Tim Bailey quits 2GB: Weatherman thanks Ben Fordham 'for picking up the phone'

Tim Bailey has quit his job at 2GB, ten months after joining Ben Fordham’s radio show as a weather presenter.  

Announcing the news on Tuesday’s broadcast, the media icon, 58, said he’s decided to hang up the microphone after recently relocating from Sydney to the Gold Coast with his wife Samantha. 

‘I’m very fortunate, my beautiful and brilliant wife has a very big job in medical technology and she liked the sound of living on the Gold Coast, so she found us a house that is basically the house of our dreams,’ Bailey told Fordham.  

Hanging up his microphone: Tim Bailey, 58, (pictured) has quit his job at 2GB, ten months after joining Ben Fordham’s radio show as a weather presenter

‘Benny, I love you, but i love wife, wine, bike and board a little bit more,’ he mused.

The weatherman went on to thank his colleagues at 2GB, saying he ‘loved every second’ of his time working at 2GB.    

He made special mention of Fordham, who famously offered him a job at 2GB just 20 minutes after he was sacked by Channel 10 last August. 

‘Thank you for picking the phone up, mate’: Bailey also praised Fordham (left) for offering him a job at 2GB when he was ‘at his lowest’ – after being was sacked by Channel 10 last year 

‘Thank you for picking the phone up, mate, when I was at my lowest. And thank you for picking the phone up today. Good on ya, Benny boy!’ he gushed.   

Bailey began reading the weather bulletin at 2GB in September last year, weeks after Channel 10 fired him as part of the network’s swathe of budget-cutting layoffs.  

The journalist, who had worked at Channel 10 for 28 years, later described his boning as a deep betrayal that rattled him immensely.

End of an era:  Tim began reading the weather bulletin at 2GB in September last year, weeks after Channel 10 fired him as part of the network’s swathe of budget-cutting layoffs

Swooping in: However, Bailey wasn’t left unemployed for long – as he received a call from Fordham and offered a job at 2GB just 20 minutes after Ten announced he’d been sacked

‘A knife through the back and through the heart, it’s the best description of it,’ Bailey said during an interview with Nine Honey.    

However, Bailey wasn’t left unemployed for long – as he received a call from Fordham and offered a job at 2GB just 20 minutes after Ten announced he’d been sacked.  

Describing his job at 2GB as a ‘second chance’, Tim told The Sunday Telegraph: ‘Ten letting me go turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me in a way.’ 

‘Which is kind of funny when you think about it but also goes to show, if you stay positive, you never know what’s around the corner.’    

No more stormy days! Describing his job at 2GB as a ‘second chance’, Tim told The Sunday Telegraph : ‘Ten letting me go turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me in a way’