Tim Bailey says Ten redundancy was a ‘knife through the back’ as he joins 2GB

Weather presenter Tim Bailey has joined former Ten colleague Joe Hildebrand at 2GB, signing on to deliver the weather each morning on Ben Fordham’s show and provide another update during Jim Wilson’s drive slot.

On-air yesterday, Bailey told Fordham his redundancy hit him “right between the eyes. A knife through the back and through the heart is the best description of it. It was brutal and I was very, very sad”.

But, “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 [Nine Radio’s managing director, Tom Malone] … offered me a job.”