PROVIDENCE – Well-liked longtime Windfall tv meteorologist Kelly Bates is off the air – once more.
Bates introduced on Fb Thursday, September 11, that she and “a quantity” of colleagues at ABC6 are out of labor, because the station comes underneath new possession.
“So it occurred once more. It occurred once more,” Bates mentioned in a video as she apparently tried to carry again tears. “Our station was simply purchased by the station that I labored for beforehand. And that father or mother firm has determined I am a redundancy and wanted to go.”
Kelly Bates
“So, no tears this time. I do know what to anticipate with this firm,” Bates mentioned. “But when anybody’s on the lookout for an efficient communicator, one who could make nice home made bracelets, and somebody who’s devoted and constant, and hardworking, please be at liberty to succeed in out to me, as a result of I might use a job.”
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Bates didn’t point out the corporate by title, however she left her job with NBC10, owned by media firm Sinclair, in September 2021 after a contract dispute. ABC6 employed her in June of 2022, and she or he returned to the airwaves with a lot fanfare. As of Friday morning, Sept. 12, Normal Media’s web site listed ABC6 as one among its tv stations.
Bates had labored at NBC10 for 17 years earlier than her departure in 2021. Earlier than NBC10, she had labored at ABC6, employed there as a weekend evening meteorologist in 2000.
Bates has acquired Emmy nominations and has been voted finest feminine meteorologist of Rhode Island by the readers of Rhode Island Month-to-month a number of instances. She was inducted into the Rhode Island Month-to-month Corridor of Fame in July 2022.
In her Fb submit, Bates additionally famous that different employees members had additionally misplaced their jobs.
“Good grief! It occurred once more!! A lot of us ABC6 people at the moment are on the lookout for work. If a resume crosses your desk from somebody at ABC6, do your self a favor and rent them,” she wrote. “They’re the best people I’ve labored with. They’re resourceful past measure and devoted to excellence. They’re magic makers who could make a lot occur with so little. It was an honor to work with them. It was a present and a blessing to be a part of the crew.”
As of about 7:45 a.m, Friday, the Fb submit had acquired some 1,900 reactions, greater than 600 feedback and had been shared 193 instances.
Bates grew up in North Attleboro and graduated from Bishop Feehan Excessive College.
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