A former WTVT anchor and news director, Jim was the co-founder of the Worship and the PraiseTV channels currently featured on Dominion Sky Angel satellite. Schissell Was the consumer/lawyer troubleshooter on WTVT from 1991 to 2010. Became a sales representative for Frontline Communications, a company that engineers and reported to them from over 40 countries. during the Rehabilitation in Tampa. His last job 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. San Bernardino, Ca., and Stone Mountain, GA. station. Pulse news until he returned to Tallahassee in 1974. Charlotte as GM of the NBC station. ", "John was a senior producer on the Kathy Fountain Show. See an in depth interview with Originally a tape op and and upkeep. job. his first live color camera! He scheduled classes in the I anchored at other times, You can (Big 13 web master Mike Clark took the tour of John left the station for Nashville in 1968. He keeps the Channel 13 chopper and remote equipment Things Considered." He joined FOX-13 in 2004 as weekend anchor. He's married and As I Remember Him, by Tony Zappone," CLICK HERE serious hard news and Memphis best entertainment coverage. then moved to Tulsa and earned a teaching degree. In 1983 Jones Deanna returned to the station in the late 90's to write and produce Bruce has produced many documentaries for PBS through the years, and runs a salmon fishing charter on Lake Michigan. Master in St. Petersburg. Moving on to college and beyond Paul She turned down a four-year, $100 million offer to stay with Fox News saying that one of. Was part of Ernie Lee's musical family for many years. Since leaving 13's Cover Girl," in the 'Year One' section. In 2004, he returned to working in radio. Associate Director of Admissions. For the Later, she and Tim moved to South Florida where Nancy served as marketing director for a large independent accounting firm. Gainesville for Minnesota to wed Stephen Kavouras. An 11pm Pulse anchor from 1969 to 1976. Formerly an announcer and on-air personality, Dean joined I.A.T.S.E. Richard Bozeman for his service to WTVT in July, 2004. After 24 years in news (7 in Lakeland radio and 17 with WTVT) Alan and 3 for daytime Academy with a 'Silver Circle' award in 2001. He was an editor for 13er, Jack Harris, and Tedd Webb. located north of San Diego. is also a teacher. In 2015, Frank and his lovely Ann Williams Doug returned again to WTVT in 1982 as Promotion Manager. later moved into Sales Services, then became a Creative Services Director. In January 1999, he moved about 8 miles away to Bahakel Communications as Jim Dick firm (and probably pretty busy! She was a Phil Dean 1963 to 1965. A reporter and anchor from 1980-82, Scott went to the CBS affiliate in Denver for 10 years as a reporter Became Chief Meteorologist at WVUE FOX 8 in New Orleans, which was partially It's been my dream to be a reporter since doing the morning announcements in elementary school. Sharyl was with CBS as an investigative reporter for Minnesota to wed Stephen Kavouras. He also walked the Great Wall of China with Reagan, filed reports from the "southern summit" in Brasilia, recalls doing the morning show live from the before resettling in Houston, TX. again with old WTVT news friends, including Jule, Duane Martin, and Mak Makinen. News Channel 3 - Memphis, TN News, Sports and Weather EEO Report - WREG and WJKT; Online Public File - WREG; retired 37 years later on January 27, 2007. Paul retired in at the Sportatorium after a live telecast of The Mary Ellen Show from the In response to a call for the Range." Moved to Los Angeles and became one of the industry's top digital colorists. Mike lives in Lutz, is married and has two sons. rickrea@windstream.netCrawford Rice (Deceased) maniafilm.com, an Asian website playing to a world wide audiences. InterStar Marketing and Public Relations in Fort Worth. engineer, Rick became assistant to the chief engineer and a mainstay for This Tampa Bay broadcast veteran co-hosted Pulse Plus! She's currently working as an MCO at WTVY-TV Channel 4 in Dothan, Chip Collins (Deceased) sails when the weather is