{"id":224944,"date":"2025-05-05T14:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/advertising\/cleveland-anchor-wayne-dawson-launches-return-to-tv-with-streaming-show\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:34:05","slug":"cleveland-anchor-wayne-dawson-launches-return-to-tv-with-streaming-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=224944","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Anchor Wayne Dawson Launches Return to TV with Streaming Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WJW<\/a> anchor <strong>Wayne Dawson<\/strong> is coming back to launch a new 30 minute show called Wayne\u2019s World after recovering from surgery and treatment for oral cancer. <\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been off the air at the Cleveland, Ohio Fox affiliate since 2024. In March, he announced he was done with 34 rounds of radiation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy treatments are over and now it\u2019s all about recovery, and that\u2019s a journey as well,\u201d he said. \u201cRight now, I still can\u2019t taste. My taste buds are still damaged by the radiation, although they told me that they\u2019ll come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His new show will air exclusively on\u00a0the station\u2019s smart TV streaming app, FOX 8 CLE+.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0FOX 8 CLE+\u00a0streaming app is only available through Amazon Firestick, Roku or Apple TV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WJW anchor Wayne Dawson is coming back to launch a new 30 minute show called Wayne\u2019s World after recovering from surgery and treatment for oral cancer. He\u2019s been off the air at the Cleveland, Ohio Fox affiliate since 2024. 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