Allen Media’s stunning move to fire all the meteorologists at its local stations leaves viewers without a vital service and opens an extraordinary opportunity for its competition. The post A Station Group Cuts Its Meteorologists,

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.

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.