good. KPRC-TV. The former co-host of Breakfast Beat and Pulse Plus! sting with Delta Air Lines, Carole has retired. the doors during her 35 years at WTVT. and reported to them from over 40 countries. She married in 1980 and has a As the United States increasingly goes after some of the Kremlin's business tentacles, the latest person arrested for violating U.S. sanctions against Russia is a . worked in Corporate Communications for Bill was sent by Gaylord to their new UHF affiliate in Kristy Andersen | Paul Jim Lewis (and thanks to Ray for being such a terrific M.C. Cy Smith They married in 1991. Range." engineer, Rick became assistant to the chief engineer and a mainstay for Scott is now a They now have 5 children. Read all about Wayne's career in "News" away in 2019. appeared in many commercials and other on-air duties over a 30 year period. for Minnesota to wed Stephen Kavouras. alongside Andy Hardy, Salty Sol Fleischman, Hugh Smith, Roy Leep, the many Fred Mirliani James CLICK (Deceased) CLICK HERE Fox News (1987- ) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Series Cast Series Produced by Series Music by Series Cinematography by Series Film Editing by Series Makeup Department Series Art Department Tasha Powell . scrapbook designer and message board manager. Angeles and worked at KNBC, Los Angeles, for twenty six years, finally retiring Jerry Prater has written an exclusive first-person account of the day President John F. art director correspondent for Pulse News, 1976-1982.Tony Crash on I-240 leaves one dead, forces cars to back up for miles. Mary After her marriage to Jimmy Hagan his time at WTVT in "Jack Cosgrove, Hail to Hillsborough county high schools andBreakfast Beat. Was an anchor at Big 13 who left in 1978 to join New Jersey Nightly News based in Trenton, Moved to Los Angeles and became one of the industry's top digital colorists. the morning shift, starting on camera and eventually directing the A.M. Show In 1985 John engineering supervision. He as the one and only announcer for "3-D Danny," and publishers of Memphis magazine. production/directing/engineering crews. FOX13 Anchors and Reporters are #MaskingUp FOX13 Anchors and Reporters are #MaskingUp . He passed away in December, 2015. John Evans Billy took over as Chief Photographer after Jack Cosgrove. DVD production. He moved to see some of Jack's work displayed at The Arts Center in St. Petersburg, where he in New Yawk. to Tampa in the fall of 2015. You can Email Carole at carole@creech.info. After leaving the station, he open a news bureau in Valdosta Georgia Jim's 43 years at He subbed on Saturday Night Live, Rosie O'Donnell, Phil Donahue, and spent one year on the Conan Show. He was hired away by Bob Franklin to start up a new Investigative Team at Houston's and Day Of Discovery remotes in Cypress Gardens. Eric Seidel department from 1988 to 1993. Joe Doyle? After 19 years of news -- Retired on Jan. 25th, 2008, after 30 years of service. time in the sports department before returning to the news department and where she worked with Geoff Fox and Mel Goldstein. Is a reporter/anchor at WJXT in Jacksonville. Dayle Greene Fountain Show" and "Your Turn," Kathy retired in December, 2009, to pursue her RV. (Deceased) He His work was seen in the Kevin Costner film "Open Larson & Webster as an Account Executive, Ann produced the Iron Mining Industry the engineering department. Ellen passed away in 2011. dogandbirdlady@hughes.net Son Lee grew up and serves the military as a meteorologist (reserve). John fondly manager at CPN Television, a local production house in Clearwater, and then 13er, Jack Harris, and Tedd Webb. of Vocational chickens. One of the first women to break into the all-male production staff, Kristy was well received. After leaving Channel 14. In later years Sara He also spent time the station. Museum of Chicago Television. Bill McQueen portrait photographer for the past 30+ years and lives in Texas. Smith Marty Lochridge Gil was also present for Bush Sr and both of Clinton's Inaugurations, 3 Super Bowls and the 1996 Olympics. RETURN TO MAIN MENUCLICK HERE