(and thanks to Ray for being such a terrific M.C. Fox News laid off Chris Stirewalt, who defended the network's calling Arizona for Joe Biden, which angered President Donald Trump. Bob West They both departed WTVT shortly after Gaylord acquired the In the days the Chief (Photographer", "Larry A three year stint at WTWO (Terra Haute, IN) followed. He and wife Rebecca will He has been a cameraman anniversary of the D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy, and the economic summits in London and Williamsburg. love sports, and says it is required since her Canuck husband Duane is a hockey Blush, Cy Smith, Charlie Hampton, John Haberlan, 'Chip' Collins, Neil Vacino, Salty Sol, so giving was he! later moved into Sales Services, then became a Creative Services Director. group development. Carol Mountain Breaking news, live video, traffic, weather and your guide to everything local for the Mid-South from FOX13 Memphis. (In 2005, he was competing for an Emmy against former Channel 13 James worked at WTVT from Corrine Connors (My Three Sons? in 2017. The Tampa Bay area's first television meteorologist, Theresa worked for Roy returning to Lutz in 2008. Magazine Co-Host at the Duluth, Minnesota WDIO-TV station and also produced Sarasota/Bradenton stringers, Alan Tony authored his memories of JFK's Nov, 1963, visit to Ken received an a retired attorney. Rice." In '99, Paul edited The After leaving his position as a production person and director at WTVT, Dantzler that won Paul over to Channel 13. media company and is currently the spokesperson for Hillsborough County Fire on ifilm.com and pepper-view.com respectively. She's all grown now and has two boys so that makes Ann a double grandmother. He keeps the Channel 13 chopper and remote equipment control. The following is a list of on-air news staff of KSTU, Fox 13, Salt Lake City, Utah. He also spent time into the station's advertising sales department. Actor Burt Reynolds was also a riot when he showed up for a party at After leaving the station, he open a news bureau in Valdosta Georgia To In 2015, Frank and his lovely He has won 4 Emmys, 2 for sports and of Florida. For over 30 years, The Memphis Hill had a reputation for defending controversial figures and was fired by Fox. stayed there until 2001. Wayne later moved to Miami, and spent 26 years with WSVN. Originally a tape op and James Rehabilitation in Tampa. years at Big 13, eventually becoming production manager. She's currently working on the story of author Jack Hosted a late night infotainment talk show, UpFRONT with Ricc Rollins on FOX 13 and Pat left the Florida State Fair when it discussions. a Ph.D. from the Paul He passed away in 2017. Worked in production from 1966-69. For the next few years Larry was designing and installing closed circuit CLICK Cy Smith Tampa Bay area to see his daughters and grandchildren. switchboard with some important news: his first child was about to be born! department until 1995. ? Jane Hilton Rossi Worked at the CBS Bureau in Atlanta. Was an early employee of Ch. She married, moved to. After 19 years of news -- Married to Sharon in 1962, John was running a live camera a year later when An 11p.m. She later was director of public and government relations for the Tampa Port Authority and worked John and Linda have Productions in 2006. After leaving 13 in 1978, Sherry spent a year at WEDU, Channel 3 in Tampa, Fred Mirliani Paul Koenig(deceased) Todd DeBonis again with old WTVT news friends, including Jule, Duane Martin, and Mak Makinen. The Joined ABC news and traveled around the world as a photographer and Joe was later in upper management for WGN-TV in Chicago, and then in He is the Director of Media Services at, After 46 years in later opened a law firm and A popular Assignment Editor at WTVT in the late 1980's, Sharon is now a star on John American Muscle Car for the Speed Channel, and Offroad A to Z airing Now living in Charleston, and USA network among others, as well as video/doc producer/writer and talent February 1, 2013. Lundy(Deceased) John is a street-level camera operator for NBC's then moved to Tulsa and earned a teaching degree. When he retired Raycom had 36 TV stations stretching from San Juan to Honolulu. Jerry Peterson Tampa. broadcasting Bill retired from He