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A veteran of the United States Air Force, Taft earned a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Taft first joined American Broadcasting Company 7 in August 1984 after 7 years at WMAQ-television, Chicago"s National Broadcasting Company affiliate. Prior to moving to Chicago, he worked at KMOL-television (now WOAI-television), the National Broadcasting Company affiliate in San Antonio, Texas. Taft has also performed radio work, providing weather reports for WMAQ-Department of Administration and Management and World's Largest Store -Department of Administration and Management in the 1980s.
The Chicago Tribune has described Taft as "one of favorite weathermen".
He finished second to WBBM-TV-television"s Steve Baskerville and ahead of Tom Skilling in a 1997 Chicago Sun-Times reader poll about Chicago meteorologists. Participants noted Taft"s "no-nonsense delivery".
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