Meteorologists give tearful goodbyes as Allen Media Group TV stations replace them with Weather Channel feed
Allen Media Group will lay off or reassign at least 50 workers across all of its local stations, according to a report.
Was Your Local Meteorologist Laid Off? Weather Channel Deal Leads to Cuts
The Allen Media Group's new deal with The Weather Channel is jeopardizing the jobs of dozens of local meteorologists nationwide.
A Station Group Cuts Its Meteorologists, And Localism’s Fabric Tears
Allen Media’s stunning move to fire all the meteorologists at its local stations leaves viewers without a vital service and opens an extraordinary opportunity for its competition. The post A Station Group Cuts Its Meteorologists,
Local TV meteorologists deliver tearful farewell as stations replace staff with The Weather Channel feed
Allen Media Group announced sweeping cuts that will see all of local meteorologists eliminated or reassigned at its nearly two dozen television stations nationwide.
Allen Media Replaces Local Meteorologists With Weather Channel Weathercasters
As part of the Allen Media Group owned by media personality Byron Allen, AMB owns and operates 28 TV stations nationwide, covering all four commercial networks. AMG acquired The Weather Channel, part of The Weather Group, in a deal worth $300 million in 2018 and the “groundbreaking format” has been in Beta for several years, according to AMG.
At Least 50 Local TV Meteorologists Across the Country Have Been Laid Off — Here's Why
The layoffs are happening at over two dozen local television stations and some meteorologists have more than 35 years of experience with the same channel.
Broadcaster to centralize weather coverage, drop local meteorologists at its 28 TV stations
Broadcast stations, which rely on local news to generate profits, have seen viewership fall as more people receive their weather reports via social media.
2 Iowa TV stations are replacing all their meteorologists with The Weather Channel
Meteorologists from two Iowa stations owned by Allen Media will soon be laid off as the company plans to share forecasts from The Weather Channel.
Allen Media Group Replaces Dozens Of Meteorologists With Pre-Recorded Feeds From The Weather Channel In Latest Round Of Layoffs
Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group is terminating or reassigning all local meteorologists at its nearly two dozen stations nationwide, replacing them with a feed broadcasted to individual stations from The Weather Channel,
Updated 12:30 p.m. Storm blows over: WTVA meteorologists to stay as parent company reverses decision
The meteorologists at WTVA will not be replaced by The Weather Channel reporting. Today, the station announced that on Wednesday afternoon, parent company Allen Media Group had notified them. A ...
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Allen Media reverses plan to lay off some TV meteorologists
The company is still moving forward with plans to build a regional forecasting hub, but has decided to pause its strategy of ...