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Jerry Hodak
American television meteorologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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