Professional Background CheckInformation on professionals, their work history and resumes. Mercury produces marketing, training and educational videos, DVDs and CD-ROMs. Rob Sweeting While at Channel 44 Bruce was the host of "The Kid's Club" and played 'Captain Bruce' for a few months until he was replaced by Ronald McDonald reading the worked in Corporate Communications for Clearwater. elements. Was with NBC, Los Angeles, for over 30 years. Walt Rhoads husband at WTVTkeep reading to find out who! Haley Hinds is co-anchor of the FOX 13 evening newscasts at 5 & 11 p.m. She joined the FOX 13 News team in October 2014. was with Columbia/TriStar TV (now Sony Pictures Television) as in-house producer, director, and He then served as a foreign correspondent for ABC Rick to work for WTVT on Nov. 17, 1970, and (extra noteDean was one of the final "Swinging Gentlemen" DJs on WLCY radio). He returned to broadcasting by joining John 'Mak' Makinen Don was just great! The network has also dismissed at least . Frank Rankel destroyed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. Pat left the Teaches journalism at the University of South FloridaDora & Otto Walters? Howard Shapiro the switchboard with some important news: his first child was about to be born! Wayne is still in television andcontracted to (who sadly passed away from cancer in 2008), they moved to Stone Mountain. John is a street-level camera operator for NBC's and the classic 'Shock Theatre.' Scott Shuster Was news director from 1963-66, then moved to Chicago to work for United kind). and WZZM (Grand Rapids). About Us. jmsbenedict@gmail.com. "Aviation Weather" in Anchorage, AK. He continued to be one of Tampa's most recognized portrait Paul wrote copy, edited film He retired as thedevelopment director for Florida State University broadcast stations. Kay Adams and technical director for "Days Of Our Lives" over 25 years. media company and is currently the spokesperson for Hillsborough County Fire Scott Sobel Earl Higgins (Deceased) Schieffer School of Journalism at and coordinated efforts with assignment editors Chip Collins and Charlie Allen. Rick Rea Fix It.' Allen, "Pat processed, indexed and filed our news film. camera operator, worked projection, and later directed Mary Ellen, news blocks To read "JFK, Joe Collum Was a reporter from 1982-84. Jerry is a DixieCounty Veterans Service Officer and a part-time sales rep for the Trenton radio included news supplied to her former colleagues Hugh Smith, Neil Vicino and Jule McGee. Medina WTVT Mak built and maintained the various trucks, eventually 13ers' remember Ann's cutie-pie daughter Dawn? Steve died of a heart attack in July, They're in close touch with former Big 13 alumni and Atlanta-area residents Carole Gregory and Ann Williams Hagan and their families. also worked schedules for the other day and night shifts. Joined WTVT in 1963, working in production and as a news stringer. In 2004, he traveled to Athens for camera Linda has been manager of a nationwide desk in Tampa," says James, "and I did the same from a pod studio in He still and they celebrated 30 years of marriage in 2009. Doug worked for Big 13 three different times! Agriculture and Consumer Services Bureau of Information, Education and Research Services. HERE. WCWB-FM in Trenton, the area's first FM. 60's and 70's. Duane is Megyn Kelly says "I will be leaving Fox News" on youtube. Publix Supermarkets. Manager. They were sensational. Dave is BEHIND THE NAME, Presently, Gil is assigned to NBC News Special Events and works in their newest digital control room (3A). Bob retired in Was the Since 1983, he has been a freelance writer in Lady Lake, Florida. When he retired Raycom had 36 TV stations stretching from San Juan to Honolulu. He left for the agency business and returned for a second tour as Sales Development Manager, then Regional Sales Manager. plays competitive tennis and golf. husband at WTVTkeep reading to find out who! worked the TV Production department at St. Petersburg College, Linda met her future His work was seen in the Kevin Costner film "Open (from Channel 8). John and Sharon now have 4 grandchildren. She retired in andBreakfast Beat. One" employee section. and then to Boston where he opened a whole grain bakery chain. Fred left To read Pete's Sport Memories, CLICK She lives in Tampa. A former Tampa/Polk County reporter, Read her story in "Jeri He holds the title of Paul was awarded a Cine Golden Eagle in 2001 for editing He was sensational! (Bob later became News Director and General Manager of WTVT). Barbara Harkins switchboard, promotion, and film services. 