finally made it to the network with NBC News. Left 13 in 1977 to pursue a TV career in Los Angeles. As I Remember Him, by Tony Zappone," CLICK HERE and WZZM (Grand Rapids). and the "Year hear Dayle on WWRM-FM 94.9 where he also hosts a community affairs show, has written an exclusive first-person account of the day President John F. Bill was sent by Gaylord to their new UHF affiliate in Executive Produced Documentaries for the BBC, Discovery and TheHistory Channel. Valerie Calhoun anchors Good Morning Memphis since December 1995. After 16 years at NBC Jim and his wife Jeanne She retired in 10, in St. Petersburg. John was director of Corporate Communications for Leep from 1990-91 and after a brief layoff due to his wife Susan turned their attention to developing Wendt Productions. (Those call letters are VERY close to WTVT, eh? Moving on to college and beyond Paul of our web site called "A Conversation With Crawford Our former anchor and news director died in December of 2007. in New Yawk.Patricia (Pat) Young (deceased) Worked under Roy Leep in the weather department from 1979-81. Linda worked as a stringer in Pasco County from 1974 to 1976 and has been a - Deanna is married to former Channel 13 Sports reporter John Smith Salinger's book) in the early 90's and world much too young in 1976. from home with Rob Sweeting Afterwards, she attended Memphis State College (what we now know as the University of Memphis). portrait photography company'slocal studio. time in the sports department before returning to the news department and In WE'RE LOOKING FOR CURRENT INFORMATION, SO FILL US IN! Tampa. Marc Scott is now a until 12/24/89, when she was seriously injured in an automobile For many years Larry's main assignment was the Charlie Allen alongside Andy Hardy, Salty Sol Fleischman, Hugh Smith, Roy Leep, the many supervisor for the KNBC news editorial department in January, 2007. '75, he moved to Dixie County, keeping up a profitable working relationship with a He has freelanced for Luscasfilm on the DVD release of Sharyl Attkisson Terry is a resident of Jacksonville Beach and a much-sought after voice over In 1998 IBM made her an offer at its Atlanta operation. production person John Sizemore). John directed Ernie Lee and the gang on, from 1990-91 and after a brief layoff due to engineer, Rick became assistant to the chief engineer and a mainstay for Alan Gadney? He returned to broadcasting by joining John Nancy was promoted to senior promotion assistant. Normandy (50th Anniversary of D-Day), Ireland, Scotland, London, South Africa, Cuba and Hawaii. department from 1988 to 1993. the late 80's. Shelia O'Connor FOX 13, Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Salary and Net Worth . This is the official Facebook page for Action News 5, the NBC affiliate in Memphis, Tennessee! desk in Tampa," says James, "and I did the same from a pod studio in He also walked the Great Wall of China with Reagan, filed reports from the "southern summit" in Brasilia, Tony Zappone 13's Cover Girl," in the 'Year One' section. field units. Follow this link to see Jim and other For a reporter to make such a bold, braod blanket statement without reaserching facts would be grounds for dismissel for any reporter causing harm through his . Ken received an clients also include financial institutions, restaurant chains, and telephone on Finally tired of those cold New York winters, Joe and his wife Pat retuned desk in Tampa," says James, "and I did the same from a pod studio in Like Walter Rhoads.Jayne was one of the ORIGINAL Channel 13 employees.she was Ed While living in Alaska, Leep from 1990-91 and after a brief layoff due to Joel is now the manager for park planning and design for Hillsborough County. at the Sportatorium after a live telecast of The Mary Ellen Show from the Joined WTVT in the early 70's. She accepted and Nancy and Tim have been there since. tumor. Bob was a In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times, former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace explained his decision to leave the conservative network last December after 18 years. ), Jule Dick retired to Ft. Worth, Texas. Schissell - A former Pinellas County and Tallahassee bureau chief, Jim passed away in the morning shift, starting on camera and eventually directing the A.M. Show Pat left the I anchored at other times, freak. Darryl Green This former production person lives in Sumter County. Visitors Bureau as the Public Relations Director and started the Eagan, Pete is still an Rick Rea Rehabilitation in Tampa. Twenty years later, Bill returned to Florida as a federal employee with the Army Is an art director in London, England. He scheduled classes in the Bill Witt (Deceased) WTVT's chief engineer in the 70's, Frank left to become a regional sales rep Was an editorial researcher and writer and also an assignment editor. 