#Channel 9 weatherman series#

I probably got closer to God in four to five months than most people do in a lifetime. I would be on my knees and talk about soul searching. He wound up in isolation in the downtown Miami federal detention center. It's like a dream.'Ī bad dream says Kamal, one that began last October when he was arrested outside a Fort Pierce convenience store, caught in an Internet sex sting, his life spun out of control. I hope I don't get used to this lifestyle where I settle in because some days you just can't believe I'm here. Kamal: 'Some days are easier than others. His GQ look replaced with a prison jump suit. Today, the hair that had been darkened with dye is now gray like the walls of his prison. South Florida came to know Kamal as a trusted meteorologist his expensive suits, his jet-black hair - a man who delivered the forecast with confidence. It's in the Massachusetts countryside, ironically only 22 miles from the place where he was born. The federal prison Kamal calls home is 1,500 miles from South Florida and a world away from the life he used to know.

And I'm thinking they don't know they're in prison - they flew away - and I can't fly away.' Kamal: 'I miss the little things that you couldn't possibly even imagine, like when I saw two Canadian geese in the recreation yard. We'll get to all of that over the next few days, but we begin with Kamal and his life behind bars. He talks candidly about whether he's attracted to children and whether he's done something like this before. Over the next few days, you'll be privy to the chilling details of the crime he's been convicted of, the day-to-day reality of his life in prison and what he hopes to do when he gets out. But until now, we never heard Kamal's version of events. We heard the sickening details of the conversations on the Internet. He was caught in an Internet sex sting, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison. Our community was shocked when we learned he had driven to Fort Pierce to meet who he thought was a 14-year-old boy. In an exclusive jailhouse interview, Bill Kamal - the former Channel 7 chief meteorologist - sits down and tells everything to Local 10 News.

#Channel 9 weatherman series#

He went on the air more than 300 times during the recent series of hurricanes that hit South Florida this year.ĭEVEN, Mass. Kamal could be spotted broadcasting the weather during all of the evening newscasts. The popular meteorologist has been with WSVN-Fox 7 for a decade. Those charges were reduced to reckless driving. In 2000, he faced similar DUI charges when a Florida Highway Patrol trooper found his silver 1998 Corvette against a concrete barrier wall in the westbound lane of Interstate 595 near U.S. The outcome of that case was unclear Sunday. 159 blood-alcohol level, nearly twice the. Kamal failed a sobriety test and agreed to a breath test, which revealed a. Police stopped Kamal and called for a DUI investigator. Police say they saw Kamal driving eradically in his black Jaguar. Last November, the weatherman was arrested in Fort Lauderdale on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol. Lucie County Jail on state charges and could face federal charges, too. Instead he was met by a detective who arrested him, a source said. Kamal, 47, of Miami Beach was arrested in Florida's Treasure Coast at around 1 p.m., when he showed up for a scheduled meeting that he had arranged via the Internet with an underaged male. The dismissal comes one day after the popular chief meteorologist for the WSVN-Fox affiliate is accused of arranging to have sex with a minor, police said. Leider, executive vice-president & general manager of Sunbeam Television/WSVN Channel 7.

'We have no other alternative but to dismiss Bill Kamal for cause.'' said Robert W. Popular meteorologist Bill Kamal dismissed after arrestīy PHIL LONG and CHUCK Florida television personality Bill Kamal, arrested in Fort Pierce Sunday as part of a federal investigation of alleged sexual predator activity, was fired Monday. Previous coverage | WSVN's Kamal charged in sex case He was a popular meteorologist on channel 9 in DC back in the 80's - early 90's.