In February 1985, Lizura began his broadcasting career as a weekend weathercaster at the CBS affiliated
WANE-TV in
Fort Wayne, Indiana. Six months later, in the summer of 1985, Lizura began as the weekday evening weathercaster for
WLOX-TV, the ABC affiliate in
Biloxi, Mississippi where he subsequently spent the next two years. While in Biloxi, Lizura was awarded the Mississippi
Associated Press "Best Weathercaster" (1986) for outstanding broadcasting. In 1987, he moved from Biloxi, Mississippi to
Sacramento, California and became the weekday morning weathercaster for the NBC affiliated
KCRA-TV where he spent the next two years working on-air, public speaking, and assisting the Clean Air Partnership for the state of California. In June 1988, Lizura left KCRA and moved to
Cincinnati, Ohio where he became the weekend weathercaster for
WLWT-TV, the NBC affiliate, working alongside
Jerry Springer who was the primary news anchor at that time. 12 months later, in 1989, Lizura was offered a weathercaster position in
San Diego, California with NBC affiliate KNSD-TV, which became the NBC owned and operated television station in 1996. Lizura worked on-air with KNSD-TV from 1989 to 2006. In 2007, Joe Lizura began working as the morning weathercaster for
KUSI-TV, the independent television station in San Diego (2007–2011). While working as a television Weathercaster in San Diego, Lizura became interested in developing and producing television shows. During this time, Lizura was the head of three television show development companies: The Jumpitz Corporation (2007–2008), Latin American Multimedia Corporation (2008–2011), and the Allowance Media Group, Inc (2011–present). In 2007 and 2008 Lizura wrote and produced four full-length DVDs under "
The Jumpitz" and "Los Jumpitz" label. From 2008 - 2011, while presiding as CEO of The Latin American Multimedia Corporation, Lizura co-wrote and produced 26 Television episodes of
Dos y Dos, a children's educational Spanish/English bilingual show. "Dos y Dos" episodes can be seen airing in the U.S. on the
Sorpresa and the
LATV networks. "Dos y Dos" aired internationally on
Telemundo in
Puerto Rico, ATB network in
Bolivia, Panamericana TV in
Peru, and Ecuavisa in
Ecuador. In 2011, he founded Allowance Media Group to develop six new television pilots into production. In 2013, Joe Lizura took on the responsibility of Executive Director for The Solar Alliance Foundation based in San Diego. Joe Lizura is listed with BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) as a co-composer/co-songwriter for 146 songs. Lizura was a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammys) from 2010 to 2011. Lizura has been active in supporting charitable groups and started "The Joe Lizura Charity Golf Classic" which raised $1,000,000 to benefit Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego (2002–2005). He has also supported the
MS Society as Honorary Chairperson for the MS WALK from 1992 - 2005. In June 2002, Joe Lizura was selected as the San Diego National Multiple Sclerosis Society's 2002 volunteer of the year. In January 2011, Lizura faced a misdemeanor charge of engaging in lewd conduct in public, as well as a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure, after two independent witnesses allegedly saw him deliberately exposed and masturbating in the window of a San Diego office building. Lizura plead guilty to the lewd conduct charge and was placed on three years' probation. He was also ordered to pay a $200 fine, and to attend a counseling session.
Credits '''Full Length Children's DVDs''' •
The Jumpitz "Going Groovy" (2007) (English) (Creator, Writer, Producer) • Los Jumpitz "Going Groovy" (2007) (Spanish) (Creator, Co-writer, Producer) • The Jumpitz "The Imagination Box" (2008) (English) (Creator, Writer, Producer) • Los Jumpitz "La Caja De Imagination" (2008) (Spanish) (Creator, Co-writer, Producer)
2009 - 2011 Dos y Dos season 1 (2009–2010) • Animales (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Buenos modales (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Cinco sentidos (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Colores (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Cosas pequeñas (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Cosas differentes (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Crecer y aprender (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Cuando sea grande (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Deportes (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • El estado del tiempo (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Emociones (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Estaciones del año (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Feliz cumpleanos foto Joe! (2009) - Writer (creator), executive producer
Dos y Dos season 2 (2010–2011) • Formas geometricas (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Frutas y vegetales (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Gente de todo el mundo (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Gente que conocemos (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Inventos (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Las horas del día (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Mis cosas favoritas (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Musica (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Nuestra aventura acampando (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Numeros (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Obras de arte (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Siguiendo direcciones (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer • Transportación (2010) - Writer (creator), executive producer ==References==