Neil Zurcher (November 12, 1935 – January 8, 2025) was an American television reporter for Fox-TV affiliate WJW-TV Channel 8 in Cleveland, Ohio.
During his time at the station he purchased a 16mm motion picture camera and began filming many of the stories he reported and sold the footage to WJW-TV in Cleveland.
He covered some of his biggest regional stories during the 1960s including the Palm Sunday tornado of 1965, the Kent State Vietnam War protests, and the 1968 Ohio Pen Riot.
The segment was so popular with Northeast Ohio audiences that it was extended for several months and then later became a regular part of the program for the next 25 years.
[2] As of July 2020[update] the One Tank Trips segment continues as part of New Day Cleveland with the show's hosts replacing Zurcher.