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Tim White is an American

United States

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- winning news anchor and investigative reporter known for his role as host of the popular FOX-TV / Sci Fi Channel

Sci Fi Channel (United States)

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/ syndicated paranormal

Paranormal

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documentary series "Sightings
Sightings
Sightings was an American paranormal documentary and news television series that originally aired from April 17, 1992 to August 1, 1997 on Fox. The program began as a special titled The UFO Report: Sightings on October 18, 1991...

" from 1992 to 1997. From 1999 to 2008, Tim was the co-anchor of the Evening News broadcasts for NBC-TV Affiliate WKYC-TV

WKYC-TV

WKYC, virtual channel 3 , is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by the Gannett Company. Its studio is located on the shores of Lake Erie, while its transmitter is located in Parma, Ohio....

, Channel 3 in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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Biography

White, who was born Dale Timothy White in Clare, Michigan

Clare, Michigan

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, attended college at Michigan State University

Michigan State University

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and the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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, and earned a doctorate in communications from the University of Maryland. He served in the Air Force Reserve, attaining the rank of brigadier general.

Accomplishments and awards

White's on-air television credits include WJZ-TV

WJZ-TV

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(Baltimore), WCVB-TV

WCVB-TV

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(Boston), and WTTG-TV (Washington, DC), where he won multiple Emmy awards anchoring Fox Morning News. He has also hosted programs for PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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, CBS-TV, CNN

CNN

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, Turner Broadcasting, Knowledge TV, Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

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, and Worldnet. White joined WKYC-TV Channel 3, Gannett's NBC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

in 1999. White is also inducted into the Ohio Radio and Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

On December 12, 2008, White opted to leave WKYC as a result of his contract not being renewed. The two parties could not come to an agreement on the financial terms of a new contract.

Dr. White is the president of Lives and Legacies Films, Inc. which has produced the PBS series First Person Singular, most notably a program on the life of Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel

Sir Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE; born September 30, 1928) is a Hungarian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and...

Career as Air Force Reserve General

White retired from the Air Force Reserve as a Brigadier General on August 14, 2006. White had also served as Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. and Mobilization Assistant to Director of Strategic Communication.