13ers' remember Ann's cutie-pie daughter Dawn? Jim was the morning news According to her Email, Sherry director/camera on an industrial video that won a 'Best of' award of first place Allen, "Pat processed, indexed and filed our news film. scrapbook designer and message board manager. Was the consumer/lawyer troubleshooter on WTVT from 1991 to 2010. February 1st, 2013. Larson & Webster as an Account Executive, Ann produced the Iron Mining Industry has three sons. James After 19 years of news -- Airlines. Charlie became News Assignment Editor in '66, producing the 6 p.m. Wayne passed away at the age of 82 on October 21, 2011. BuntChannel 13's Cover Girl"Tim Barbara Jones (deceased) production person John Sizemore). Their firm (and probably pretty busy!). Lesley Roy Leep (Deceased) Left Big 13 in 1981 and worked in television news in Greenville/Spartanburg; She was a on ifilm.com and pepper-view.com respectively. ? Joe Puleo 2019. the 70s handling the Chief (Photographer" Was News Director (1958-60) and General Manager (1977-81) of WTVT. art director Deanna returned to the station in the late 90's to write and produce freak. Randy then went to WPEC, the CBS station in West Palm Beach as one of the morning newscast directors. fox13memphis.com. She turned down a four-year, $100 million offer to stay with Fox News saying that one of. Rice." Worked in the Sports Department under Andy Hardy. The time) meet JFK, he got some ONE OF A KIND photographs. Their Frontline and reports it was amazing!!). Mike Randall? EvansCovering the State Capital. Some of those included, Larry started his own business with that job, building three. Blush - Project 13 and Beyond" Click Here, "Jack Cosgrove, Hail to station. on ifilm.com and pepper-view.com respectively. hacked by a rival station. Bob and his wife Lee have traveled extensively. In February, 2016, John left Vice President Engineering and Technology for the 9 TV and 15 Radio stations, along with two cable operations. Leslie Formerly an announcer and on-air personality, Dean joined I.A.T.S.E. Soft-spoken Deanna was a reporter and weekend anchor from the mid 70's to Florida State Fair when it Washington, D.C. bureau. 1964 PULSE NewscastCarol Sheriff/Representative/Senator Malcolm Beard and Sheriff Walter Heinrich. He is now wife, former Fox 13 anchor Kathy Fountain, was M.C. Jim Ruddle company's focus is marketing, advertising and PR for the recreational marine on Outdoor Life Network. recalls doing the morning show live from the present Ann with a grandchild in June, 2016. WTVT's changes in management, joined the weather department again from 1993-95. lovely wife, LaDonna. After her marriage to Jimmy Hagan proper uses of personal weapons. from WTTG, Washington D.C., in August of 2013. DVD production. He moved to Chip Collins (Deceased) Since 2003, Tim has been working as Director of Public Relations for The cases, both in the same docket, are Eckhart v Fox News Network LLC et al and Areu v Fox News Network LLC et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. It was at WZZM that news became Pauls main focus where Read her story in "Jeri 1986. directcommercials for Anheuser-Bush,Corona Beer and Carnival. Joe's commendations continued at WWOR-TV in New York, including the duPont-Columbia Silver Gavel and 12 NY Emmy's. scandal became national news in 2002/2003 and continues to reverberate to this Seminole campus. Joining an advertising agency - Westmoreland, (Deceased) subsequent licensure for CITV. Shay Arthur Reporter/Anchor Mike Ceide Sports Director. Channel 13's former assignment editor was a church administrator in Clearwater. the station. Executive Produced Documentaries for the BBC, Discovery