This is very sad. WTF?
CARTERVILLE, IL — “WSIL has you covered for all things news, weather and sports in Southern Illinois” — well, no longer sports, and now, no longer local weather either.
WSIL-TV 3, owned by Allen Media Group, will soon be laying off their local meteorologists Jacie Brianne, Nick Boynton and Garrett Hamilton. They are among nearly 100 local AMG meteorologists throughout the nation who will lose their jobs.
Emily Pike, who was a forcaster at WSIL-TV 3 until she left in January 2024, said AMG has started the process of laying off local most, if not all, of these local meterologists in a Facebook post Thursday. Christina Burkhart, a former forecaster at WJRT in Flint, Michigan, confirmed the layoffs extend to all the local meteorologists company-wide in a Facebook post Friday morning.
Instead of local meteorology, AMG will start “hubbing” weather forecasts from The Weather Channel in Atlanta, Burkhart said. The Weather Channel will send pre-recorded regional forecasts and live severe weather coverage to each Allen station.
