Local TV Meteorologist Gets Emotional On-Air Following Nationwide Layoffs: 'Tonight Is Our Last Broadcast'
Mar. 15, 2025In a news release, the media group said The Weather Channel will now be producing content for the impacted stations, nationwide, from the network’s base in Atlanta, according toNPR.
About 100 meteorologists are losing their jobs as a result, according toSpencer Denton, a meteorologist with CBS affiliate WVLT in Knoxville, Tenn. — which is not a part of Allen Media Group — as well asChristina Burkhartwith ABC affiliate WJRT in South Michigan, whose station was impacted.
“We had both hoped to go out on our own terms to celebrate,” Orput added, “but that’s not the case.”
Orpurt continued, “As you can see on the evening news each night, we are a close family here at News 10. We laugh, sometimes we argue like an old married couple and we’ve cried together. We’ve gone through so much.”
As she began to choke up, Dayton added, “For the final time, goodnight and sleep well.”
“I know my management team has done everything they can to make this better,” she explained in the post, “but this is at a corporate level so please don’t bad mouth WAAY on this post. I’ll land on my feet I always do.”
She later added, “To my friends and family here in north Alabama, I love you and I’m so thankful for your support in this journey 🫶.”
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“To my viewers and those of you who have been on Frannys Report since day one, thank you,”Franson wrote. “You guys have kept me motivated to grow, take you to unimaginable places, and show you the most powerful forces of nature.”
source: people.com
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