Allen Media Group announced sweeping cuts that will see all of local meteorologists eliminated or reassigned at its nearly two dozen television stations nationwide.

Broadcast stations, which rely on local news to generate profits, have seen viewership fall as more people receive their weather reports via social media.

Both Dayton and Orpurt were affected by the layoffs at Allen Media Group, owner of WTHI-TV, which impacted meteorologists in the company. The layoffs come as Allen Media announces that its newly acquired The Weather Channel in Atlanta will start producing content for local stations across the country, the National Public Radio reported.

The new initiative will be rolled out across 27 stations and feature "additional visual storytelling capabilities," Allen Media Group says.

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.

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, according to a report.