The Springfield, Illinois television station whose “Code Red” weather alert drew an on-air reproach from its morning meteorologist has posted an employment advertisement seeking the weatherman’s replacement.
The ad for a WICS-TV morning meteorologist showed up Tuesday on the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s website.
Meteorologist Joe Crain said during a June 5 broadcast that he understands viewers’ complaints about the “Code Red” brand. Critics say the moniker is overused, unnecessarily alarms people, harms businesses and marks the entire viewing area with the alert regardless of how isolated the storm threat.
Crain hasn’t been seen on air since he made his comments. As a result, several prominent advertisers have pulled spots from the station.
Station officials have not commented on why Crain is no longer on the air, citing a personnel matter.
![The Arlington Heights Village Board granted developers of the planned Arlington 425 project in downtown Arlington Heights another construction-related extension – making this at least the second one – even as financing for the work has still not been secured. The mixed-use development, planned for 225 W. Campbell St., has been in the works for five years. “We’re looking to get it going,” Stephen Messutta, general counsel for Norwood Builders of Park Ridge, told the board at the April 15 meeting. The developer requested a zoning extension for the proposed redevelopment on the longtime empty land parcel located just steps […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/05/09/E6SSECNLL5F4JLRU4GG4CNMQ2A.jpg?w=535 "The Arlington Heights Village Board granted developers of the planned Arlington 425 project in downtown Arlington Heights another construction-related extension – making this at least the second one – even as financing for the work has still not been secured. The mixed-use development, planned for 225 W. Campbell St., has been in the works for five years. “We’re looking to get it going,” Stephen Messutta, general counsel for Norwood Builders of Park Ridge, told the board at the April 15 meeting. The developer requested a zoning extension for the proposed redevelopment on the longtime empty land parcel located just steps […]")
