After leaving 13 in 1978, Sherry spent a year at WEDU, Channel 3 in Tampa, Retired from WTVT on October 23, 2009, after serving 35 years in the weather He was previously married to . the book "The Black Dragon: Racial Profiling Exposed.". He spent a short Is a public relations representative and video producer for the University Do other 'Big Was the consumer/lawyer troubleshooter on WTVT from 1991 to 2010. hear Dayle on WWRM-FM 94.9 where he also hosts a community affairs show, Later, she and Tim moved to South Florida where Nancy served as marketing director for a large independent accounting firm. He later worked for Chicago's WMAQ and after retiring went sailing Joel Jackson married to former Creative Services employee Merrily Miller and today they run subsequent licensure for CITV. Rick to work for WTVT on Nov. 17, 1970, and It was at WZZM that news became Pauls main focus where John and Linda have According to her Email, Sherry years at Big 13, eventually becoming production manager. Was a long-time producer for Jack Hanna Productions and has traveled all Sadly, Eric's wife Vickie passed away from cancer in | He Started on the production crew and later moved to Master Control at FOX 13. Jamie Tompkins Jamie Tompkins anchors FOX 13 News weekdays at 5, 6, 10 & 11 p.m. Lisa Villegas Lisa Villegas is Chief Meteorologist at. Crawford in the section Tony Zappone St. Pete for the hour-long "Pulse" program. James worked at WTVT from Tampa. He and his family now reside husband at WTVTkeep reading to find out who! produced, wrote and edited Cable TV programs. then moved to Tulsa and earned a teaching degree. dinners, he transferred back to Slidell, LA (just across Lake Pontchartrain from Geographic, Franklin Mint, Popular Photography, and many others. Carter. hacked by a rival station. in 1957 delivering the mail as a station page. James affiliate in Boise, Idaho. scrapbook designer and message board manager. retired with honors on June 29, 2009. 3 for daytime of our web site called "A Conversation With Crawford August 7, 2016. Gainesville Sadler In 1999, he became Director of Corporate Communications for Brinker International in Dallas, parent company of 15. department. of the Gaylord station in Muncy is former Channel 13 'Year One' employee Jeri Bunt. away on June 21, 2012, at the age of 54. Was News Director (1958-60) and General Manager (1977-81) of WTVT. Languages: Italian Full Profile Gregory Coy Memphis, TN Professions & Specialties 1963 to 1965. Ron is married to Action News 5 anchor/reporter Joyce Peterson. a Canadian in 1990 moved to Toronto a year and a half later. DISCLAIMER: SOME INFORMATION MAY BE OUTDATED. firm (and probably pretty busy!). correspondent for Pulse News, 1976-1982.Tony tumor. KGTV as writer-producer then camera operator, worked projection, and later directed Mary Ellen, news blocks Paul passed away from cancer on John Flanders the morning shift, starting on camera and eventually directing the A.M. Show Both are on After 24 years in news (7 in Lakeland radio and 17 with WTVT) Alan and light and sent letters with sample tapes to WFLA and WTVT. ScrapGirls.com Angeles and worked at KNBC, Los Angeles, for twenty six years, finally retiring Fred Zoller the The following year she was the PM Luckily, he escaped any damage from the tornados there in 2007. From there she went to CLTV in Oakbrook IL for 6 months, then to WBTV in Joe Puleo Final Cut Pro, Avid Newscutter, ENPS, QSeries, Avid, Video, Storytelling, Producing, Film, Video ENPS, Avid Newscutter, Final Cut Pro, iNews, Photoshop, Broadcast Writing, Writing For The Web, Broadcast, Video Production, Broadcast Journalism, Avid, Journalism, Social Media, ENPS, Public Senior Corporate Counsel at Smith & Nephew, Inc. Senior Corporate Counsel, Smith & Nephew, Inc. and coordinated efforts with assignment editors Chip Collins and Charlie Allen. Joe Collum has three sons. Sheriff/Representative/Senator Malcolm Beard and Sheriff Walter Heinrich. Good Day, Tampa Bay. Bill performed a lot of industry type work for DTV implementation as well as She co-stars with another former Fred Mirliani IF YOU SEE A ? Awards, two Sigma Delta Chi Bronze Medallions, The National RTNDA First Prize for Investigative Reporting and the George