MILWAUKEE — Knowledge is power, community is strength, and positive attitude is everything. That simple statement summaries exactly who Bill Taylor was as a man, a journalist, and a father. Kwao Taylor is extremely proud of his father's legacy.
"He did it his way, coining the show and the phrase "Positively Milwaukee", do something positive today. You know that in and of itself was a twist on the news that I had never seen before as a kid. There's a lot of you know, just the realities of this world that the news has to depict and portray, and my father, you know, decided to go another route," he said.
Bill Taylor worked at TMJ4 for 29 years, was inducted into the Silver Circle by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his years of service, and also inducted into the Milwaukee Press Club. His work as a journalist was important, but family was always his top priority. "The most memorable things that stick out to me are nothing that happened on set, nothing that happened in different countries, nothing that even happened during Juneteenth Day or any of his ceremonies or events that he may have MC'd.
It is Bill Taylor the Dad, the family man, the husband of 56 years married to my mother," said Taylor. His daughter Danae Davis is the oldest of his six children. "Well my fondest memories are that this young man you know, loved my mother so much that he said yes to all three of us coming along with as part of the package.
You felt really proud when you were standin.