Back in my day, guys who had degrees in meteorology were hired by the US military especially by the Air Force. Good jobs for them. But you are right, those on tv are nothing but news readers.
In Dallas we had Harold Taft on Channel 5. He was ex USAF, and was awesome
He passed many years ago,but I really miss him. He did set up a very professional replacement,, David Finfrock,incidentally just retired. David’s replacement ,Rick Mitchell, is also a credit to the old man and his vision!