METEOROLOGIST (W/END) - WMTV

Gray Media, Inc.; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WMTV-TV/Gray Media is seeking a Weekend Evening Meteorologist to join our award-winning team in Madison, WI. You will own the First Alert Weather coverage across TV and digital platforms, delivering accurate forecasts and engaging visuals for viewers.

The role requires a degree in Meteorology (or near completion), a digital-first mindset, and the ability to adapt to a fast-paced newsroom. Weekend-evening schedule with potential shifts on The Morning Show ensures broad coverage and public

Qualifications

• Degree in Meteorology or near completion.
• Able to translate forecasts for TV viewers.
• Experience with Weather Company Max preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate forecasts for TV and digital platforms.
• Create streaming updates and vertical videos for social media.
• Lead wall-to-wall severe weather coverage when needed.
• Craft visual weather stories with high-quality graphics.
• Collaborate with the news team to ensure weather is integrated across broadcasts and online.

Skills

Degree in Meteorology

Clear communication

Team player

Digital-first

Graphic design

Driving license

Education

Bachelor's degree in Meteorology

Tools

The Weather Company Max Systems

Job description

Today, we are a growing multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 117 full-power television markets that collectively reach approximately 37% of US television households. The portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first- and/or second-highest-rated television station in average all-day ratings across 116 of such markets that were measured by Nielsen in 2025. We also own the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 46 markets and Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Our additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About WMTV:

WMTV serves south central Wisconsin. We are the #1 station—leading the market in news and weather coverage-- and we are recognized for sharing information with accuracy and immediacy on our digital platforms.

We work hard and take pride in getting it right.

WMTV has been named the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association News Operation of the Year (for the last 5 of 6 years) AND the WBA's Station of the Year. RTDNA recognized the station with seven regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. In 2025, the station won two National Edward R. Murrow Awards for digital and breaking news coverage.

What's better than working at the #1 station in the nation's #1 city? Join our award-winning team and live, work, and play in a community that is consistently named one of the best places to live in America. We are just 1.5 hours from Milwaukee, 2.5 hours from Chicago, and 5 hours from Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Are you the kind of person who sees a storm system moving across the Plains and immediately starts thinking about how it will impact your neighbors in the upper Midwest? We're looking for a Weekend Evening Meteorologist to join our award-winning, #1-rated 15 News and First Alert Weather team.

This isn't just about reading a green screen; it's about owning the First Alert Weather brand across every platform, from the big screen in the living room to the vertical video in the palm of someone's hand.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

What You'll Do:

• Champion the First Alert brand: Deliver accurate forecasts that prioritize safety and planning, whether it's a sunny Saturday or high-stakes severe weather.
• Own the digital space: Create streaming updates and vertical videos for social that stop the scroll and provide real value.
• Lead through the storm: Assist or lead wall-to-wall severe coverage during Wisconsin spring and summer with urgency and calm reassurance.
• Craft visual stories: Use state-of-the-art The Weather Company Max graphics to make complex data concise, relatable, and visually stunning.
• Collaborate with the best: Work with our #1-rated news team to make weather seamless across newscasts, web, and social.
• Showcase your versatility: Home is weekend evenings with a Wed-Sun shift, but you're ready to pivot to The Morning Show when our Chief is off or cover evening shows when our PM meteorologist is off.
• Connect with Madison: Represent WMTV via live field reporting and public appearances.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Degree in Meteorology (or near completion); The Weather Company Max Systems experience preferred.
• Clear, relatable communication: Translate complex topics into easy-to-understand forecasts for viewers.
• Team-player attitude: Self-starter who loves a fast-paced newsroom.
• Deep understanding of the unique, rapidly changing weather of the upper Midwest.
• Thrives under pressure and willing to work alternate hours for breaking weather.
• Digital-first mindset: As comfortable with a social reel or streaming update as a full TV weather block.
• Graphic creativity: Ability to make high-quality, interesting graphics that are weather-specific or adjacent to help tell the weather story beyond the standard maps.
• Valid driver's license and good driving record.

WMTV-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

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