Neil Zurcher started as a newspaper reporter in 1954, switched to radio in 1961, and became WJW-TV's first full-time street reporter in 1967. He logged more than a million miles as the original host of the "One Tank Trips" travel series and was associated with WJW-TV for more than fifty years, retiring in 2017. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Society of Professional Journalists, the Gold Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the Living Legacy award from the Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He is the author of several books about Ohio, including Ohio Oddities, Strange Tales From Ohio, The Best of One Tank Trips, and Tales from the Road.
Drawn like a magnet to the quirky and the offbeat, Zurcher has
heard many doozies of stories over the years, and his folksy style
of relating them makes for some delightful reading.--Rich Warren
"Country Living Magazine" (2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM)
In his usual down-to-earth style, Zurcher introduces the world's
fastest pumpkin carver, zips off to the Ohio Tobacco Festival and
pays a visit to the world's largest wooden longhorn cow.--Ann
Cribbs "Ohio Magazine" (11/1/2001 12:00:00 AM)
Oddly delightful. Those leaning over my shoulder on the airplane
felt the same. From the Blue Hole to the headless chicken, it's a
wonderfully wacky page turner. As a fellow Buckeye, it made me
proud to see Ohio put the "O" in odd!--Martin Savidge "CNN"
(12/9/2001 12:00:00 AM)
One fun little book. These little essays are absolutely
fascinating.--Ted Alexander "WELW AM Radio" (11/26/2001 12:00:00
AM)
The oddest thing about Neil Zurcher's new book isn't the contents.
It's what it says about human nature. The book is weird, make no
mistake . . . Runs down some of the strangest sites that Zurcher
has encountered in his never-ending One Tank Trips around the
Buckeye State. From a 50-foot Madonna in Windsor to a perambulator
museum in Jefferson, the book exposes Ohio in all its offbeat
glory.--David Giffels "Akron Beacon Journal" (12/6/2001 12:00:00
AM)
With attractions like these, who says Ohio is just 'fly-over
country'? . . . Neil Zurcher, a Cleveland TV personality, made a
living out of ferreting out Ohio's biggest, smallest, tallest,
fattest, or just really have to dig too deep to find Ohio's wide,
wild streak of weirdness.--Rebekah Scott "The Toledo Blade"
(2/23/2003 12:00:00 AM)
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