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Title: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Darr'chelle on July 25, 2010, 01:29:32 PM
Cheryl Lemke apparently filled in for the weekend morning meteorologist on WXIA 11 Alive this morning, according to this poster:

http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=172593.msg1486259;boardseen#new (http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=172593.msg1486259;boardseen#new)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Anistorm on July 25, 2010, 01:44:34 PM
That's great to know she's finally popping back up again despite after what happened to her at TWC. At least she's doing some forecasting again. Great to see she isn't giving up.
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Localonthe8s on July 25, 2010, 03:33:10 PM
Agreed. I was just thinking not too long ago about about Cheryl Lemke. So glad she finally got a job now at the same area  :happy:
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: toxictwister00 on July 29, 2010, 04:13:14 PM
Wow, I can't believe it she applies at the one Atlanta news network I never watch and it's not because they are a NBC network, I just don't like their format. I'll have to try to catch her on air. Congrats to her nonetheless, I know it must to have been hard for her the past 2 years. I might start watching just to see her again.

EDIT: Here's a link to her bio on WXIA-TV (11Alive) website, picture is N/A
http://www.wxia11.com/company/bios/cheryl_lemke.aspx (http://www.wxia11.com/company/bios/cheryl_lemke.aspx)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: toxictwister00 on July 31, 2010, 01:52:15 PM
Tibits I caught of Cheryl during the 1 hour newscast this morning.  :)

Cheryl Lemke on WXIA-TV NBC (11 Alive) In Atlanta (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqFIonbmQLo#ws)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Localonthe8s on July 31, 2010, 04:10:09 PM
Very nice!! So glad she got a job now with the knowledge and experience she has
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Anistorm on July 31, 2010, 06:41:11 PM
Tibits I caught of Cheryl during the 1 hour newscast this morning.  :)

Cheryl Lemke on WXIA-TV NBC (11 Alive) In Atlanta ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqFIonbmQLo#ws[/url])


Thanks for posting, Tav! I'm very glad to see Cheryl again. She did a great job. :)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: toxictwister00 on July 31, 2010, 09:35:33 PM
Tibits I caught of Cheryl during the 1 hour newscast this morning.  :)

Cheryl Lemke on WXIA-TV NBC (11 Alive) In Atlanta ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqFIonbmQLo#ws[/url])


Thanks for posting, Tav! I'm very glad to see Cheryl again. She did a great job. :)


You're welcome Ana, here's another from this evening during the severe weather we had that's a lot shorter than this one. It also includes the news closing.  :happy:

WXIA-TV - Cheryl Lemke's Severe Wx Update & Forecast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zVddak5xxo#ws)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Eric on August 01, 2010, 08:55:30 PM
Good for her!  She was certainly one of my very favorite "classic OCMs" from my earliest days watching TWC, and her absence is very obvious even today.
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Lightning on August 05, 2010, 10:24:41 PM
Tibits I caught of Cheryl during the 1 hour newscast this morning.  :)

Cheryl Lemke on WXIA-TV NBC (11 Alive) In Atlanta ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqFIonbmQLo#ws[/url])



Thank you so much for posting that. I am glad that Cheryl Lemke is still in the meterological profession, though I wish she was still at TWC.



WXIA-TV - Cheryl Lemke's Severe Wx Update & Forecast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI1FBU70Ncw#ws)
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Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Donovan on October 10, 2010, 01:01:33 AM
She is doing a great job there. I only saw her a few times on TWC, wish she was still there(who wouldn't?!?!).
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: toxictwister00 on November 27, 2010, 11:52:42 AM
I captured another video of Cheryl this morning using the "W.I.Z" (still think this thing is kinda dumb), I haven't seen her since she started on this network back in July. I guess that's the drawback to being a "fill-in".

Cheryl Lemke's W-I-Z Forecast 11/27/10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty84XD_TwdQ#)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Localonthe8s on November 27, 2010, 01:07:26 PM
She is more worthy than a mere fill-in spot.
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Eric on November 27, 2010, 02:32:53 PM
She is more worthy than a mere fill-in spot.

So very true.  :cry:
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: toxictwister00 on November 27, 2010, 03:00:04 PM
She is more worthy than a mere fill-in spot.

