Popular Ohio Weatherman Abruptly Taken Off Air As Local Abc Affiliate Cites 'personnel Matter'

WEWS News 5, a section ABC connection successful Cleveland, Ohio, announced connected Friday that Meteorologist Mark Johnson was nary longer employed astatine nan position aft delivering upwind forecasts for astir 3 decades astatine nan affiliate.

"News 5 wants to stock pinch our viewers a alteration to our on-air staffing. Meteorologist Mark Johnson is nary longer employed astatine WEWS," a statement from nan outlet read.

Jodie Heisner, nan station's news director, told Cleveland.com that they couldn't "comment beyond what was posted connected our website."

"We want our audiences to cognize that News 5 and its genitor company, Scripps, return protecting our audiences’ spot very earnestly by requiring our labor to adhere to nan highest ethical standards. We cannot supply further details, arsenic this is simply a unit matter," Steve Weinstein, WEWS vice president and wide head said, according to nan statement. 

A position of nan Cleveland metropolis skyline and its 3 tallest downtown buildings, nan Key Tower, 200 Public Square and nan Terminal Tower, connected September 15, 2018, successful Cleveland, Ohio.  ( (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images))

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Several fans person taken to Johnson's Facebook page to station successful support of nan weatherman. One personification wrote, "Well nary logic for maine to ever watch WEWS 5 each [sic] again!" 

Johnson replied to nan station connected Facebook, arsenic reported by The New York Post, and said, "I still emotion my News5 Family. Some awesome people."

"More than anyone, you cognize location will beryllium sunshine aft a storm. Clevelanders guidelines pinch you… your stellar estimation cannot beryllium tarnished and we observe your decades of loyalty to our community," different instrumentality wrote to nan meteorologist.

Johnson has not issued an charismatic connection astir his employment. Another News 5 meteorologist, Katie McGraw, acknowledged she was stepping successful for Johnson during a broadcast connected Friday, and different stepped successful for Johnson connected May 6, according to News 5 broadcasts. 

The erstwhile meteorologist posted connected Facebook and connected Threads astir a mini earthquake successful nan area connected Sunday. 

A skyline position of Cleveland successful 2020. (REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk)

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"Did You Feel It?? Small earthquake conscionable earlier 11pm successful Ashtabula County... Lake Erie Bluffs seismograph shows nan quake here. 10:47pm adjacent Harpersfield. Measured 2.5.," Johnson wrote connected societal media. 

Johnson's past quality connected nan position appears to beryllium connected Monday, May 5, erstwhile he appeared connected News 5 passim nan day, according to nan News 5 broadcasts.

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