FOX4 Kansas City is seeking an experienced, dynamic Meteorologist to join our award-winning weather team. The successful candidate will deliver accurate, engaging, and impactful weather coverage across broadcast, digital, streaming, and social platforms. We are looking for a strong forecaster, effective communicator, and trusted community presence who thrives during severe weather coverage and understands the importance of serving audiences wherever they consume content.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities· Produces and presents weather reports for all platforms in a manner that is clear, engaging, and meaningful to news consumers.
· Contributes content across broadcast, digital, streaming, mobile, and social media platforms.
· Creates and publishes weather-related content for digital and social platforms, including capturing and editing video using mobile and digital content creation tools.
· Works closely with the weather team to develop comprehensive weather coverage and innovative storytelling opportunities.
· Uses social media and other audience engagement tools to connect with viewers and provide timely weather information.
· Writes digital content detailing local forecasts, weather trends, and significant weather events.
· Collaborates with newsroom and digital teams to develop weather-related enterprise stories and special coverage.
· Demonstrates teamwork, professionalism, adaptability, and a commitment to serving the community.
· Ensures all weather content meets company standards for journalistic integrity, accuracy, and production quality.
· Writes and delivers weather stories in a clear, concise, and conversational manner.
· Responds to breaking and severe weather events and other urgent newsroom situations as required.
· Participates in station-sponsored community events, public appearances, and promotional activities.
· Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
· Bachelor's degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, or a closely related field.
· Minimum three years of on-air broadcast meteorology experience.
· Proven expertise in severe-weather forecasting and live coverage.
· Strong understanding of meteorology and a proven track record of accurate forecasting across a variety of weather conditions and seasons.
· Exceptional communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.
· Strong digital skills and an understanding of multiplatform weather coverage.
· Experience creating content for broadcast, streaming, web, mobile, and social platforms.
· Ability to ad lib effectively during breaking weather situations.
· Ability to prioritize assignments, meet deadlines, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
· Valid driver's license with a good driving record.
Preferred Qualifications
· AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) designation preferred, with a commitment to obtaining certification if not already held.
· National Weather Association certification a plus.
· Experience contributing to streaming and digital-first content strategies.
Why FOX4?
Kansas City offers some of the nation's most challenging and exciting weather. At FOX4, you will join an established team of respected meteorologists, work in a competitive major market, and have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the communities we serve.
We are not simply looking for someone to forecast the weather. We are looking for someone who makes the entire FOX4 team stronger.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, or a closely related field
- At least three years of on-air broadcast meteorology experience
- Expertise in severe-weather forecasting and live coverage
- Strong understanding of meteorology and accurate forecasting across varied conditions and seasons
- Exceptional communication, storytelling, and presentation skills
- Strong digital skills and understanding of multiplatform weather coverage
- Experience creating content for broadcast, streaming, web, mobile, and social platforms
- Ability to ad lib effectively during breaking weather situations
- Ability to prioritize assignments, meet deadlines, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Valid driver's license with a good driving record
- AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation
- National Weather Association certification
- Experience contributing to streaming and digital-first content strategies
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is presented as comprehensive, covering medical, dental, vision, behavioral health, and an Employee Assistance Program. Disability and life insurance are also available, with optional protections like accident and critical illness coverage noted.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is offered and was expanded to provide up to six weeks of paid time for eligible employees. Family-support resources are complemented by mental‑health and EAP services.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, and standard holidays are provided, with vacation that typically scales with tenure. These programs form part of a conventional large‑employer benefits menu.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Insights
What We Do
Nexstar Media Group is the largest TV station operator in the country. With the reach of 171 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.9% of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television’s unrivalled influence on consumers’ purchasing and political decisions. In 20 years, Nexstar has grown from a single station to the nation’s largest television company. This growth is fueled by an organization-wide commitment to delivering exceptional service to our communities and outstanding results for our advertisers. From the very beginning, Nexstar has cultivated an organization-wide commitment to providing superior, unique local content that is relevant to each of the communities it serves, while offering local businesses, advertisers and brands the ability to engage and connect with local communities.
