Allen Media Group announced sweeping cuts that will see all of local meteorologists eliminated or reassigned at its nearly two dozen television stations nationwide. Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has begun layoffs across every division of the company, which includes The Weather Channel, The Grio and Freestyle Digital Media, a rep.
Weather Channel Layoffs
The Weather Channel laid off meteorologist Mike Seidel on May 1, according to multiple published reports. Some staff members at the station were laid off in a downsizing move at the network. Seidel had been with The Weather Channel since 1992. He frequently covered.