{"id":4931,"date":"2014-09-15T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2014-09-15T09:17:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:17:56","slug":"farewell-forecast-was-difficult-for-cheryl-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/09\/15\/farewell-forecast-was-difficult-for-cheryl-scott\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell forecast was \u2018difficult\u2019 for Cheryl Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Cheryl<\/a>

<\/a> Cheryl Scott<\/p><\/div>\n

If it was hard for Cheryl Scott\u2019s legion of fans to see her bid farewell from WMAQ-Channel 5 <\/a>Sunday night, it wasn\u2019t any easier for Scott.<\/p>\n

\u201cSigning off this weekend was difficult for me,\u201d said Scott, who delivered her final forecast as the NBC-owned station\u2019s weekend meteorologist. \u201cIt\u2019s been three great years at NBC, and the outpouring of support from Chicago viewers has been amazing.\u00a0I am so thankful for what has been a great experience in one of the best cities in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the long-range outlook?<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I move forward with my television career, it's safe to say I'm ready to move from double-shift weekends and explore a new opportunity.\u00a0Mother Nature is 24\/7 so look for my weather and career updates on social media [@CherylScottWX<\/a>].\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott, 29, said she will continue to work closely with the American Red Cross, where she serves on the board of directors for the Greater Chicago region. Otherwise, it may be a while before she\u2019s back in the public eye.<\/p>\n

As first reported here<\/a> August 16, Scott chose not to accept a contract renewal offer from NBC 5 so that she could consider other options. (\u201cWe appreciate Cheryl\u2019s contributions over the past three years, and wish her the best in the future,\u201d management said.) Station bosses moved quickly to realign their weather front, shifting Alicia Roman to weekends and bringing back Byron Miranda for the new 11 a.m. weekday newscast.<\/p>\n

News of Scott\u2019s departure brought out a flood of complaints<\/a>.\u00a0Fans of the New Jersey native and Brown University graduate were sympathetic that Scott wasn\u2019t being promoted quickly enough since joining NBC 5 in September 2011 from WBIR-TV, the NBC affiliate in Knoxville, Tennessee. Scott\u2019s reference to \u201cdouble-shift weekends\u201d suggested that her schedule of early-morning to late-night newscasts on Saturdays and Sundays was taking a toll.<\/p>\n

Now that Scott is contractually free to explore other opportunities, her agent, Chicago-based attorney Andrew Stroth, predicted plenty of offers will be forthcoming.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe interest in Cheryl on both a network and local level is very high,\u201d said Stroth, who has represented media and sports talent for 20 years. \u201cShe\u2019s a special talent with a bright future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If it was hard for Cheryl Scott\u2019s legion of fans to see her bid farewell from WMAQ-Channel 5 Sunday night, it wasn\u2019t any easier for Scott. \u201cSigning off this weekend was difficult for me,\u201d said Scott, who delivered her final forecast as the NBC-owned station\u2019s weekend meteorologist. \u201cIt\u2019s been three great years at NBC, and... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4931"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4941,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions\/4941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}