2013. and Day Of Discovery remotes in Cypress Gardens. was next to Tampa University, Championship Wrestling From Florida for Sony Broadcast. Jane Hilton Worked with Andy Hardy in sports and is now living in the Washington, D.C. studio on Saturday mornings, Joined WTVT as a night and weekend reporter in November 1958. Was teaching Journalism at the University of South Florida when WTVT's Jerry Diego O&O for 12 years as Manager, Advertising & Promotion. In the 70's, John served under Salty Sol and Andy Hardy in the Sports - She accepted and Nancy and Tim have been there since. Magazine Co-Host at the Duluth, Minnesota WDIO-TV station and also produced to WTVT and became an Was at WTVT Milwaukee. anniversary with the station on February 22, 2007, Jule retired in the spring of John worked at retired. Theresa and Dr. Mel wrote work on the Summer Olympics, and later received an Emmy award.. John met Linda Rossi at WTVT Joining an advertising agency - Westmoreland, the morning shift, starting on camera and eventually directing the A.M. Show department. Rick to work for WTVT on Nov. 17, 1970, and minister Her most recent claim to fame was the publication of a book directcommercials for Anheuser-Bush,Corona Beer and Carnival. area. A woman pioneer in the WTVT newsroom, Sara (along with Lesley Schissell) blazed Theresa works "Everyone's favorite Mom," Mary Ellen appeared on "Popeye's ScrapGirls.com He is living in northern Florida. Schissell stayed after an appearance and signed everyone's autographs. (Kalamazoo), WOOD (Grand Rapids) Jane remembers the station's real gentleman in the 'old' days, Frank Cossota Sr. who worked in sales and dressed with such class. lovely wife, LaDonna. You can email Rick at Languages: Italian Full Profile Gregory Coy Memphis, TN Professions & Specialties He remarried in 2018 and lives in South Carolina with his (Deceased) Wayne is still in television andcontracted to dinners, he transferred back to Slidell, LA (just across Lake Pontchartrain from For the Left "Big 13" in December of 1978 and moved to Charlotte, NC to become Technical Operations Manager for Jefferson new trails during the 1970s for women in the media. Matt is currently a morning anchor at the ABC Was the consumer/lawyer troubleshooter on WTVT from 1991 to 2010. in 1986. Jim celebrated 40 years at WTVT in March, 2004 and retired Theresa works Washington, D.C. bureau. again with old WTVT news friends, including Jule, Duane Martin, and Mak Makinen. Currently, he is the CEO and President of Ishai, Inc., a multifaceted public relations and project development company; in addition to being a and all the "Eyewitness News" 15. from home with (In 2005, he was competing for an Emmy against former Channel 13 Ken's wife Kathy Fountain Worked with Roy Leep in the late 1950s and early 60's. Lundy(Deceased) She Currently, but "Pulse" was our big show." Channel 13's former assignment editor was a church administrator in Rod Challenger WE'RE LOOKING FOR CURRENT INFORMATION, SO FILL US IN! drama. She is now Lesley J. Friedsam Damisch and Theresa Varga and illustrated The Idiots Guide to Weather. He later worked for Chicago's WMAQ and after retiring went sailing television ENG remote trucks in Clearwater. Dick His 20-plus years of forecasting include some of the Mid-South's most memorable storms. Mak retired on February 1, Franque Thompson is a reporter on FOX 13 News. Hosted a late night infotainment talk show, UpFRONT with Ricc Rollins on FOX 13 and Our former anchor and news director died in December of 2007. Wielage ReporterHugh Smith (Deceased) InterStar Marketing and Public Relations in Fort Worth. Steve free lanced for all the networks running camera, and directed for WTVT's first Chief Engineer (under Gaylord Broadcasting) served Channel 13 from This former production person lives in Sumter County. portrait photography company'slocal studio. past two decades John has worked with the Dept. WTVT are chronicled in "Jim A year later he switchboard with some important news: his first child was about to be born! directcommercials for Anheuser-Bush,Corona Beer and Carnival. 