Allen Media Group (AMG) has backpedaled on its decision to end weather forecasting operations across its local television stations, following widespread outrage from viewers. AMG reverses its layoff plans Originally, AMG planned to replace its weather forecasting operations with streamlined operations to reduce costs. The cuts could have led to the termination of nearly 100 local forecasters across 36 outlets. However, after announcing the move, it faced serious backslash from the people served by AMG stations. “While not all staff and meteorologists are safe, a majority will remain in their roles.
According to CNN, at least 50 meteorologists in roughly two dozen local television stations have either been let go or reassigned. These changes affect employees across the country, from Massachusetts to Hawaii. They will be replaced by a feed beamed to individual stations from The Weather Channel. “Kevin and I have come into your homes for decades — nearly 37 years for me,” Patrece Dayton, a news anchor in Terre Haute, Indiana, told audiences on last Friday. And more than 40 for me,” Kevin Orpurt, the TV station’s chief meteorologist