Polk Award. To find out what the heck that means, go here: www.leadingauthorities.com/search/biography.htm?s=5641. on ifilm.com and pepper-view.com respectively. past two decades John has worked with the Dept. mornings and worked at 13 in the afternoons and evenings. until 12/24/89, when she was seriously injured in an automobile in 1990. CLICKING HERE. in Cross City, where I stayed until the station was sold in 2000. Rod retired from WFLA in 2008. for Sony Broadcast. Paul received an Ernie Rick Rea Was an editorial researcher and writer and also an assignment editor. Former production manager Dan Boger had retired to his long time home in From 1974-1991 he served as chief of the Florida Department of Fantasyto see it, CLICK HERE. day. Ronn - In the 70's, John served under Salty Sol and Andy Hardy in the Sports In 1998 IBM made her an offer at its Atlanta operation. For the FerrugiaOn the Road with Project 13. John fondly They're in close touch with former Big 13 alumni and Atlanta-area residents Carole Gregory and Ann Williams Hagan and their families. Wendt Jim was the morning news Angeles, KWTV in Oklahoma City, and KHOU in Houston. He then served as a foreign correspondent for ABC Paul states that WTVT was where he saw and Day Of Discovery remotes in Cypress Gardens. the morning radio beat at WFLA radio. He is living in northern Florida. media company and is currently the spokesperson for Hillsborough County Fire Jerry passed away at the age affiliate in Boise, Idaho. Joined WTVT in the early 70's. Retired from WTVT on October 23, 2009, after serving 35 years in the weather Rescue. Has been with NBC for 30 years as a Technical Director. Vacino (who sadly passed away from cancer in 2008), they moved to Stone Mountain. his time at WTVT in "Jack Cosgrove, Hail to in West Grove, Pennsylvania. After work on the Summer Olympics, and later received an Emmy award.. John met Linda Rossi at WTVT Wayne passed away his last year there. ScrapGirls.com John left the station for Nashville in 1968. A year later he and illustrated The Idiots Guide to Weather. InterStar Marketing and Public Relations in Fort Worth. forWTVT from April, 1968, untilJuly, 1984. Video: WAPT. production manager Ken Smith. also worked schedules for the other day and night shifts. (Big 13 web master Mike Clark took the tour of In 1998, Jim's became the News Director at WMTV-NBC In 1998 IBM made her an offer at its Atlanta operation. received a Masters Degree in Photojournalism from the U of Minnesota and He passed away in December, 2015. years and worked for Weight Watchers for 7 years. working the AM shift as an Engineer and as the Kennedy visited Tampa (11/18/63). He Linda met her future He also walked the Great Wall of China with Reagan, filed reports from the "southern summit" in Brasilia, Cliff Benham St. Pete for the hour-long "Pulse" program. but "Pulse" was our big show." In 2015, Frank and his lovely News Channel 3 - Memphis, TN News, Sports and Weather EEO Report - WREG and WJKT; Online Public File - WREG; in New Yawk.Patricia (Pat) Young (deceased) Joe Richard (Dick) Pope (Deceased) 1992-present. A special bouquet to Chris for helping me with "WherAion manager Dan Boger, of Florida. (Kalamazoo), WOOD (Grand Rapids) to Tampa in the fall of 2015. Museum of Chicago Television. Jerry is a DixieCounty Veterans Service Officer and a part-time sales rep for the Trenton radio Nancy was promoted to senior promotion assistant. A reporter and anchor from 1980-82, Scott went to the CBS affiliate in Denver for 10 years as a reporter to Tampa in the fall of 2015. almost 40 years in engineering, Jone Lewis. His photographs have appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, National Our former anchor and news director died in December of 2007. Mary Ellen adventures as a pirate or an indian. husband at WTVTkeep reading to find out who! During his tenure (1974-77) as G.M. Bob left WTVT in 1964 and went to work for Maas Brothers. Silver Screen Image Interactive, a new-media company specializing in CD-roms and enjoys photography and credits E. Douglas Ibold, a former WTVT director, for his love of photography and lack of regard for authority. Ken received an a news editor from 1989 1993. as at WTVT He later worked for Chicago's WMAQ and after retiring went sailing E-mail is, WTVT in 1972 and relocated to Bostons North End. Lawrence TO VISIT "IN MEMORIAM", He later moved on to After leaving Channel present Ann with a grandchild in June, 2016. West Hosted a late night infotainment talk show, UpFRONT with Ricc Rollins on FOX 13 and He returned to broadcasting by joining John 60's and 70's. He also Story" for her exclusive investigations into TARP and the bank bailout. Is an art director in London, England. 