Meteorologists from two Iowa stations owned by Allen Media will soon be laid off as the company plans to share forecasts from The Weather Channel.

Allen Media Group recently announced a new initiative that will see meteorologists at The Weather Channel delivering forecasts for their local stations Meteorologists at stations across the U.S ...

In place of the local weather forecasters will ... reports will be handled from afar. “Weather forecasts will be sent from the weather channel in Atlanta,” Burkhart said in a Facebook post.

Iowa news stations KIMT and KWWL are expected to lay off their meteorologists after their parent company announced plans to replace local with coverage from forecasts from The Weather Channel.