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Two years later, she launched News Channel 8’s Polk County bureau and became a full-time reporter there. She served as a weekend anchor, morning fill-in anchor and evening fill-in anchor. [3] She became the 7 p.m. anchor in 2012. [4] She replaced Gayle Sierens first at the 11 PM News in 2014 and then at 5 PM when Sierens retired the following ...
Current or former Tampa Bay area (DMA 13) news personalities. Pages in category "Television anchors from Tampa, Florida" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
WTVT presently broadcasts 72 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 12 hours each weekday, 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours on Saturdays and six hours on Sundays). In regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the highest local newscast output of any television station in both the Tampa Bay market and the entire state of Florida.
ST. PETERSBURG — Early in his career at the Clearwater Sun, journalist Tony Panaccio was not the biggest fan of news anchor John Wilson. “If I was sitting in the newsroom at 11 watching the ...
WFTS-TV (channel 28), branded as ABC Action News, is a television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving the Tampa Bay area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Bradenton -licensed Ion Television station WXPX-TV (channel 66). WFTS-TV's studios are located on North Himes Avenue on Tampa's ...
Mark was chosen in 2005 by FOX to anchor and debut WTVT's first 11pm newscast (since becoming a FOX affiliate). [11] and replaced anchor Kathy Fountain on WTVT's 5pm newscast in 2010. [12] On November 5, 2014, his father John Wilson announced that Mark will take over WTVT's 6 & 10pm newscasts when John retired just before Thanksgiving 2014. [1]
Hugh L. Smith (May 12, 1934 - December 16, 2007) [1] was a reporter, news anchor, and news director at WTVT in Tampa, Florida, [2] from 1963 until his retirement in 1991. [3] [4] Having worked at WTVT for over 27 years, he is considered a television pioneer, being part of the first live color telecast in Tampa, the first remote broadcast, and the first hour-long newscast.
She became the first female sportscaster in the Bay Area and quickly made a reputation for herself as someone who always got the big story and interviewed the top professional sports players despite being a woman. In 1981, she was recognized by Tampa Bay Metro Magazine as the Bay Area's best sports reporter. In 1984, Sierens was honored with a ...