Meteorologists at more than two dozen stations across the United States are out of jobs after being replaced by Weather Channel feeds produced at a national hub.
Patrece Dayton and Kevin Orpurt worked together on the WTHI-TV 10 evening news, Dayton as news anchor and Orpurt as ...
In an emotional farewell that highlights the changing landscape of local television, weather forecasters across America delivered their final broadcasts last week as The Weather Channel’s parent ...
Patrece Dayton, evening news anchor, and Kevin Orpurt, chief meteorologist, have been told that their positions are being eliminated, Dayton told the Tribune-Star on Monday. She has been at the ...
Kevin Orpurt, the chief meteorologist at WTHI in Terre Haute, and Patrece Dayton, a news anchor, carried a box of tissues with them when they informed their dedicated public that they were both losing ...
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.
A news release regarding the brand news obtained by NPR, the media group stated that the local weather slot of the newscast will now be taken over by The Weather Channel in an eff ...
“Kevin and I have come into your homes for decades — nearly 37 years for me,” Patrece Dayton, a news anchor in Terre Haute, Indiana, said Friday, as a box of tissues sat nearby. “And more ...
Patrece Dayton and Kevin Orpurt were the exceptional news anchors that were the backbone of WTHI. In fact, they were the reason we chose to watch the news on WTHI. Kevin has been the spokesperson ...
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.