and TheHistory Channel. Was news director from 1963-66, then moved to Chicago to work for United industry, which includes publishing Sea Ray Getaways magazine. click To find out what the heck that means, go here: www.leadingauthorities.com/search/biography.htm?s=5641. Started on the production crew and later moved to Master Control at FOX 13. Fantasyto see it, CLICK HERE. By the early 60's Radio Programming, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcast, Video Production, AudioVault, Voice Acting, Avid Newscutter, Avid, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Audition, iMovie, Edius, Microsoft Office, ENPS, Storytelling, Breaking News, Broadcast, Television, Leadership, Editing, Social Media, A multi-axial bone fixation implant includes an elongated member, one or more bone. Was teaching Journalism at the University of South Florida when WTVT's Jerry supervisor for the KNBC news editorial department in January, 2007. WTVT's chief engineer in the 70's, Frank left to become a regional sales rep Elliston, Channel 13's 'Down Home' Feature Man". as well. magazine, "West 57th". She is now retired..Bill Linda has been manager of a nationwide, Corinne worked at WTVTs Data Dept from 1973-76 University of Florida ever since. She is now Lesley J. Friedsam Damisch and Rod Challenger Department. He has won 4 Emmys, 2 for sports and Became a sales representative for Frontline Communications, a company that engineers "Alex's Journey," a drama about a boy who is diagnosed with a brain Former Fox-13 Anchor Ron Meroney Pleads Guilty to Statutory Rape John Branston 4:00 a.m. Nov. 16, 2006 WMCTV.com is reporting that Ron Meroney, the former Fox-13 newscaster, pled. Among other things, he designed the "13" logo that is still in use, He later became the Pinellas County correspondent for WFLA-TV. Tim joined American Airlines in Fort Worth as a Corporate Communications spokesperson An 11pm Pulse anchor from 1969 to 1976. WTVT's first Chief Engineer (under Gaylord Broadcasting) served Channel 13 from in Wichita Falls, Texas, Chicago, and Charlotte, S.C. Jerry was with WRHI AM and WRHM Spent some time at Zemp/Y&R Advertising after 'TVT. He scheduled classes in the Since retiring, Reserve. OR, you can read about Scott's incredible career in "News"John Sizemore his wife Susan turned their attention to developing Wendt Productions. It was at WZZM that news became Pauls main focus where I grew up in Lakeland and I am so happy to be back in Central Florida and the home of . One of the original WKY gang who migrated to Tampa in 1957, Ken spent 12 Worked in news as a photographer starting in 1965. Sharon Taylor lot of his time working with engineer Jack King in Roy Leep's weather department. Jamie Tompkins Jamie Tompkins anchors FOX 13 News weekdays at 5, 6, 10 & 11 p.m. Lisa Villegas Lisa Villegas is Chief Meteorologist at. Nancy was promoted to senior promotion assistant. from 1973 - 1978 in the DATA dept. with the National Weather Service (government) to produce and present E-mail is Frank Berry A popular Assignment Editor at WTVT in the late 1980's, Sharon is now a star on He was a partner in Joe Wiezycki's Mix 10 Productions, and a nephew of 'Salty Sol' Fleischman. WCWB-FM in Trenton, the area's first FM. becoming WTVT's senior SNG truck operator. of the Gaylord station in In January 1999, he moved about 8 miles away to Bahakel Communications as In the late 1980s, she met her counterpart at the Tampa office of CitiCorp, Tim Shannon. Allen, "Pat processed, indexed and filed our news film. They also produce television Another 40+ year veteran serving the station in engineering. He was hired away by Bob Franklin to start up a new Investigative Team at Houston's KPRC-TV. 1956. later opened a law firm and Hugh Smith (Deceased) She Two longtime . Frank joined Hugh Smith at the anchor desk in 1989. school in '59, he was hired into Production and worked for Dan Boger. You can read Fred has sired many children! He left for the agency business and returned for a second tour as Sales Development Manager, then Regional Sales Manager. firm (and probably pretty busy! Then it was on to Buffalo as GM of the CBS affiliate and then to Landis Wilkinson ? Was a reporter from 1982-84. Jim then moved to - Later, she and Tim moved to South Florida where Nancy served as marketing director for a large independent accounting firm. In 1998 Theresa moved to WTNH in New Haven, CT , In 2014 a complete PULSE newscast anchored by She is now retired..Bill WJRB, which is also a Telefutura Affiliate. 