Geoff Fox
{{Short description|American TV meteorologist}}
{{other people||Geoffrey Fox (disambiguation)}}
{{notability|Biographies|date=November 2012}}
Geoff Fox (born July 26, 1950){{cite web|url=http://www.geofffox.com/MT/archives/2007/03/08/on-tv-july-26-1950.php|title=On TV – July 26, 1950|date=8 March 2007|publisher=}} is an American television broadcast meteorologist, with seven Emmy awards, and a career in the industry spanning more than four decades. For just short of 27 years he worked at the television station WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut, where he started in 1984 and was senior weeknight meteorologist until 2011. Shortly after, Fox was hired by WTIC-TV in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was the weeknight 5:00 and 11:00 pm meteorologist, reported science and technology stories for the 4:00 pm newscast, and hosted a garden segment titled "Geoff's Garden" until November 2012.
Fox, a New York City native, graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School.{{cite web|url=http://www.geofffox.com/MT/archives/2008/02/25/brooklyn-tech-40th-reunion-im-tempted.php|title=Brooklyn Tech 40th Reunion… I'm Tempted|date=25 February 2008|publisher=}} He received a certificate in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University, and is a member of the National Weather Association.
Fox holds a broadcast seal from the American Meteorological Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.ametsoc.org/memdir/seallist/get_listoftv.cfm|title=AMS List of TV Seal Holders|publisher=American Meteorological Society|accessdate=10 December 2012}}
Television
In May of 1984, Fox started his meteorology career with the television station WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut. He was promoted to senior meteorologist.
In 1995, in addition to working for WTNH, he began hosting the program Inside Space on Syfy (then called the SciFi Channel).{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/1995/08/11/geoff-fox-likes-other-life-inside-space/|title=Geoff Fox Likes Other Life 'Inside Space'|last=BILL KEVENEY|date=August 11, 1995|work=Hartford Courant|access-date=December 10, 2012}}
In early 2011, after 27 years at WTNH, Fox was told that his contract would not be renewed; he departed from the station.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/01/06/news/new_haven/doc4d25495c60b16293759065.txt|title=WTNH (NEWS 8) to boot Geoff Fox off air|last=Joe Amarante|date=January 6, 2011|work=New Haven Register|access-date=November 26, 2012}} His departure received national media attention due to the loyalty of WTNH viewers in addition to his long career with the station.
In April 2011 he was hired by Fox affiliate WTIC-TV, where he forecasted for the weeknight 5:00 pm and 11:00 pm weather segments, as well as science reports weeknights at 4:00 pm.{{cite news|url=http://nhregister.com/articles/2012/11/16/news/doc50a6f659925ca760807351.txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208142236/http://nhregister.com/articles/2012/11/16/news/doc50a6f659925ca760807351.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2013|title=Meteorologist Geoff Fox fired from Fox CT for 'inappropriate conduct'-|date=November 16, 2012|work=The New Haven Register|access-date=December 9, 2012}} He was dismissed from the station after 19 months, for what the station identified as "inappropriate conduct". At Fox CT, "I thought I was doing the best work of my career, and how many people can say that deep into their career?," he said. "I didn't think I had peaked yet.{{cite news|url=http://www.shorelinetimes.com/articles/2012/11/20/life/doc50abeb6ac08ad401763951.txt|title=Geoff Fox fallout: Nothing private online; no laws protect jobs in wake of scandals|last=O'Leary|first=Mary E.|date=November 20, 2012|work=Shoreline Times|access-date=January 23, 2018}}
In January 2015, he joined NBC affiliate KMIR-TV in Palm Springs, where he served as the on-air weeknight meteorologist from early 2015 until September 2015.{{Cite web
|last=Joyella|first=Mark|date=2015-01-02|title='An Emotional Day': Meteorologist Geoff Fox Returns to TV in Palm Springs|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/an-emotional-day-meteorologist-geoff-fox-returns-to-tv-in-palm-springs/138067/|access-date=2022-07-26|work=TVSpy|language=en-US}}
In the summer of 2017, an agreement was made between the management of WTNH-TV and Fox for him to return briefly to the News8 airwaves for a seven-week fill-in period, to forecast the weeknight newscasts from his home studio in California. At the end of the temporary employment period, Fox made it clear to WTNH-TV management that Though the agreement was just for the summer, he was very interested in a permanent full-time position. Management offered him a part-time position, but he declined. He made a statement saying that the offer "wasn't a good fit" but that he was thankful for the opportunity to return to the airwaves at WTNH and to show his gratitude for all the support from viewers throughout the years, as well as the personal support during his pancreatic cancer.{{Cite web|date=2017-02-28|title=Geoff Fox: The Interview|url=https://www.wtnh.com/news/geoff-fox-the-interview/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=WTNH.com|language=en-US}}
Fox is semi-retired and is now in southern California. His meteorology career has transitioned to becoming fully remote, serving as chief meteorologist forecasting on-air for Flood Communications, LLC the independent parent company for News Channel Nebraska, also serving as meteorologist forecasting for newsy, Scripps News, and other independent television markets and side projects from his home-built studio weather center. Fox said, "With the set-up and technology I'm using in my home studio, I can do the weather for literally any place in the world and deliver it with so little lag that on-air chatting with the news anchors is seamless."{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=Scott |date=2016-03-01 |title=The Work At Home Weatherman Recipe from Geoff Fox |url=https://www.newtek.com/blog/2016/03/01/the-work-at-home-weatherman-recipe-from-geoff-fox/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029232647/https://www.newtek.com/blog/2016/03/01/the-work-at-home-weatherman-recipe-from-geoff-fox/ |archive-date=2020-10-29 |access-date= |website=www.newtek.com}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.newschannelnebraska.com/story/40482322/geoff-fox Geoff Fox - Meteorologist for News Channel Nebraska]
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