{"id":421973,"date":"2026-08-31T17:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421973\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T17:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:08:09","slug":"maddie-kirker-leaves-spectrum-news-1-texas-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421973\/","title":{"rendered":"Maddie Kirker leaves Spectrum News 1 Texas in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maddie Kirker left Spectrum News 1 Texas in Austin<\/a> after two years with the station. Her final forecast aired Aug. 26 as she prepares for a major move, a wedding and an as-yet-undecided next chapter.<\/p>\n

Kirker announced her departure on social media two days before her last broadcast, revealing she kept the news under wraps for some time.<\/p>\n

“LIFE UPDATE: After two years with Spectrum News 1 Texas<\/a>, it’s time for my next chapter!” Kirker wrote. “I’ve kept this a secret for a while, but Wednesday will be my last day on-air here at Spectrum News<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Kirker said she plans to head east in the coming weeks, spending time in the mountains, marrying her fianc\u00e9 and celebrating with family. Where she ultimately settles, however, remains undecided.<\/p>\n

“Where we land is very much TBD, but being closer to family + experiencing actual seasons again?? I’m READY,” she wrote, adding that followers should expect to see “way more” of her on social media.<\/p>\n

Kirker joined Spectrum News 1 Texas<\/a> in August 2024 as a morning meteorologist. In January, she shifted from mornings to forecasting for the station\u2019s 5 p.m. newscast.<\/p>\n

Before moving to Austin,\u00a0Kirker worked as the morning and noon\u00a0meteorologist for Wake Up\u00a0CBUS at WBNS 10TV in Columbus, Ohio, joining the station’s Doppler 10 Weather Team in November 2022.<\/p>\n

Her broadcasting career has also taken her through Virginia, Colorado, South Carolina and Mississippi. She spent three years as a weekday noon and 4\u00a0p.m. meteorologist at WTKR News 3 in Norfolk, Va., and previously worked at\u00a0KXRM\/KXTU in Colorado Springs, Colo., WPDE ABC15 in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and WCBI in Columbus, Miss.<\/p>\n

Kirker earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University<\/a>. While in college, she competed in the National Collegiate Weather Challenge, placing first among 1,500 undergraduate forecasters and fourth overall while forecasting weather for Allentown, Pa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maddie Kirker left Spectrum News 1 Texas in Austin after two years with the station. Her final forecast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,140459,1836,1704,85744],"class_list":["post-421973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-chronmedia","tag-chronnews","tag-chronstaff","tag-chrontexas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}