In this week’s issue… CT TV legend succumbs to cancer – Remembering PA’s Adams – FCC still stalled by shutdown – Pittsburgh morning host exits
By SCOTT FYBUSH
*Many broadcasters are good at one thing. Only a few, like Geoff Fox, become stars in multiple capacities, which is why he’s being mourned by so many after his death a week ago.
A Brooklyn native, Fox first found fame in radio, working at WBT in Charlotte in the early 1970s and then at WPEN in Philadelphia, where his style fit perfectly with the full-service personality formats of the day.
But it was in TV where he really made his mark, starting in the late 1970s at WGR-TV (Channel 2) in Buffalo, where his radio personality was also a perfect fit for his new gig hosting the local edition of “PM Magazine.”
It was in Buffalo, as WGR-TV was transitioning to WGRZ, that Fox found the job he’d hold for most of the rest of his career, as he started doing weather on weekends and on a fill-in basis. In 1984, Fox moved to CONNECTICUT, settling in at WTNH (Channel 8) for what would be a 27-year run, eventually as the ABC affiliate’s senior meteorologist.
While at WTNH, Fox was also seen nationally, filling in occasionally on ABC’s Good Morning America.
After WTNH declined to renew his contract in 2011, Fox moved across town to Fox, as it were, joining WTIC-TV (Channel 61) as a meteorologist and science reporter. After being dropped from WTIC a year later for what was described as “inappropriate conduct,” Fox moved west, setting up a home studio in Palm Springs to provide remote weather forecasts to stations around the country, including a brief guest stint back at WTNH in 2017 and, for a time, Palm Springs’ KMIR-TV.
Over the last few years, Fox brought viewers and friends into his personal life as he battled pancreatic cancer, enduring years of treament and bouncing back several times. In September, he told his social media followers he had been diagnosed a third time and was entering palliative care. He died at home in California on November 11, at 75.
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In this week’s issue… iHeart cuts leave some small markets vacant - Townsquare makes more NJ moves - Format shuffles in the Connecticut River Valley - Veteran meteorologists retire - Toronto AM seeks FM voice
In this week’s issue… FCC, licensees prepare for translator window - Ithaca exec moves on - Border gets the Lake back - Malloy returns to NJ 101.5 - AMs sell in MA, CT - Windsor vet retires
In this week’s issue… NYC veteran leaves desk - Bulldozers take down some Boston history - Public radio sale in PA - Family adds FM - CKNX celebrates centennial
In this week’s issue… NJ PBS enters new era - Adam 12's new Boston gig - Audacy relocates studios - NYC morning host plans retirement - CHUM, Flow retool in Toronto - Remembering Rocky Allen, Pittsburgh's Negri
