Jerry Hodak is the former Chief Meteorologist on ABC's Detroit affiliate, WXYZ-TV

WXYZ-TV

WXYZ-TV, channel 7, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Detroit, Michigan, USA. WXYZ-TV is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, and is the media company's largest-market TV station property...

. Hodak studied mass communications at Wayne State University

Wayne State University

Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...

, located in Detroit, Michigan. After traveling to Orlando, Florida as a news reporter for WDBO-TV, Hodak returned to Detroit in 1967 as a weather caster for WJBK-TV on Channel 2. In 1978, Hodak joined WXYZ-TV as a Science Editor and weather caster. Along with winning a local Emmy, Hodak received the television Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society

American Meteorological Society

The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...

. On September 23, 2010, Hodak retired as Chief Meteorologist for WXYZ-TV.

External links

• Jerry Hodak's Myspace http://www.myspace.com/jerryhodak
• WXYZ-TV: Jerry Hodak http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/about_us/staff/jerry-hodak