Glenn Johnson is leaving the Rochester ABC affiliate on May 27.
“You may ask why I am leaving,” Johnson wrote in a message on Facebook. “Like other businesses, television has had a difficult time during the pandemic. As a result, my position has been eliminated due to workforce reduction.”
Johnson started with the station in 1985 as an intern. Later that year, he was hired as a part-time meteorologist after graduating from SUNY Brockport.
Four years later, he was promoted to the morning and midday newscasts. The Democrat and Chronicle says he was named chief meteorologist in 2001 when his mentor,
Bill Peterson, retired.