Allen Media reportedly won’t fire local meteorologists

Facing Backlash Over Firing Its Meteorologists, Allen Media Group Learns an Important Lesson: Take the ‘Local' Out of Local TV At Your Own Peril
Handing out pink slips to dozens of beloved small-market local TV news weathercasters would be ill-advised even in the best of times. But to do it right as unpredictable and dangerous weather disasters tear across the country this month - from wildfires in California to a historic freeze in the south - was particularly tone
Allen Media reportedly won’t fire local meteorologists after viewer backlash: ‘Greedy, damn cheap’
Allen Media Group is reportedly halting its plan to replace about 100 local weather reporters with a Weather Channel feed.
Allen Media Group Reverses Plan That Was Set To Terminate Or Reassign Nearly 100 Local Meteorologists Following Backlash
Allen Media Group has decided not to proceed with its initial plan to terminate or reassign nearly 100 local meteorologists following significant public outrage. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, the media company owned by Byron Allen planned to eliminate meteorologists at over 36 local television stations and replace them with pre-recorded forecasts from a hub of
Allen Media Group Scraps Plan to Replace Local TV Meteorologists
Less than a week after announcing that it would replace local weathercasters at its local TV stations, Allen Media Group decided on Thursday to scrap its plans after viewer outcry.
REPORT: Allen Media reverses course on plan to fire KIMT meteorologists, replace with Weather Channel coverage
Amid an outcry from viewers and advertisers, Allen Media officials confirmed that the move to release all local meteorologists has been scrapped.
Meteorologists At Allen Media Group TV Stations Give Emotional Farewells After Nationwide Layoffs
It has been an emotional time for meteorologists who have been laid off at nearly two dozen Allen Media Group television ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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Meteorologists give tearful goodbyes as Allen Media Group TV stations replace them with Weather Channel feed
Local meteorologists broadcast tearful goodbyes as Allen Media Group – which owns nearly two dozen TV stations across the country – replaced them with a feed from The Weather Channel ...
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 ...