Mort Crim Biography

Mort Crim (born July 31, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an author, Marketing Executive and former broadcast journalist. Crim joined WDIV-TV Detroit in 1978 and he retired from anchoring TV newscasts in 1997. 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 integrated marketing agency, Mort Crim Communications, Inc. Crim is currently working for Majic Window Company in Wixom, Michigan, and has been featured in television commercials for that company.