WISN-TV morning meteorologist Lindsey Slater leaves Milwaukee station

Milwaukee meteorologist Lindsey Slater is no longer with WISN-TV (Channel 12).

The popular morning news meteorologist was absent from the station’s morning newscasts on Feb. 27 and is no longer appearing on TV. Channel 12 staff page. Slater also updated it LinkedIn page to reflect that he was no longer employed by the ABC affiliate.

The Milwaukee Business Journal first reported departure. According to the report, WISN-TV President and General Manager Shawn Oswald told employees that a search had been launched to find Slater’s replacement.

Oswald did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the TV station does not generally comment on personnel matters. Slater also did not immediately respond to a request.

Slater has served as the station’s early morning meteorologist since July 2019, when her predecessor, Sally Severson, reduced her schedule. He is a Milwaukee-area native who joined Channel 12 in June 2016.

Prior to WISN-TV, Slater worked at WDBD-TV in Jackson, Mississippi, and served as an intern at WKOW-TV in Madison.

Slater attended undergraduate school at Carroll University and Mississippi State University in Waukesha, according to LinkedIn. He holds a master’s degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management from Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

This article first appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: WISN-TV morning meteorologist Lindsey Slater leaves Milwaukee station