About Wayne Dawson
Born 1955. Wayne Dawson is an American news presenter, journalist and television news.
Wayne Dawson 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-FM 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. He is also pastor at Grace Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lyndhurst, Ohio. and the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame in 2025.
Health In 2024 and 2025 Dawson was treated for oral cancer. In May 2025 he announced that he was cancer free.
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American journalist
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Wayne Dawson was born on 24 April 1955 in Cleveland.
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Wayne Dawson is a news presenter, journalist and television news.
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