Geoff Fox

Geoff Fox (born July 26, 1950)[1] is an American television broadcast meteorologist with a career spanning over 3 decades. 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 early 2011, after 27 years at WTNH, Fox was told that his contract would not be renewed and he then proceeded to depart from the station. At first he was told by management that he would be able to complete the contract he had with the station before the end of his tenure but that did not happen.[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 then hired by Fox affiliate WTIC-TV, where he forecasted for the 5:00 P.M. and 11:00 P.M. weather segments, as well as science reports weeknights at 4:00 P.M.[8] He was dismissed from the station after 19 months, for what the station identified as "inappropriate conduct".[8][9] Fox lost nearly 2000 of his followers on Facebook following the scandal. Later Fox developed an Internet-based company for designing and building websites.

In mid-2013, Fox relocated to Southern California., and 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.

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. He forecasts for News Channel Nebraska from his home studio weather center built in his garage.

In mid-2017, an agreement was made between the management of WTNH-TV and Fox for him to return to the News8 airwaves for a fill-in seven-week period, on-air weeknights from his home studio during the summer. At the end of the temporary employment period, Fox told WTNH-TV management that he was interested in a permanent full-time position. Though management offered Fox the opportunity to stay with WTNH-TV on a part-time basis, he declined the offer. He made a statement that the offer "wasn't a good fit" but that he was thankful for being given the brief opportunity to return to WTNH and to show his gratitude for all the support from the viewers throughout the years.

WTNH News Director Keith Connors said, "We are grateful for all Geoff did for WTNH during the 2017 summer including filing-in on the weeknight newscasts due to temporary schedule shifting, and we wish him nothing but the best in the future."


Fox, now Semi-retired can be seen providing on-air weather forecasts for News Channel Nebraska primarily on Friday evenings with occasional weekend coverage during high impact weather events. as well as providing general weather services and information online. He also enjoys creating weather maps in his spare time.


News Channel Nebraska (NCN) is an independent, in-state network of commercial radio and television stations in the U.S. state of Nebraska and Sioux City. It is operated by Flood Communications LLC, which is owned by attorney, businessman and former Nebraska Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood and is stationed in Norfolk. The television stations are all members of the NCN network.

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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 (August 11, 1995). "Geoff Fox Likes Other Life `Inside Space'". Hartford Courant. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  6. Joe Amarante (January 6, 2011). "WTNH (NEWS 8) to boot Geoff Fox off air". New Haven Register. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  7. Bates, Daniel (November 21, 2012). "Geoff Fox fired after 'inappropriate' sexting chats with female photographer on Facebook are read by his bosses". Mail Online. London. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  8. "Meteorologist Geoff Fox fired from Fox CT for 'inappropriate conduct'-". The New Haven Register. November 16, 2012. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  9. O'Leary, Mary E. (November 20, 2012). "Geoff Fox fallout: Nothing private online; no laws protect jobs in wake of scandals". Shoreline Times. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
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