So very true.  :cry:

That's why I wished she could have worked at our ABC affiliate instead, I bet they would have gotten her a permanent spot somewhere on the weekends or weekday afternoons. Before their current weekend met Brad Nitz joined them a few years ago, 2 of the 3 veteran mets alternated the different shifts on the weekend. Since that network is expanding to a 3 hour newscast (taking the 4pm hour of Oprah's timeslot come May next year), It would be good if Cheryl was at that network to be on during the new 4pm newscast, but that's just wishful thinking on my end.
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: weatherlover94 on January 16, 2011, 10:03:58 PM
That's great to know she's finally popping back up again despite after what happened to her at TWC. At least she's doing some forecasting again. Great to see she isn't giving up.

If you dont mind me asking what did happen to Cheryl?
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Eric on January 16, 2011, 10:35:38 PM
That's great to know she's finally popping back up again despite after what happened to her at TWC. At least she's doing some forecasting again. Great to see she isn't giving up.

If you dont mind me asking what did happen to Cheryl?

She broke the new cardinal rule at The Weather Channel: thou shalt not be a middle-aged woman.
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: TWCmatthew on January 16, 2011, 10:44:20 PM
That's great to know she's finally popping back up again despite after what happened to her at TWC. At least she's doing some forecasting again. Great to see she isn't giving up.

If you dont mind me asking what did happen to Cheryl?

She broke the new cardinal rule at The Weather Channel: thou shalt not be a middle-aged woman.
Yes, everyone at TWC must obey that rule, or be doomed! :P
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: toxictwister00 on January 18, 2011, 07:16:38 PM
Cheryl Lemke was doing some field reporting in the heavy snow/sleet last week. I tried to upload this last week, but my wireless connection kept randomly dropping out. Since I got my router yesterday, I didn't have that problem today. It's not a long report, but I thought it was interesting to see her do some reporting outside. Not saying that she didn't, but I can't recall a time she did field reporting when she was at TWC, then again I have a fuzzy memory sometimes anyway.  :P

WXIA-TV Special Overnight Snowstorm Coverage 2/2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvPTkszxHJI#)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: TWCmatthew on January 18, 2011, 07:57:26 PM
Cheryl Lemkee was doing some field reporting in the heavy snow/sleet last week. I tried to upload this last week, but my wireless connection kept randomly dropping out. Since I got my router yesterday, I didn't have that problem today. It's not a long report, but I thought it was interesting to see her do some reporting outside. Not saying that she didn't, but I can't recall a time she did field reporting when she was at TWC, then again I have a fuzzy memory sometimes anyway.  :P

WXIA-TV Special Snowstorm Overnight Coverage ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLZEUpbcmVI#ws[/url])

Before I watched this, I thought that was Cheryl on the right of the still shot at the very, very beginning with blonde hair. :P
But that's cool, thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: wxmediafan on January 18, 2011, 10:18:47 PM
I am so happy that Cheryl found more work in broadcasting. :)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: weatherlover94 on January 18, 2011, 10:27:03 PM
I am so happy that Cheryl found more work in broadcasting. :)

me too :)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: toxictwister00 on June 07, 2011, 07:57:55 AM
I didn't realize it until now, but Cheryl has been at WXIA-TV for almost a year now. It doesn't seem like it's been that long. This is from Sunday, June 5, 2011.

Cheryl Lemke - June 5, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS1FBSelltk#)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Anistorm on June 09, 2011, 11:25:30 PM
So Cheryl's still out there doing what she does best. ^_^ Is she still a weekend meteorologist?
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: TampaMillTWC88 on June 09, 2011, 11:28:42 PM
Good to see Cheryl working again. I wonder where Lisa Mozer is?
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: toxictwister00 on June 10, 2011, 07:20:01 AM
So Cheryl's still out there doing what she does best. ^_^ Is she still a weekend meteorologist?