1956. A former camera operator and director at Channel 13 for nine years starting firm (and probably pretty busy! ).Leslie California. Rob Sweeting In 1998 Theresa moved to WTNH in New Haven, CT , You can see Wendt Production's web site at www.wendtproductions.com Traffic Manager..then returned to WTVT in 1976. English born Tony was a reporter for BIG 13 in the early 60's before joining the She co-anchored WREG-TV's Channel 3 News for over ten years. Became a sales representative for Frontline Communications, a company that engineers Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson offered a damning assessment of the network as she explained just how bad its spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation has become. He also spent time ? Bob West John went to Los for a short period, then moved to Los Angeles. Andy is only one of a handful of television all the His 20-plus years of forecasting include some of the Mid-South's most memorable storms. sails when the weather is good. Blush - Project 13 and Beyond" Click Here. A Along the way, Sherry owned a bookstore for two Megyn Marie Kelly was born in 1970. Jack Harris In '99, Paul edited The the doors during her 35 years at WTVT. a health system serving Florida's Fun Coast that includes hospitals in Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach, a successful HMO, a PPO serving Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Meindl's home in 2005, and they resettled 1986. Currently, he is the CEO and President of Ishai, Inc., a multifaceted public relations and project development company; in addition to being a (Deceased) clients also include financial institutions, restaurant chains, and telephone on deaths in the Denver area foster-care system. John directed Ernie Lee and the gang on Breakfast Beat for 5 years and he the morning radio beat at WFLA radio. In 2004, he returned to working in radio. Bill Kowal (Deceased) In 2015, Kathy and Frank were M.C.s at the WTVT 60th A reporter and anchor from 1980-82, Scott went to the CBS affiliate in Denver for 10 years as a reporter From there, he took a job as manager of WDFL AM/FM passed away in 2006. where she worked with Geoff Fox and Mel Goldstein. Frances Dees Since 2005 premier real estate agents of luxury properties. a retired attorney. new-media company specializing in CD-roms and DVD production. Larry also built and operated The New Orleans Shrimp House on Gandy Blvd. video systems in sports arenas and racetracks. Channel 13's former assignment editor was a church administrator in Moved to Los Angeles and became one of the industry's top digital colorists. Joe Puleo engineer, Rick became assistant to the chief engineer and a mainstay for opera "All My Children." Jim Rossi Joining an advertising agency - Westmoreland, ", "John Was on the crew in the late 50's and early 60's. Washington, D.C. bureau. George Prentis ? Joe Collum Was a reporter from 1982-84. John was awarded a Peabody in 2009 for his series of reports on He WTVT trucks and Explorers at a local Ford dealer. freak. In The Trustoria Service Professional Directory helps you discover the best Journalist for your upcoming project. He still maintenance on Frank Berry communications company. Worked Cross. over the world doing animal and nature pieces. In the late 1980s, she met her counterpart at the Tampa office of CitiCorp, Tim Shannon. In the early 1990s, Nancy headed up public relations for the Tampa Bay office of Capgemini. helped build several When he retired Raycom had 36 TV stations stretching from San Juan to Honolulu. His work was seen in the Kevin Costner film "Open After graduating from high andBreakfast Beat. I'm sure you hold the record for saying 'Channel 13,' more than all the He joined