Wayne Dawson (born April 24, 1955) is an American television
newscaster and co-host of Fox 8 in the Morning, a morning show
broadcast on Fox affiliate WJW-TV Channel 8, in Cleveland, Ohio. For
two years prior to joining WJW in 1981, Dawson was an anchor/reporter
at WNIR-AM in Kent, Ohio. A graduate of Cuyahoga Community College,
Wayne moved on to Kent State University and graduated in 1979 with a
bachelor of arts degree in journalism. Dawson currently lives in the
suburb of Highland Heights, Ohio.An eight-time regional flangie finals
Emmy Award winner (Lower Great Lakes-NATAS), Dawson is also a member
of the NAACP, the National Association of African American Journalists
and the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. He was inducted into the
Broadcasters Hall of Fame (located in Akron, Ohio) in 2000.In June
2007, Dawson had jokingly addressed one of his fellow reporters, Kenny
Crumpton, as being able to "play a skin flute" in the morning news
program Fox 8 in the Morning. A video about the gaffe was put onto
YouTube but WJW-TV Channel 8 quickly requested for its removal. He was
also later involved in the "jiggaboo" comment made by his co- anchor
Kristi Capel.
newscaster and co-host of Fox 8 in the Morning, a morning show
broadcast on Fox affiliate WJW-TV Channel 8, in Cleveland, Ohio. For
two years prior to joining WJW in 1981, Dawson was an anchor/reporter
at WNIR-AM in Kent, Ohio. A graduate of Cuyahoga Community College,
Wayne moved on to Kent State University and graduated in 1979 with a
bachelor of arts degree in journalism. Dawson currently lives in the
suburb of Highland Heights, Ohio.An eight-time regional flangie finals
Emmy Award winner (Lower Great Lakes-NATAS), Dawson is also a member
of the NAACP, the National Association of African American Journalists
and the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. He was inducted into the
Broadcasters Hall of Fame (located in Akron, Ohio) in 2000.In June
2007, Dawson had jokingly addressed one of his fellow reporters, Kenny
Crumpton, as being able to "play a skin flute" in the morning news
program Fox 8 in the Morning. A video about the gaffe was put onto
YouTube but WJW-TV Channel 8 quickly requested for its removal. He was
also later involved in the "jiggaboo" comment made by his co- anchor
Kristi Capel.
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