Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group is terminating or reassigning all local meteorologists at its nearly two dozen stations nationwide, replacing them with a feed broadcasted to individual stations from The Weather Channel,

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.

ABC 33/40′s James Spann shared more of his thoughts Monday night on news that Allen Media Broadcasting “laid off every single meteorologist” in cities nationwide in favor of the Weather Channel. Spann said he “feels so badly for those who lost their jobs …. I know it’s traumatic when you lose a job.”

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.