on november 19, 2018, whio-tv announced that it had hired mccall vrydaghs as its chief meteorologist, effective immediately. elwell would continue to work for the station as the meteorologist for the noon broadcast prior to leaving the station at the end of the year to move closer to his family in columbus. vrydaghs had been part of the team of meteorologists with the station since 2012. with vrydaghs' promotion, dontae jones, who had previously been working as a morning meteorologist in north carolina, also joined the team.