Tim Taylor (newscaster)


Tim Taylor is a retired American newscaster/investigative reporter and news anchor for FOX affiliate WJW-TV 8 in Cleveland, Ohio. Taylor served as the chief news anchor of WJW from 1977-2005.

Early life

Taylor was born on the east side of Cleveland in the Buckeye neighborhood, moving at a young age to suburban Bedford, Ohio. Taylor suffered from bronchial asthma as a youngster, though he overcame it and graduated from Bedford High School in 1961, and going to college at Kent State University.

Broadcast career

In 1964, Kropf took the name of Tim Taylor, and began his broadcast career.
In 1974, Taylor moved to television, first joining WEWS channel 5 as a consumer reporter/weekend anchor. He moved to WJW three years later, and in 1979 became a co-anchor on the weeknight newscasts, a post he held until his retirement in December 2005.
While at WJW, Taylor did live reports from Three Mile Island, interviewed four presidents, and even traveled to Japan to cover the then growing Japanese auto industry.

Awards and honors