Mort Crim
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Mort Crim is an author and former broadcast journalist. Crim was born July 31, 1935 (age 76). Crim retired from anchoring TV newscasts at WDIV-TV
Detroit in 1996. He also anchored at WHAS-TV
in Louisville
, KYW-TV
in Philadelphia and WBBM-TV
in Chicago
. Crim was considered to be a top candidate by former ABC News
president Roone Arledge
to be a co-anchor for ABC's
World News Tonight newscast in 1978. In 1984 he hosted a technology program on PBS, New Tech Times. Crim is also a founder of a Detroit area video-production company, Mort Crim Communications, Inc. Crim is currently working for Majic Windows Company in Wixom, Michigan, and has been featured in television commercials for that company.
Crim anchored the American Information Network (ABC) program "News Around The World" in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as many other hourly newscasts.
In addition to his anchoring duties, Mort Crim also has four syndicated editorial and news features for radio: One Moment Please (originally a television feature), News You'll Care About (a five-minute news summary), Second Thoughts and American Spirit. He was also previously a substitute anchor for Paul Harvey
's daily radio programs.
Crim contributed an intro monologue to The White Stripes
' song "Little Acorns," off their 2003 album Elephant
.
Crim read the eulogy at news colleague Jessica Savitch
's memorial service, following her 1983 death.
In February 2007, Crim was diagnosed with colon cancer
.
According to his doctors at Mayo Clinic, the cancer was caught early and Crim has since made a full recovery.
WDIV-TV
WDIV-TV, virtual channel 4, is an NBC-affiliated television station based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Post-Newsweek Stations and is the flagship station and home base of the group with the offices of the group located alongside WDIV's studios; the "Local" branding now...
Detroit in 1996. He also anchored at WHAS-TV
WHAS-TV
WHAS-TV channel 11 is the ABC affiliated television station in Louisville, Kentucky. Owned by Belo Corporation, the station's transmitter is located in Floyd County, Indiana, near the community of Floyds Knobs...
in Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, KYW-TV
KYW-TV
KYW-TV, virtual channel 3, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW-TV shares a studio facility with its sister station, CW flagship WPSG just north of Center City Philadelphia...
in Philadelphia and WBBM-TV
WBBM-TV
WBBM-TV, virtual channel 2 , is the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Chicago, Illinois. WBBM-TV's main studios and offices are located in The Loop section of Chicago, as part of the development at Block 37, and its transmitter is atop the Willis Tower.-History:WBBM-TV traces its history...
in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. Crim was considered to be a top candidate by former ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
president Roone Arledge
Roone Arledge
Roone Pickney Arledge, Jr. was an American sports broadcasting pioneer who was chairman of ABC News from 1977 until several years before his death, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.-Early...
to be a co-anchor for ABC's
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
World News Tonight newscast in 1978. In 1984 he hosted a technology program on PBS, New Tech Times. Crim is also a founder of a Detroit area video-production company, Mort Crim Communications, Inc. Crim is currently working for Majic Windows Company in Wixom, Michigan, and has been featured in television commercials for that company.
Crim anchored the American Information Network (ABC) program "News Around The World" in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as many other hourly newscasts.
In addition to his anchoring duties, Mort Crim also has four syndicated editorial and news features for radio: One Moment Please (originally a television feature), News You'll Care About (a five-minute news summary), Second Thoughts and American Spirit. He was also previously a substitute anchor for Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey Aurandt , better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcast News and Comment on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments. His listening audience was estimated, at...
's daily radio programs.
Crim contributed an intro monologue to The White Stripes
The White Stripes
The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...
' song "Little Acorns," off their 2003 album Elephant
Elephant (album)
Elephant is the Grammy winning fourth album by the American alternative rock band The White Stripes. Released on April 1, 2003 on V2 Records, the album marks the band's major label debut...
.
Crim read the eulogy at news colleague Jessica Savitch
Jessica Savitch
Jessica Beth Savitch was an American television broadcaster and news reporter, host of PBS' Frontline and New York weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News during the short-lived Roger Mudd/Tom Brokaw era....
's memorial service, following her 1983 death.
In February 2007, Crim was diagnosed with colon cancer
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer, commonly known as bowel cancer, is a cancer caused by uncontrolled cell growth , in the colon, rectum, or vermiform appendix. Colorectal cancer is clinically distinct from anal cancer, which affects the anus....
.
According to his doctors at Mayo Clinic, the cancer was caught early and Crim has since made a full recovery.