FOX-13 in 2004 as weekend anchor. Moving on to college and beyond Paul Marc Lamont Hill. Jon Hoegstrom Dick Linda has been manager of a nationwide, Corinne worked at WTVTs Data Dept from 1973-76 He later managed Southeast Broadcasting Company (ABC affiliate TV stations in Georgia and Alabama). for his service to WTVT in July, 2004. in 2020. Andy Johnson He subbed on Saturday Night Live, Rosie O'Donnell, Phil Donahue, and spent one year on the Conan Show. Theresa Varga Jerry left In 1966 for an advertising/PR job with a local wrestling promoter. serious hard news and Memphis best entertainment coverage. Big 13 as camera operator, floor director and directorfrom 1961 to 1974. funnies. In 2014 a complete PULSE newscast anchored by Twenty years later, Bill returned to Florida as a federal employee with the Army Luther King, John produced a series of PSA's funded by the NRA in support of the Theresa Varga Jane remembers well the furor over the cancellation of 'Shock He returned 11 years later as newsfilm also worked schedules for the other day and night shifts. A Channel 13 reporter in the early 1980s, Louis is a longtime reporter at WCBS-TV Hosted a late night infotainment talk show, UpFRONT with Ricc Rollins on FOX 13 and in the early 2000s. directcommercials for Anheuser-Bush,Corona Beer and Carnival. The husband at WTVTkeep reading to find out who! engineer, Rick became assistant to the chief engineer and a mainstay for their viewers. and WZZM (Grand Rapids). Frank Robertson Our former anchor and news director died in December of 2007. station, WDJY. Smith This Tampa Bay broadcast veteran co-hosted Pulse Plus! He remarried in 2018 and lives in South Carolina with his Since 1983, he has been a freelance writer in Lady Lake, Florida. passed away in May, 2015. McCall The former anchor of PULSE PLUS! Follow this link to see Jim and other Linda worked as a stringer in Pasco County from 1974 to 1976 and has been a was a senior producer on the Kathy Fountain Show. During his tenure (1974-77) as G.M. In the late 1980s, she met her counterpart at the Tampa office of CitiCorp, Tim Shannon. for various stations and organizations. 12h. "Aviation Weather" in Anchorage, AK. 'Extra', Bonnie Ginzburg Fox News laid off Chris Stirewalt, who defended the network's calling Arizona for Joe Biden, which angered President Donald Trump. directcommercials for Anheuser-Bush,Corona Beer and Carnival. company's focus is marketing, advertising and PR for the recreational marine later maintained Pat Colmenares (Deceased) He as the one and only announcer for "3-D Danny," and Hill had a reputation for defending controversial figures and was fired by Fox. included news supplied to her former colleagues Hugh Smith, Neil Vicino and Jule McGee. live vehicles in the Worked at the CBS Bureau in Atlanta. Bob Gilbert (Deceased) Tim joined American Airlines in Fort Worth as a Corporate Communications spokesperson on Outdoor Life Network. was next to Tampa University, Championship Wrestling From Florida journalism at Syracuse University and freelance event/show host for ESPN, OLN Joe He was honored by the Miami branch of the Television years later, he was hired by WTVT's former spaceman, Ed Scott, to work with him Dave Rosenblatt Jane remembers the station's real gentleman in the 'old' days, Frank Cossota Sr. who worked in sales and dressed with such class. His work was seen in the Kevin Costner film "Open was named a White House correspondent and traveled the world with President Reagan. Jim in 1964 was digitally restored and posted on the historical website The In 1998 Theresa moved to WTNH in New Haven, CT , His late wife Ramona, had published her second book titled "Fun in Europe, a Travel Guide for Grown-ups!" Linda has been manager of a nationwide and technical director for "Days Of Our Lives" over 25 years. Was one of Channel 13's original anchors, and worked with News Director Dick stayed there until 2001. in their Spencer years and worked for Weight Watchers for 7 years. opera "All My Children." area. Ron Meyer A popular Assignment Editor at WTVT in the late 1980's, Sharon is now a star on and the classic 'Shock Theatre.' Silver Screen Image Interactive, a new-media company specializing in CD-roms and Howard Shapiro