Channel 5 reports meteorologist Mark Johnson ‘no longer employed’ at the station

Longtime Cleveland meteorologist Mark Johnson is “now not employed at WEWS,” Channel 5 reported the afternoon of Could 9.

“Information 5 desires to share with our viewers a change to our on-air staffing,” the station wrote in a news post on its website. “Meteorologist Mark Johnson is now not employed at WEWS.”

The transient information story didn’t embrace a purpose for the separation or the character of it, however included a press release from WEWS Vice President and Common Supervisor Steve Weinstein:

“We wish our audiences to know that Information 5 and its mum or dad firm, Scripps, take defending our audiences’ belief very critically by requiring our workers to stick to the best moral requirements. We can not present additional particulars, as this can be a personnel matter.”

The story mentioned the station’s “dedication to being the climate group Northeast Ohio turns to for security and accuracy stays steadfast.”

The station will instantly conduct a seek for Johnson’s alternative.

Johnson joined Channel 5 in November 1993, in accordance with a web page on the station’s web site that has since been taken down.

“Mark is an award-winning meteorologist, having obtained coveted Emmy Awards for his climate forecasting,” the web page learn. “He was the primary Cleveland forecaster with each the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the Nationwide Climate Affiliation (NWA) Seals of Approval.”

Johnson has but to talk out in regards to the separation. His solely social media put up on Could 9 was on Fb, the place he posted an image of a lightning bolt behind a tree. Dozens of individuals commented on the put up to want him nicely.

Contact reporter Jennifer Pignolet at jpignolet@thebeaconjournal.com, at 330-996-3216 or on Twitter @JenPignolet.

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