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About Jerry Taft
- Jerry Taft (born March 14, 1943) is a retired meteorologist who served as chief meteorologist for WLS-TV in Chicago. A veteran of the United States Air Force, Taft earned a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.Taft first joined ABC 7 in August 1984 after 7 years at WMAQ-TV, Chicago's NBC affiliate.
- Prior to moving to Chicago, he worked at KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV), the NBC affiliate in San Antonio, Texas. Taft has also performed radio work, providing weather reports for WMAQ-AM and WLS-AM in the 1980s.The Chicago Tribune has described Taft as "one of [their] favorite weathermen".
- He finished second to WBBM-TV's Steve Baskerville and ahead of Tom Skilling in a 1997 Chicago Sun-Times reader poll about Chicago meteorologists.
- Participants noted Taft's "no-nonsense delivery".On December 20, 2017, ABC 7 Chicago announced that Taft would retire in January, 2018.
- Taft's last day on air, after forecasting weather on Chicago television for 42 years, was Friday, January 19, 2018. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Taft moved to Naples, Florida after his retirement with ABC 7 Chicago and now works as a part-time Uber driver.
- He earned $84.61 on his very first day.
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