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'I'm just looking for stories to tell': WKYC's Leon Bibb profiled in Boomer Magazine

Leon talks about race, his return to Channel 3, and the novel that he's working on
Credit: Boomer Magazine

CLEVELAND — Leon Bibb has brought the news into the living rooms of Northeast Ohio for decades, but at heart, he's a storyteller. 

"When I fly over Ohio and I look down and see all of those lights of the city, I realize under every one of those lights there is a story - 10 stories, 100 stories, maybe a thousand stories," Leon says in the latest edition of Boomer Magazine. "Everybody has a story to tell, so I'm just looking for stories to tell and to keep my middle age or older mug on TV."

Since coming back to WKYC in August, Leon has told a variety of unique and fascinating stories. From introducing us to a duck decoy maker outside of Minerva, to offering perspective after the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. 

This past weekend, Leon was at East View United Church of Christ in Shaker Heights along with former First Lady Michelle Obama. 

We have a whole section of our website devoted to Leon's stories that you can see by clicking here

He also continues to raise discussions about race in our area and our nation. "Race is part of my DNA in more ways than one. It's part of my social fabric," Leon tells Boomer Magazine's Marie Elium.

What you might not know about our friend and colleague Leon is that he is also currently working on a novel. "My novel is about love and romance, and jazz music and television, and a man who meets a woman and they help each other through life and they're both mature people," Leon describes. "They meet in an unusual place at an unusual time."

While we look forward to that piece of writing in the future, you can click here to read this month's Boomer Magazine, which can also be picked up at your local Giant Eagle, Marc's or Discount Drug Mart. 

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