Jerry Springer Through the Years: Political Career, Family, Talk Show and More
usmagazine.comA television icon. Jerry Springer is best known for his eponymous talk show, but his broadcasting career began when he was still a college student.The London-born star cut his teeth with a radio show while enrolled at Tulane University.
He went on to become a political reporter and commentator on Cincinnati’s NBC affiliate, WLWT. During his tenure on the show in the 1980s and early 1990s, the low-rated broadcast became the Cincinnati market’s top-rated news show.
With the help of some of his WLWT colleagues, Springer created his signature catchphrase, “Take care of yourself and each other.”The journalist was also a politician long before Jerry Springer’s 1991 premiere.
He was elected to the Cincinnati City Council in 1971 but resigned in 1974 after he admitted to soliciting a sex worker. However, the scandal was not the end of his political career.Springer won back his council seat in 1975 after honestly addressing his past.
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