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 Group is reportedly halting its plan to replace about 100 local weather reporters with a 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.

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.

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, owner of the Weather Channel, is reassigning or moving local meteorologists in two dozen local TV station markets to Atlanta in a new "hub" set up.

Allen Media's plans to create a national hub for its local stations at Atlanta's Weather Channel has been reversed for some of its local markets.

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Allen Media Group is reversing its decision to replace local meteorologists with a Weather Channel feed due to strong criticism from viewers.

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