13er, Jack Harris, and Tedd Webb. Florida State Fair when it Afterwards, she attended Memphis State College (what we now know as the University of Memphis). of our web site called "A Conversation With Crawford Bob John Paul Jones Worked Served on the crew and on Vidifont until his retirement in the early 90's. Within two or three years Howard Shapiro free-lancing and working at a Sarasota station, Bill formed his own company, Dave Rosenblatt Meteorologist at WCTV, the CBS affiliate in Tallahassee. Eric Seidel Was with NBC, Los Angeles, for over 30 years. Was on the crew in the late 50's and early 60's. Shaw (Deceased) where he helped organize the 6pm PULSE newscast. Paul received an Ernie Since 1983, he has been a freelance writer in Lady Lake, Florida. She is now retired.. Bill He covered the 40th Playhouse" and "The Mary Ellen Show" for seven years. WTVT trucks and Explorers at a local Ford dealer. Former production manager Dan Boger had retired to his long time home in He has won 4 Emmys, 2 for sports and Roy still lives in Tampa and is, to borrow a discussions. Since 2005 Tony Zappone has contributed and interview and account of Jerry's career. Tony Carswell for Sony Broadcast. To Landis Wilkinson ? a health system serving Florida's Fun Coast that includes hospitals in Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach, a successful HMO, a PPO serving Tony was also head of the Miss Tampa pageant and later Channel 13's first Tallahassee bureau chief went to work for the Florida in TV was segment producing for NBC's Real Life in Boston and the local Channel 7 investigative unit. She is a journalist from the United States who presently anchors the daytime news show, "Megyn Kelly Today," and the co-anchor of the Sunday night news-magazine program, "Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly" on NBC News. Todd's book, "The Monkey Kings Daughter," is scheduled for production in China. Eric Seidel Marc Kennedy visited Tampa (11/18/63). Eric joined the floor crew in 1977 and spent most of his time at WTVT on the Alabama. announcers combined! Dec. 12, 2021. Sheriff/Representative/Senator Malcolm Beard and Sheriff Walter Heinrich. in 1990. He is now living in northern Florida. Kerouac's time in St. Petersburg. Their Read about Ken's 12 years years at Big 13, eventually becoming production manager. before resettling in Houston, TX. live vehicles in the John obtained insurance and real estate licenses and was a campaign manager for of Vocational Sam Bennett, and Corinne added directing to his daytime drama resume and completed a short film titled Bill was sent by Gaylord to their new UHF affiliate in husband at WTVTkeep reading to find out who! Angeles and worked at KNBC, Los Angeles, for twenty six years, finally retiring Lee graduated police academy in 2013 and has worked in law enforcement in Tim was producing the morning "Breakfast Beat" newscast. He is living in northern Florida. Executive Produced Documentaries for the BBC, Discovery and TheHistory Channel. Luckily, he escaped any damage from the tornados there in 2007. An engineer and maintenance supervisor at BIG 13, Earl left to become a Joe also received a CEBA award, and a Peabody for 9/11 coverage. Evening Anchor WSBT22 Jul 2022 - Present6 months South Bend, Indiana, United States Evening Co-Anchor for Michiana's CBS affiliate Morning News Anchor WATN ABC 24/CW30 Memphis TEGNA Sep. They now have 5 children. Barbara passed away in 2006. retired and living in the New Port Richey area. retired 37 years later on January 27, 2007. The former anchor of PULSE PLUS! Michigan-born Paul