Tim Bailey (born 19 February 1963) is an

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journalist, radio and television presenter, sports reporter and weather reporter, best known for his more than 30 year association with

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Biography and career

Early journalism career

Born in

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, Tasmania, on 19 February 1963, Bailey started his career as a journalist with the newspaper ''

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'', where two generations of his family had worked. Bailey covered industrial relations and environmental issues before moving into the sports department, covering cricket, football, golf and the

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. He then headed to the

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, where he wrote for the ''

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'' for four years and establishing his own news agency domestically and internationally.

Radio

He then entered a media career in radio with the Gold Coast Station

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, later he worked in radio in Sydney as a sportscaster on network 2Day FM. His program was The Morning Crew with co-host

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Television

In 1990, he started in television as a reporter for Network Ten on '' Good Morning Australia'' with

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and Mike Gibson. In 2000 he hosted ''

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''. In 1993 he began hosting a children's morning show called 'The Big Breakfast'.

Sports coverage

He subsequently made a return to Network Ten, initially taking up a television role on Good Morning Australia (GMA), before becoming a host and presenter on many programs including ''

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'', ''The Chilli Factor'', ''The Big Breakfast'', Airtime Basketball and the Vodafone Beach Volleyball tour. His sports coverage has included the

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and Indycar racing.

Weather presentation

Bailey remains best known for his long association with Network Ten starting in 1980, working as their weather presenter from 1991, and was renowned as being "Australia's most trusted weather man". He presented the weather on-location around

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for '' 10 News First''. Bailey also acted as a cover reporter for the network. Bailey was let go from his position in August 2020 as part of a large restructure at Network Ten. His redundancy took effect from 11 September 2020. Bailey stated of his sacking:

20 minutes after I was sacked from Channel 10, my phone rang, and before I had a chance to fall down, a bloke by the name of Benny Fordham picked me up. Him and his boss, who is the best wrangler of a Lazy Susan in Sydney – Tommy Malone – offered me a job. I am proud, pumped and privileged to be part of the family.

He also admitted that it had hit him 'right between the eyes, a knife through the back and through the heart, it’s the best description of it. It was brutal and I was very, very sad.' On 21 September 2020, he commenced presenting the weather for morning and drive programs on Sydney radio station 2GB. As of 7 July 2021, he has officially retired from all major media commitments, unless something bigger and better comes along, and is enjoying some sunshine in the warmer parts of East Coast Australia that he has come to know and love in his youth.

References

External links

* http://ten.com.au/ten-news-tim-bailey.htm * https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/ten-network-cuts-fans-crushed-by-weatherman-tim-baileys-axing/news-story/097ded962206c2322b81bfed03ea530c {{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, Tim 10 News First presenters Weather presenters Living people 1963 births