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New KTVT "Chief" Meterologist?

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texas_prwriter

Or has it just been that long since I watched CBS-11 news? I noticed Friday night (maybe Thursday night) that Larry Mowry was being referred to as "Chief Meteorologist." Kristine Kahanek had always had that title (now it appears from her station bio that she is just "meteorologist"). Is that old news that I've missed (I don't watch KTVT that often) or is that a recent change?

BTW, what does a chief meteorologist do that the other staff meteorologists/weather readers don't? Do Mowry, Delkus, Finfrock and Henry have any added responsibilities? Or is "chief" just what we call the dude or dudette that fills the 10 p.m. wx slot? Always been curious about that.
 
Ed Bark announced this change a while back.

As for Chief Meteorologist, they are usually the head of the weather department and would have influence over the weather system and hiring of other mets.
 
The duties of the chief meteorologist vary from station to station. It usually pays much more, but has much higher risks. At some stations, like the one I'm at, the chief reports directly to the news director (the other meteorologists report to the chief), the chief does the schedules, deals with the weather vendors, gets to attend the conventions (AMS / NWA), and controls the grphics. At other stations, the chief is just a ego title and he/she really doesn't do anything more than the other weather people. I know a chief in a major market who makes $250k who just comes in and does his weathercast at 5,6, and 11 with the help of a full-time weather producer. He doesn't have anything to do with hiring or any other personel in the weather department. The news director runs the department and the executive producers do all the schedules. The "chief" just worries about himself. I know a chief in San Antonio like this too. I know of a small market station in GA where the chief does nothing, but the morning meteorologist knows the equipment and does all of the hard work. The management go directly to the morning meteorologist if they need something done. Why isn't the morning meteorologist chief? Because the chief is very popular and they don't dare move him of the main evening newscast or remove his title. So, as I said, it varies from station to station-market to market.
 
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