Jerry Hodak (born April 11, 1942)[1] is the former chief meteorologist on ABC's Detroit, Michigan affiliate, WXYZ-TV.[2]
A native of Detroit, Hodak graduated from Guardian Angels Elementary School and Denby High School in Detroit, and studied mass communications at Wayne State University, also located in Detroit.[1] After traveling to Orlando, Florida, as a news reporter for WDBO-TV, Hodak returned to Detroit in 1965 as a weathercaster for WJBK-TV on Channel 2. In 1977, Hodak joined WXYZ-TV as a science editor and weathercaster.[3][4] He returned to WJBK for a 3+1⁄2-year stint as a news anchor from 1992 to 1996.[5]
Along with winning a local Emmy, Hodak received the television Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society.[6] Hodak was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in 2010.[7]
On September 23, 2010, Hodak retired from WXYZ-TV.[2][8]
^ abJournal of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, Volume 3, p. 3621 (1978)
^ ab(28 July 2010). WXYZ meterologist Jerry Hodak retiring from TV after more than 45 years on air Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, MLive.com
^Kiska, Tim (2009). A Newscast for the Masses: the History of Detroit Television News, p. 82, 132
^Michigan Resolution 584, Michigan Journal of the House of Representatives (1980)
^(5 April 1996). "Jerry Hodak Returning to Channel 7."[dead link]. PR Newswire (press release archive).
^Jerry Hodak – Chief Meteorologist Archived 2010-06-25 at the Wayback Machine. WXYZ TV.
^Jerry Hodak (2010) Archived 2012-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, Retrieved February 16, 2012
^(28 July 2010). XYZ-TV Chief meteorologist Jerry Hodak announces his retirement Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, wxyz.com
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