Unfortunately, she's still a fill in. She was filling in for the weekend met Chris Holcomb. This is the first time I've seen her since her field reporting in a snowstorm we had in January. I remember seeing on her bio from their site before they redesigned it that she was labeled as a meteorologist/weather producer so I guess she's working behind the scenes most of the time when she's not on air.
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Lightning on July 04, 2011, 06:18:12 PM
Well, it's good to see that she is still doing the weather from time to time, still miss her being on The Weather Channel, though. But, at least she is still in the meteorological field, even though she's a fill-in. Maybe she'll get a promotion in the future.
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Mike M on July 25, 2011, 12:37:09 AM
Quote
Cheryl Lemke
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to say that I enjoyed getting to chat with you and sharing weather info. Unfortunately my contract at WXIA-TV did not get renewed and so I will be leaving the station in a couple of days. But I wanted to let you know that I still plan to keep in touch using my personal e-mail and Facebook account. FYI, if you know of any broadcast jobs in weather, please drop me a note.

https://www.facebook.com/# (https://www.facebook.com/#)!/cheryl.lemke7/posts/184888404908091
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: TWCToday on July 25, 2011, 12:47:59 AM
I just saw that. What a shame :(
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: toxictwister00 on July 25, 2011, 01:20:24 AM
What a shame, I wish her the best in finding something else soon. Ironically enough, the chief meteorologist Paul Ossmann from the same station also didn't have his contract renewed. His last day was Friday, he's being replaced by some guy named Mike Francis from Little Rock. (Looks like a Jim Cantore wannabee)

Want more irony? I just recorded this a few hours ago, but I wasn't aware she was leaving. I almost didn't, but I figured I don't she her that much as it is so why not so this will be the last clip I guess.
Cheryl Lemke - July 24, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kacsh8qu9_E#)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: TampaMillTWC88 on July 25, 2011, 09:53:47 AM
I was vacationing in Atlanta for a few days and I happened to catch Cheryl. Good to see her working again.  ;)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Zach on July 25, 2011, 09:56:47 AM
I was vacationing in Atlanta for a few days and I happened to catch Cheryl. Good to see her working again.  ;)
She wont be on there much longer though :no: :hmm:
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Eric on July 25, 2011, 10:02:20 AM
That's sad that a dedicated professional isn't given the respect and appreciation she deserves.

But, unfortunately, it's all about money.  Her employer would rather have less-experienced employees with lower salaries than those with more experience, but who command more money.
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Mike M on July 25, 2011, 01:05:25 PM
But, unfortunately, it's all about money.  Her employer would rather have less-experienced employees with lower salaries than those with more experience, but who command more money.
As well as people who are blond-haired and "hot looking." <_<

I really like Cheryl and her on-air performance. It's sad people like her don't get much respect by employers. Would be nice if she were on WeatherNation as I think she would fit on there perfectly. :yes:
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: wxmediafan on July 25, 2011, 01:17:07 PM
Unfortunately this happens a lot in TV..such a shame.

I hope she can find another job real soon!
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: TampaMillTWC88 on July 25, 2011, 07:26:34 PM
Unfortunately this happens a lot in TV..such a shame.

I hope she can find another job real soon!

Me too.  :yes: Cheryl has always done her job professionally and with dignity. I hope she gets a job, maybe on CNN like Alexandra, or another station.
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Pop Light Brown on July 28, 2011, 11:25:32 PM
What yall said about the changes in TV news and presentation is true. The tabloidization continues...*SMH*
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: Zach on August 11, 2011, 05:53:51 PM
I really hope Cheryl is still job hunting.. WTSP is losing two meteorologists next month, and this might be an opportunity for her, seeing that they will only be left with one :(

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/content/will-departures-wtsp-ch-10-leave-station-one-weather-forecaster-hurricane-season (http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/content/will-departures-wtsp-ch-10-leave-station-one-weather-forecaster-hurricane-season)
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: tpirfan28 on August 19, 2011, 10:32:32 PM
I am about 90% sure she is now at WSBT in South Bend, she was on the 10pm, I'm recording the 11pm and should know for sure in the morning....

Edit: twitter confirms, possible clip this weekend
Title: Re: Apparently...a former OCM has stayed in Atlanta
Post by: toxictwister00 on August 19, 2011, 10:51:44 PM
I am about 90% sure she is now at WSBT in South Bend, she was on the 10pm, I'm recording the 11pm and should know for sure in the morning....

Edit: twitter confirms, possible clip this weekend

That's great news! I wish her the best of luck up there.  :happy: It's WXIA-TV's loss, they let go a classy professional woman.