly poured in from viewers and colleagues, remembering Steadham as a talented meteorologist, devoted family man, experienced pilot, and kind person.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1033\" data-end=\"1105\">He is survived by his <strong data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1104\">wife, six children, and several grandchildren<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1174\">Authorities say the cause of the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1215\"><strong data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1215\">Rest in peace, Roland Steadham. \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS Meteorologist Roland Steadham Dies at 67 in Plane Crash Roland Steadham, the longtime chief meteorologist at Boise\u2019s CBS2, has died at 67 following a tragic plane crash in rural Idaho. The small aircraft crashed into the frozen Payette River near Emmett on Tuesday morning after reportedly clipping a power line. Steadham and another person&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=32889\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Beloved CBS Meteorologist Killed in Plane Crash&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32891,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32889\/revisions\/32891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}