Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith Journalist. Family man. Sports fan. Former teacher. Proud dad. Proud husband. Regionally engaged.

10/07/2025

Behind the scenes. This is the afternoon chop up where we talk about those other news nuggets. WTOL 11

10/01/2025

This is like watching the play baseball.

Just sayin' ... the I-71 series is still in play. Imagine the story lines ... and how the networks would hate it.
09/29/2025

Just sayin' ... the I-71 series is still in play. Imagine the story lines ... and how the networks would hate it.

09/24/2025
Here's the latest from the WTOL 11 weather team. School superintendents are on alert ...
09/23/2025

Here's the latest from the WTOL 11 weather team. School superintendents are on alert ...

So - I gotta give some serious props to the jeep Jeep Uaw Local 12 Toledo, Ohio workforce. I flew into Charlotte this...
09/18/2025

So - I gotta give some serious props to the jeep Jeep Uaw Local 12 Toledo, Ohio workforce. I flew into Charlotte this week to see my folks, and rented a 2025 . It is - without a doubt - an absolute blast!!! I can’t believe how smooth the ride is. Thank you for this iconic brand and this fantastic futuristic edition. The panoramic sunroof was a super surprise when I got in it. Seriously want one now!!!!

RIP Roy Hobbs. Pop Fisher: You know my mama wanted me to be a farmer.Roy Hobbs: My dad wanted me to be a baseball player...
09/16/2025

RIP Roy Hobbs.
Pop Fisher: You know my mama wanted me to be a farmer.
Roy Hobbs: My dad wanted me to be a baseball player.
Pop Fisher: Well you're better than any player I ever had. And you're the best God damn hitter I ever saw. Suit up.

09/06/2025

Another fast-moving WTOL 11 Leading Edge this week. We only get 22 minutes, and it flies! We're about community and conversation. And this week - what's in the news and who's got a great story to tell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRxamwC0ZUc&list=PLIowcfngiKI6w1feV2MAIVO8J5RxKV3Tb‘The Muppet Show’ premiered as a regu...
09/05/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRxamwC0ZUc&list=PLIowcfngiKI6w1feV2MAIVO8J5RxKV3Tb

‘The Muppet Show’ premiered as a regular weekly series 49 years ago, September 5, 1976.

Does anyone remember Saturday nights around 7 or 7:30 when the Muppet Show came on?

"The Muppet Show Theme": Fozzie thinks his opening joke is so funny, he never gets around to telling it.Guest star Juliet Prowse is pestered by three of the ...

08/29/2025

just hit $1 Billion

08/29/2025

Shout out to the Livonia Police Department . Michigan State Police requested assistance while following a stolen vehicle. Livonia's got the . It's a tool that deploys a high-strength net around a vehicle’s rear tire and axle, stopping it within seconds. This is AWESOME!

08/29/2025

Without a doubt, one of the longest-standing complaints about our industry is our use of short that lack . I think that's why I embrace the long-format interviews. I don't go in heavily scripted. I listen. I react. It's natural conversation. And like I tell my guests to ease their nerves, "We're just here to shoot the p**p - the lights and the cameras are eavesdropping." :)

This week on Leading Edge, it's the intersection of and and the paths going forward.

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Jeff Smith has anchored the #1 morning news program in northwest Ohio and southeastern Michigan, 13abc Action News Good Morning, since 2001. In addition to being a part of that team, he also hosts and produces In Touch which can be seen on 13abc.com.

Jeff started at WTVG in 1998 after spending two years in northern Michigan at WPBN/WTOM (Traverse City). In addition to his work behind the desk, Jeff has been a producer, reporter, photographer and editor. In September of 2008, Jeff, along with three co-workers from WTVG, spent a week in Houston covering the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. He's an award winner for reporting and has been involved with numerous presidential visits. He traveled with the Coast Guard during an 11-hour trip across a frozen Lake Michigan to deliver fuel oil to a struggling island.

Jeff is originally from the Toledo area. He grew up in Temperance and Sylvania. He graduated from St. Francis de Sales High School and is an alumnus of Indiana University, Bloomington. Because of his local roots, Jeff makes it a point to give back to the community. He's very involved in activities and programs at his former high school, and is at the beck and call of those who knew him back when, and need help from him today. In 2008, Jeff took his love for journalism and education to his Alma Mater (St. Francis) - and began teaching a journalism class and moderating the production of the school's newspaper.