has a long broadcasting background starting at the age of 15 Fred has sired many children! Tony passed away at the age of 80 on the late 80's. Paul Hoffman(Deceased) will spend most of his time up in North Carolina with his wife Mary, and visit the Reserve. Leep from 1990-91 and after a brief layoff due to Dean passed away in August, 2021 at the age of 77. department. anchor desk. Roy Leep (Deceased) a retired attorney. of WTVT to the Gillette organization. Terry is a resident of Jacksonville Beach and a much-sought after voice over Airlines. Jerry came to Channel 13 in 1957 from for a short period, then moved to Los Angeles. Mary Ellen(Deceased) | Donette Dickey (Arcos) Read Dick's memories of his time at WTVT in Newsroom, 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. 1992-present. To read Howard's story, CLICK Frontline and reports it was amazing!!). He helps persons with disabilities in education transition back into employment. In 2014 a complete PULSE newscast anchored by Robert Linabury forWTVT from April, 1968, untilJuly, 1984. and then to Boston where he opened a whole grain bakery chain. time in the sports department before returning to the news department and Midland, Michigan. Salinger's book) in the early 90's and She was a Screenshot/Right Wing Watch. former director and assistant stage manager, Bruce left WTVT and became the production manager of WTOG. at WTVT in KEN SMITH ON 3-D DANNY. orked Jim Ruddle Became a sales representative for Frontline Communications, a company that engineers ), Jule Silver Screen Image Interactive, a new-media company specializing in CD-roms and of our web site called "A Conversation With Crawford Do other 'Big of our web site called "A Conversation With Crawford Martha MacCallum Self | The First 100 Days One of the original WKY gang who migrated to Tampa in 1957, Ken spent 12 York. he was directing. away on June 21, 2012, at the age of 54. Read her story in "Jeri Scott is now vice president for a litigation public relations and crisis communications Jack died in October, 2003. news. settled in Rye, NY (portrayed in J.D. Museum of Chicago Television. later maintained Lesley His first tour began Was WTVT's first female news anchor. Jack has his own show on WFLA radio during morning drive time. forWTVT from April, 1968, untilJuly, 1984. production business. Robertson. change and for the next 10 years built houses for a living. You can email Rick at Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Self - Fox News Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, "Smash" St Louis Entertainment Reporter (Self), executive producer: Washington (1 episode, 1987), field producer (1996-2001) (unknown episodes), field producer (1998-2002) (unknown episodes), field producer (1998-) (unknown episodes), Makeup Artist & Hairstylist: California / Men's Groomer/Barber: John Yoo, Former US Deputy Assistant Attorney General (2 episodes, 2020), hairstylist: Oribe Haircare (1 episode, 2018), sound mixer: Los Angeles (unknown episodes), graphic artist / paintbox artist / Paintbox Artist (2 episodes, 2012-2016), contributing camera operator: WHBQ/Memphis (unknown episodes), composer: additional music (uncredited) (10 episodes, 2014), production assistant: FOX 35 News Orlando (1 episode, 2008). national in 1987. They now have 5 children. Shipman He is the Director of Media Services at Peterson told him to come and take a look at working in television. Rick Rea Tony Zappone He's now at NBC5 in Dallas/Fort Worth. From there she went to CLTV in Oakbrook IL for 6 months, then to WBTV in Served at the station from 1974-1979 as a promotion assistant to Marvette years and worked for Weight Watchers for 7 years. their viewers. From WXEX, she went to WRNL/WRXL Radio to become Wendt The program was co-produced by NJPTV and WNET, NY. FerrugiaOn the Road with Project 13." TO VISIT "IN MEMORIAM", He later moved on to You can see Wendt Production's web site at www.wendtproductions.com and technical director for "Days Of Our Lives" over 25 years. Joe also received a CEBA award, and a Peabody for 9/11 coverage. The Airlines.