Kelly Bates has been in the news reporting career for a long time, in these years she has become a fan favorite. With awards like “ best female meteorologist” Kelly has always been fans’ favorite. Kelly has worked for NBC Channel 10 for 17 years as a meteorologist or weather reporter. But that journey got cut short due to many reasons. In this article, we will know about those reasons and why Kelly Bates Asks Supporters Not to Take Out Their Anger on Nbc 10 …
What was the Incident that Lead – Kelly Bates Asks Supporters Not to Take Out Their Anger on Nbc 10 …
Over the years fans noticed the declining role of kelly bates in channel 10. This led to many believing in the soon exit of their beloved reporter. After these suspicions were speculated, Kelly announced on ‘twitter’ that she is no longer a part of NBC 10 or WJAR. Later on tiktok she got really emotional while talking about these issues.
After hearing this news her fans were not happy, and protested against her departure. In an interview with ‘the boston Globe’ she admits that she was offered a contract but it felt insulting seeing her new contract. According to many reports, it could be due to financial cuts in her contract.
What Kelly Bates Does Professionally?
Kelly Bates was born and brought up in North Attleboro, Boston with a loving family. She did her high school from Bishop Feehan High School. Later, she did her bachelor’s in science degree in television broadcast communication and later a minor in Meteorology from Lyndon State College, now a part of Northern Vermont University.
In terms of career, she started her career in 1996 in New Hampshire at WMUR as a staff meteorologist and science reporter. After 4 years of dedicated work, she moved to Atlanta for further expansion of her career. There she created weather content for ‘Weather Plus’, it was a 24-hour weather and traffic television station broadcasting channel.
In 2000, Kelly started her journey at ABC6 as a weekend night meteorologist. Later she joined NBC 10 and worked there for 17 years. She had to let that job go after her hours were reduced significantly over the course of her career, leading her to quit due to an insulting contract offered.
How Did Audience React To Kelly Bates Departure From NBC 10
After listening to the departure of Kelly Bates, the fans were quite upset and devastated. Further to add fuel to the fire, a tik tok video of Kelly got viral. Where she expressed her pain on departure and how grateful her journey has been. The fans showed their love for Kelly in the comments section but also took it to Twitter to ask her the reason for her departure. Bartes shares that she did it as her personal choice, but wishes for better pay opportunities for females in media business.
Fans after listening to this, started attacking NBC 10 for kelly’s departure and started a petition to bring back kelly bates. Till date, the petition has more than 10241 signups. The fans have always loved Kelly Bates and voted her to be the “best female meteorologist” for 9 years straight. The fans showed their distress and anger on NBC10 leading Kelly Bates asking her supporters not to take out their anger on NBC 10.
Kelly Bates Appeal To Her Fans
After news of Kelly’s departure got viral on social media, many fans started attacking NBC 10. The organization had to come out to defend themselves and informed the public that Kelly was not fired, but chose to leave on her own. They also expressed what a great loss it is for Channel 10 to lose her but they wish her all the luck for her upcoming future.
Kelly responded to her fans, by first thanking them for all the love and support she had gotten from them. She shares how overwhelmed she felt and truly respects their love. She further thanks WJAR NBC 10 for her 17 years together. But also states that the leadership does a better job for their employees so they get equal wages and benefits. Further, she expressed she could not accept the new arrangement and the contract she was offered and had to leave. She expressed that was one of the hardest things she has ever done.
Kelly On NBC 10 After Departure
In an interview with Newsweek, Kelly Bates expressed her situation at NBC 10. She shared how she was treated differently after her disagreements from upper management. She experienced a high rate of her hours being cut short leading to a huge financial shake. Kelly also shares how in the new contract she found it quite insulting. The reason has not been shared with the public but many have speculated it could be due to the change in her working hours and salary issues.
Kelly shares how the television news industry is unfair towards women especially those who work-on-air. She shares how they are held to different standards yet paid significantly less than their male counterparts. Further she shares how she wishes for a better future for women in this industry.
Updates on kelly Bates
After Kelly’s departure from NBC 10 her fans were worried, wondering if her career on television news was over. She assured her fans that was not the case and to many’s surprise she decided to join ABC6 again.
Let’s recap
Kelly Bates is one of the most popular television meteorologist journalists. With winning awards like “best female meteorologist” for 9 years straight she has a dedicated, loyal fanbase. After she left NBC 10 due to changes in her contract and reduction of hours and pay. She left that company and thanked all for their support. Her fans were not quite happy with the nesa and started attacking NBC 10 for answers. This led to Kelly Bates Asks Supporters Not to Take Out Their Anger on Nbc 10 … There has been petition going on to bring her back on NBC 10 but she has now joined ABC 6 and is quite happy with her career.
