When news of what Allen Media was planning to do to local weather desks across the nation got out, the reactions were all the same, and all bad. Even though the move had not been announced publicly, the rumble was enough that news stories were written about it.
A week later, Allen has reversed course, and publicly so. KWWL even carried a message meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg telling everyone he and the KWWL weather team weren’t going anywhere. What that means for meteorologists in other markets who already said their goodbyes, who knows.
As it happens, I was watching KWWL and recorded Schnack’s message, and it appears that’ll be the last thing I record on EyeTV from cable, as Mediacom is switching things off. But that’s another story to come.