Bethesda on the Bay Lutheran Church or the The Huntington Playhouse, 28601 Lake Road, Bay Village, Ohio 44140
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Former WKYC reporter, John Herrington passed away Tuesday evening (7/24) at age 76.Herrington joined worked here at WKYC for twenty-five years as a reporter beginning in 1971 as a reporter, and in-studio & field anchor frequently reporting on events of national interest for NBC during the period that it owned & operated WKYC. He took early retirement from the station in 1993. John was best known at Channel 3 as the "Energy Warden" and his stylish hats.
John came to Cleveland from Kansas City, MO, where he worked at WDAF-Radio and TV for 10 years starting in 1958. In Cleveland, John worked at WKBF (Channel 61) which was an independent TV station serving Cleveland owned by a joint venture between Kaiser Broadcasting and Field Communications. In an attempt to bring unique programs into the market to gain profitability, John became the main anchor of a 10 PM newscast simply called "The 10 O'Clock news" under News Director Alan DePetro.
In 1995, John was presented a Silver Circle Award by the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Television Academy for his outstanding work as a journalist.
Since retiring from WKYC, John worked as a free-lance producer for several network and syndicated television reports, covered community events for a suburban weekly newspaper and wrote a periodic column for a local Cleveland website.
John was one of those rare reporters who could handle many different types of stories from the very entertaining to very serious, depending on the subject matter. All will agree, John was well respected in the Cleveland television market for his work.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife of 27 years, Carol Ann...and his entire family.
