text: LOS ANGELES -- The old adage is age before beauty -- unless you're talking about broadcast news. A local meteorologist is suing CBS corporation and Los Angeles affiliates KCAL and KCBS for age and gender discrimination, claiming that stations are rejecting wisdom and experience in favor of pretty faces. 
   
   Kyle Hunter, an award-winning meteorologist with over 20 years of experience, says that his repeated attempts to apply for two open weather broadcaster positions were ignored or rebuffed because CBS was only interested in hiring young, beautiful women without regard to their qualifications. 
   
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   The lawsuit documents [PDF] allege that Hunter, who has a bachelor's degree in geosciences and broadcast meteorology and is certified by the American Meteorological Society (AMS), was unfairly passed over because CBS wants to attract more male viewers to their primetime news programs with sexy newscasters. 
   
   Hunter is being represented by lawyer Gloria Allred, who says the case may be the "first of its kind" because a man is claiming discrimination based on his age and gender. Her statement, in part, reads: 
   
   There are many individuals in broadcast news who fear filing a lawsuit alleging employment discrimination because they worry that they will be retaliated against and be blackballed if they assert their rights to be free of discrimination. Kyle has decided to proceed today because he is concerned not only about the denial of his employment opportunity, but also because he is worried about what he considers to be a trend in television news to hire young women as weather broadcasters in prime time while denying qualified male meteorologists the opportunity to be considered for those jobs. 
   
   Hunter is seeking unspecified damages, punitive damages and attorney's fees. 
   
   Hunter claims that when he learned of longtime weatherman Johnny Mountain's departure from KCBS in 2010, he reached out to inform the station of his interest in applying for the position. KCBS never responded, and in fact ended up hiring Jackie Johnson, a weathercaster from KCAL. 
   
   When KCAL started searching for someone to fill Johnson's vacant position, Hunter again reached out -- only to receive an email stating that there was "not an opening for you here now." KCAL ended up hiring Evelyn Taft as their new weathercaster, and the lawsuit claims that the station had to drop its American Meteorological Society certification requirement in order to do so. 
   
   According to Johnson's KCBS profile, she attended the University of Southern Alabama and concentrated on meteorology, but ended up getting her degree in broadcast journalism from Middle Tennessee State University. She has also been a weathercaster for two other stations in Miami and Tallahassee, Florida. 
   
   KCBS's Facebook page has photo albums of both their anchors and their reporters, but Johnson is the only broadcaster who is singled out with her own one. Her fans have commented on the photos, saying things like "please do playboy jackie" and "my 17,and 14..old boy watch cbs just too c her lol." 
   
   KCAL does not have a Facebook page. 
   
   The slideshow below contains screenshots of KCBS's official Facebook page and the photos in Jackie Johnson's photo album. 
   
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   Allred is the go-to attorney for high-profile cases of sexual harassment or discrimination. Her past clients include Sharon Bialek, the woman who accused presidential hopeful Herman Cain of sexual harassment, and adult film actress Ginger Lee, who had exchanged explicit emails with Rep. Anthony Weiner. 
   
   CBS's response to Kyle Hunter's lawsuit includes a cheeky meteorologist joke: ||||| Storm as experienced TV weatherman sues CBS for sex discrimination claiming they favour 'unqualified attractive young women' 
   
   Lawsuit: Weatherman Kyle Hunter claims he is the victim of sex and age discrimination 
   
   An experienced TV weatherman has sued CBS broadcasting for sex and age discrimination claiming his job applications were ignored purely because he isn't a 20-somthing and female. 
   
   Hunter, who has been a weatherman for Fox5 in San Diego, sued the broadcasting giant in Los Angeles last week. 
   
   
   
   However CBS claims Kyle Hunter's complaint is frivolous and based on gross misstatements of fact and say they will vigorously defend themselves in court. 
   
   Hunter argues that his gender and age kept him from getting on-air weather jobs at CBS stations KCBS and KCAL despite his meteorology degree and years of experience. 
   
   According to the lawsuit, Hunter, who is over the age of 40, is seeking 'unspecified' damages. 
   
   He alleges that the CBS stations favour young, attractive women to induce more men to watch their prime-time newscasts. 
   
   His lawyer Gloria Allred, who has represented the Family of OJ Simpson's murdered wife and Tiger Woods, says it is one of the first times a man has tried to claim unfair discrimination under California employment law on the basis of gender. 
   
   Mr Hunter, who is a fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and has worked for several Southern Californian TV stations, says he was passed over for two jobs in favour of women with no meteorological qualifications. 
   
   The lawsuit reads: 'It appears the defendants do not want knowledgeable weather professionals as their prime-time weather broadcasters. 
   
   'It appears instead that they only want attractive young women, and only attractive young women, broadcasting the weather.' 
   
   Hunter says he was not interviewed for either of the jobs which he applied for in 2010 and 2011. 
   
   A spokesman for CBS said: 'The complain is frivolous and based on misstatements of fact. 
   
   'There was no need for the stations to interview someone we were already well aware of.
target: – A San Diego weatherman is suing CBS for sex and age discrimination. Kyle Hunter, who works for Fox 5, claims his job applications have been ignored by KCBS and KCAL in Los Angeles because he's not a 20-something female, reports the Daily Mail. Hunter, 40, is seeking unspecified damages for being passed over, despite his meteorology degree and years of experience. Two women with no significant weather experience were hired instead of Hunter, who wasn't even interviewed for the jobs for which he applied, according to his complaint. He's arguing that CBS wants young sexy women in weather spots to lure more male viewers. CBS calls the suit "frivolous." There was "no need for the stations to interview someone we were already well aware of," said a network statement.