Geoff Fox

Geoff Fox (born July 26, 1950)[1] is an on-air American television broadcast meteorologist with a career spanning over 30 years. For 27 years he was at the television station WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut, where he started in 1984 and was senior meteorologist until 2011, and later with WTIC-TV in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was the weeknight 5:00 and 11:00 p.m. meteorologist, reported science and technology stories for the 4:00 p.m. newscast and was host for a garden segment titled "Geoff's Garden".

Fox graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School.[2] He received a certificate in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University[3] and holds a broadcast seal from the American Meteorological Society.[4]

Television.

In May, 1984 Fox started his meteorologist career for the television station WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut, where he was then promoted to "Senior meteorologist".

In 1995, in addition to working for WTNH, he began hosting the program Inside Space, a program on Syfy (SciFi Channel at the time).[5]

In 2011, after 27 years at WTNH, Fox discovered that his contract at WTNH would not be renewed.[6] His departure received national media attention due to the loyalty of WTNH viewers in addition to his long spanned career with the station.][7][8]

In April 2011 he was hired by FOX affilitate WTIC-TV, where he did the weather and science reports on weeknights.[8] He was dismissed after 19 months, for what the station identified as "inappropriate conduct".[8][9] Later Fox developed an internet based company for designing and building websites.

In Mid-2013, Fox relocated to Southern California. Approximately two years later in January 2015, he joined KMIR-TV NBC 36 in Palm Springs, where he served as the weeknight meteorologist from early 2015 until September, 2015.{{cn|date=July 2017}

On August 19, 2015, Fox announced that he would be working as the on-air meteorologist for "News Channel Nebraska’s first station in Norfolk", with more stations on the way. Fox forecasts for News Channel Nebraska from his home studio weather center built in his garage.

In mid-2017, an agreement was made between WTNH-TV and Fox for him to return to the airwaves of WTNH-TV on a fill-in basis for a brief period to forecast the weather for the weeknight newscasts from his home studio for the summer.

References

  1. ↑ "On TV – July 26, 1950". 8 March 2007.
  2. ↑ "Brooklyn Tech 40th Reunion… I’m Tempted". 25 February 2008.
  3. ↑ Ed Stannard (January 23, 2011). "WTNH shuts the door on Geoff Fox’s return; Popular weatherman told contract issue a distraction-". The New Haven Register. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "AMS List of TV Seal Holders". American Meteorological Society. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  5. ↑ BILL KEVENEY (Aug 11, 1995). "Geoff Fox Likes Other Life `Inside Space'". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  6. ↑ Joe Amarante (Jan 6, 2011). "WTNH (NEWS 8) to boot Geoff Fox off air". New Haven Register. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  7. ↑ Bates, Daniel (21 November 2012). "Geoff Fox fired after 'inappropriate' sexting chats with female photographer on Facebook are read by his bosses". Mail Online. London. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  8. 1 2 3 "Meteorologist Geoff Fox fired from Fox CT for 'inappropriate conduct'-". The New Haven Register. November 16, 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  9. ↑ Mary E. O'Leary (Nov 20, 2012). Fox lost nearly 2000 of his followers on facebook following the scandeldoc50abeb6ac08ad401763951.txt "Geoff Fox fallout: Nothing private online; no laws protect jobs in wake of scandals" Check |url= value (help). Shoreline Times. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
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