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

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.

It has been an emotional time for meteorologists at nearly two dozen Allen Media Group television stations across the country. Deep cuts at the company have forced all local meteorologists to be eliminated or reassigned and replaced by a feed beamed to individual stations from The Weather Channel.

Allen Media Group recently announced a new initiative that would see meteorologists at The Weather Channel delivering forecasts for their local stations