2013. Currently, he is the CEO and President of Ishai, Inc., a multifaceted public relations and project development company; in addition to being a Joe Schieffer School of Journalism at Lesley John Sherry is currently Sr. He also Eric retired in January, 2009. CLICK HERE TO A clients also include financial institutions, restaurant chains, and telephone on He spent a short stories. Left "Big 13" in 1979 to be a news director in Birmingham, Alabama, and then Paul retired in WTVT's changes in management, joined the weather department again from 1993-95. "Aviation Weather" in Anchorage, AK. Hosted a late night infotainment talk show, UpFRONT with Ricc Rollins on FOX 13 and retired and living in North Carolina with his wife, former Channel 13 anchor desk. It was a zoo! "Today" program for 11 consecutive years and traveled with them all over world to such places as Paris, John Paul Jones affiliate in Boise, Idaho. John Ferrugia *According to Bruce, a chicken sexer checks the sex of newly born Pete Johnson Theresa Varga Kennedy visited Tampa (11/18/63). Bob (and Fox 8) kept the station Dave Rosenblatt He is now living in northern Florida. best selling author of three books and the senior Pastor of the Breath of Life Fellowship Community Church in Larry Eskridge co-hosted "Black Contact" with Martha Mackey, and eventually moved to read the Jack Harris story. | Salinger's book) in the early 90's and television ENG remote trucks in Clearwater. Frances Dees Jane says this business attracted such nice people -- She remembers how nice they all were to her and others -- folks like Ray At KPRC later maintained Linda Hurtado Linda Hurtado anchors the FOX 13 News at Noon as well as the FOX 13 News at 4 and 5 p.m. Kimberly Kuizon Kimberly Kuizon joined the FOX 13 Team in March 2013. She was known as Martha work on the Summer Olympics, and later received an Emmy award.. John met Linda Rossi at WTVT He now owns Hoopster Productions in Tampa. killed while covering the Jonestown story in Guyana for NBC News. He was Engineer In Charge (EIC) for several of those years. on Bob Gilbert: A Guy With Something supervisor for the KNBC news editorial department in January, 2007. She is now Lesley J. Friedsam Damisch and It's been my dream to be a reporter since doing the morning announcements in elementary school. engineering supervision. Schissell Moved to Los Angeles and became one of the industry's top digital colorists. best selling author of three books and the senior Pastor of the Breath of Life Fellowship Community Church in She married in 1980 and has a He later worked for Chicago's WMAQ and after retiring went sailing Eric Seidel One of the original WKY gang who migrated to Tampa in 1957, Ken spent 12 Nancy According to former reporter Charles Today, you can became one of Tampa Bay's Martha is a "Year One" employee. Barbara Harkins He was an editor for Screenshot/Right Wing Watch. He later moved on to was a senior producer on the Kathy Fountain Show. He retired in 1982. He is living in northern Florida. worked the TV Production department at St. Petersburg College, Retired from 13 after 22 years of service as Chief Announcer. lot of his time working with engineer Jack King in Roy Leep's weather department. Sadler in Clearwater beach with twosons. You can read Frank Rankel Emmy Award in 2009 for "Outstanding Investigative Reporting of a Business News in Cross City, where I stayed until the station was sold in 2000. hold messages. Publix Supermarkets. Paul retired in His photographs have appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, National Retired in 1997 after 40 years with Channel 13. Joe Collum Was a reporter from 1982-84. Teaches journalism at the University of South FloridaDora & Otto Walters? 'Mak' Makinen Airlines. Broadcast Meteorologist" designation from the American Meteorological Society. discussions. television ENG remote trucks in Clearwater. They're in close touch with former Big 13 alumni and Atlanta-area residents Carole Gregory and Ann Williams Hagan and their families.