Chief Meteorologist

KVII ABC 7 in Amarillo, Texas is looking for our next Chief Meteorologist — a trusted, steady, and engaging weather leader who can own the forecast across broadcast, digital, streaming, and social platforms.

This is not a quiet weather market. If you want to forecast it, we probably get it: tornadoes, giant hail, flash flooding, hurricane-force winds, blizzards, snowstorms, wildfires, dust storms, extreme heat, Arctic cold.

Our DMA covers the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, plus four counties in eastern New Mexico

We need a Chief Meteorologist who understands that weather here is not background information. It is public safety, viewer trust, and community service.

What You’ll Do
As Chief Meteorologist, you will lead KVII’s weather coverage on-air and across all digital platforms. You will be responsible for producing and presenting clear, accurate, urgent, and viewer-focused forecasts that help our audience make decisions before, during, and after major weather events.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead daily weather coverage for KVII ABC 7 and our digital platforms. 
• Forecast, produce, and present clear, concise, and compelling weathercasts. 
• Own severe weather coverage when storms threaten our area. 
• Issue timely warnings, alerts, explainers, and safety information. 
• Report live during severe weather, winter weather, fire-weather events, flooding, and other high-impact situations. 
• Use radar, models, graphics, maps, and storytelling to make complex weather understandable. 
• Work closely with producers, anchors, reporters, photographers, and digital staff on weather-driven coverage. 
• Write and publish weather stories, forecasts, alerts, and explainers for digital and social platforms. 
• Be highly active on social media before, during, and after weather events. 
• Make public appearances and represent the station in the community. 
• Mentor and help develop the weather team. 
• Build viewer trust through accuracy, urgency, consistency, and calm leadership. 

What We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate is a strong communicator, a skilled forecaster, and a natural leader who understands severe weather coverage in a high-impact market.

You should bring:

• Proven on-air weather experience. 
• Strong forecasting, writing, and live presentation skills. 
• A deep understanding of severe weather, radar interpretation, warning communication, and public-safety messaging. 
• Digital and social media fluency. 
• The ability to communicate urgency without hype. 
• Strong news judgment and the ability to work with newsroom leaders during breaking weather. 
• A team-first mindset. 
• Willingness to come in off duty when severe weather threatens the area. 
• Experience with Baron Lynx or similar weather graphics/radar systems is a plus 
• AMS or NWA seal preferred, but not required. 

Why Amarillo?
Amarillo is one of the most unique weather markets in the country. The terrain, elevation, dryline, wildfire risk, temperature swings, winter storms, and severe convective setups make this a place where meteorologists can do meaningful, challenging, high-profile work year-round.

This is a market where your forecast matters.

One day you may be tracking supercells in the Texas Panhandle. Another day you may be explaining wildfire danger in 60 mph winds, flash flooding from slow-moving storms, blowing snow on I-40, or Arctic air plunging into the High Plains.

For a meteorologist who wants to lead real weather coverage, KVII is a serious opportunity.

While applying online, please include a link to your online demo reel.

EEO AND INCLUSIVITY:

Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.