

WDIV's lead meteorologist Ben Bailey, who has been at the station for seven years, announced early Saturday.

It seems Bailey is already enjoying one advantage of no longer appearing on screen in the evenings. August 07, 2021, 4:51 PM by Allan Lengel. "Very lucky you had my number!" Bailey replied. (Twitter)įordham did exactly that, arranging a lunch with Tom Malone, Nine's managing director of radio, who offered the weatherman a new role. Not that I had the power to hire you, but I knew I'd at least be able to organise a meeting." Tim Bailey will now present the weather on two 2GB shows. "By the end of the phone call I started saying, 'Hey, we want you at 2GB'. Silly question, but how are you?' and you said, 'Mate, I'm not great'," he recalled. Local 4s chief meteorologist Ben Bailey is leaving the station after seven years. Was ben bailey from fox 2 fired Ben Bailey from Detroit Fox 2 was not fired. "I remember when you picked up, I said, 'Tim, it's Ben Fordham. Ben Bailey the Fox 2 weatherman did leave because he felt that was the appropriate time to move on. lots of people are going through this, and I'm one of the lucky ones that have landed on my feet."įordham said he'd felt compelled to call Bailey, whose number he happened to have in his phone, after hearing the news he'd lost his job. "I was lost and I was pretty empty for a day or two. Ben Fordham called Tim Bailey 20 minutes after he lost his job.
