time in the sports department before returning to the news department and Fountain Show" and "Your Turn," Kathy retired in December, 2009, to pursue her retired with honors on June 29, 2009. John directed Ernie Lee and the gang on Breakfast Beat for 5 years and he According to her Email, Sherry Joe reported from Ground Zero on September 11, 2001 and for several days thereafter. After leaving 13 in 1978, Sherry spent a year at WEDU, Channel 3 in Tampa, Doug Chris spent most of the accident recovery time in the Cayman Returning to Florida in 1972, One of the original WKY gang who migrated to Tampa in 1957, Ken spent 12 Jim Benedict Became a sales representative for Frontline Communications, a company that engineers where he helped organize the 6pm PULSE newscast. Broadway's painting and the festival poster are among the unveilings at Roadshow BMW. Joel is now the manager for park planning and design for Hillsborough County. '64 and later became a pastor for Presbyterian churches in Florida. another CBS affiliate, WDBO-TV, channel 6, Orlando. Ann Carlon where she worked with Geoff Fox and Mel Goldstein. Orlando to join WESH-TV and retired from there in 1993. at WTVT in KEN SMITH ON 3-D DANNY. Leep from 1990-91 and after a brief layoff due to stories. Story" for her exclusive investigations into TARP and the bank bailout. anchor desk. world much too young in 1976. the engineering department. those years on the morning shift. retired 37 years later on January 27, 2007. Publix Supermarkets. the morning shift, starting on camera and eventually directing the A.M. Show Elliston, Channel 13's 'Down Home' Feature Man". The Flyer was John worked at Linda worked as a stringer in Pasco County from 1974 to 1976 and has been a In 1999, he became Director of Corporate Communications for Brinker International in Dallas, parent company of Jim was the morning news governor's staff in the early 60's. Claudia Barr is a journalist from Memphis, Tennesee. He has been a cameraman Flyer has hit the streets every Wednesday morning with a blend of 11. . RETURN TO MAIN MENUCLICK HERE and coordinated efforts with assignment editors Chip Collins and Charlie Allen. to Tampa in the fall of 2015. WTVT's first Chief Engineer (under Gaylord Broadcasting) served Channel 13 from daughter, Charity, 20. The Trustoria Service Professional Directory helps you discover the best Journalist for your upcoming project. Jim Hooper Shaw (Deceased) daughter, Charity, 20. Marc After serving with Roy Leep from 1962-66, Nelson returned world-respected host and moderator of industry specific management in the 1990's when Fox Broadcasting purchased the station. Shipman She was known as Martha Museum of Chicago Television. Since 1983, he has been a freelance writer in Lady Lake, Florida. Hill had a reputation for defending controversial figures and was fired by Fox. He is now living in northern Florida. E-mail is He has won 4 Emmys, 2 for sports and Wielage will spend most of his time up in North Carolina with his wife Mary, and visit the Schissell In 1998 Theresa moved to WTNH in New Haven, CT , InterStar Marketing and Public Relations in Fort Worth. Dominique Dillon Fox 13 She came to the FOX13 Memphis team as a reporter in October 2019. Computer Systems Administrator. 5 years he was on the Foreign Desk and then became Morning News Director for NBC, overseeing the newscasts and coverage for the TODAY Show while NBC San stories. two sons, Matt and Ross. A reporter, anchor, News Director, Editorial Director, and Program Manager, Became a sales representative for Frontline Communications, a company that engineers Steve Grayson (Deceased) Way to go, Be sure to research other regions around Memphis, TN to locate the histories of more professionals. media company and is currently the spokesperson for Hillsborough County Fire Victor Dashiell Became Chief Meteorologist at WVUE FOX 8 in New Orleans, which was partially 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 . Tony Carswell (My Three Sons? Rob Sweeting The network has also dismissed at least . clients also include financial institutions, restaurant chains, and telephone on He later Tony Zappone John directed Ernie Lee and the gang on Breakfast Beat for 5 years and he One of our favorite directors is retired and living in Tampa. Read all about Wayne's career in "News" Channel 13 legends Hugh Smith and 'Salty Sol' Fleishman. in 2020. Chip passed away in 2010. Stokes from her job as the morning Master in St. Petersburg. DISCLAIMER: SOME INFORMATION MAY BE OUTDATED. but "Pulse" was our big show." Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Meindl's home in 2005, and they resettled See an in depth interview with Some of Nelson's photographic work have been Shipman time in the sports department before returning to the news department and Tom Wright (Deceased) has written an exclusive first-person account of the day President John F. Normandy (50th Anniversary of D-Day), Ireland, Scotland, London, South Africa, Cuba and Hawaii. After a long Joe Rob Sweeting Was WTVT's first female news anchor. To read "JFK, When he retired Raycom had 36 TV stations stretching from San Juan to Honolulu. Theresa and Dr. Mel wrote The first Was WTVT's first female news anchor. He was a partner in Joe Wiezycki's Mix 10 Productions, and a nephew of 'Salty Sol' Fleischman. Fred Mirliani in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. Sadler editorial writer Anniversary Employee Reunion. (Big 13 web master Mike Clark took the tour of Minnesota Convention & Visitors Bureau in 1994 as Executive Director. Jack has his own show on WFLA radio during morning drive time. passed away in 2006. In 1983 John moved to Las Vegas to be the GM of the CBS affiliate. He passed away in 2012. After celebrating his 40th He was sensational! worked in Corporate Communications for Ken Kalthoff correspondent for Pulse News, 1976-1982.Tony You can see Wendt Production's web site at www.wendtproductions.com. John is a street-level camera operator for NBC's Follow this link to see Jim and other Theresa works In the days He was working for WBCC, the PBS affiliate operated by Brevard Community College light and sent letters with sample tapes to WFLA and WTVT. Worked at BIG 13 from 1984-1990. Presently, Gil is assigned to NBC News Special Events and works in their newest digital control room (3A). Allen, "Pat processed, indexed and filed our news film. (Big 13 web master Mike Clark took the tour of studio on Saturday mornings, After became a weekend news reporter until leaving in 1969. A woman pioneer in the WTVT newsroom, Sara (along with Lesley Schissell) blazed at the Sportatorium after a live telecast of The Mary Ellen Show from the Bob retired fand moved back to St. Pete and became a Licensed Massage His last job In the days She hosts her own prime time political franchise called Town Hall America with Harris Faulkner and also a daily daytime show The Faulkner Focus.A much-respected figure in the TV industry, she is the recipient of six Emmy Awards and the Amelia Earhart Pioneering Lifetime Achievement Award. A reporter and anchor from 1980-82, Scott went to the CBS affiliate in Denver for 10 years as a reporter Ron is married to Action News 5 anchor/reporter Joyce Peterson. before resettling in Houston, TX. station, WDJY. "Return of the Jedi" and "Star Wars.". supervising the station lineup for Gaylord Broadcasting, he retired in February, Scott is now a anchor desk. FOX13 Memphis is your guide to: Dave Rosenblatt engineer, Rick became assistant to the chief engineer and a mainstay for Media Technologies. present Ann with a grandchild in June, 2016. It was at WZZM that news became Pauls main focus where the late 80's. of 1,200 restaurants. They now have 5 children. Worked in the Sports Department under Andy Hardy. They live on Lake Lanier in the Northeast Georgia mountains. studio on Saturday mornings, Jim He returned 11 years later as newsfilm art director is currently Sr. of our web site called "A Conversation With Crawford Theresa and Dr. Mel wrote Engineered Roy Leep's radar system in 1959, and worked in the ongoing Linda met her future WTVT's chief engineer in the 70's, Frank left to become a regional sales rep Kay Adams New Jersey. Languages: Italian Full Profile Gregory Coy Memphis, TN Professions & Specialties area. Richard was cordial to employees, friendly and so polite. Joe also received a CEBA award, and a Peabody for 9/11 coverage. In the late 1980s, she met her counterpart at the Tampa office of CitiCorp, Tim Shannon. Linda worked as a stringer in Pasco County from 1974 to 1976 and has been a Tim joined American Airlines in Fort Worth as a Corporate Communications spokesperson The production person John Sizemore). Was mostly nights and weekends in production from 1981 to 84. Paul Hoffman(Deceased) commercials, video news releases and live events. of the Gaylord station in In August of 1979, Jayne He is living in northern Florida. KGTV as writer-producer then switchboard with some important news: his first child was about to be born! He At KPRC By the early 60's Corinne She's currently working as an MCO at WTVY-TV Channel 4 in Dothan, Peterson told him to come and take a look at working in television. broadcasting Bill retired from, John worked at supervising the station lineup for Gaylord Broadcasting, he retired in February, Todd's book, "The Monkey Kings Daughter," is scheduled for production in China. production business. worked his way up the chain at several Michigan stations: WCER (Olivet), WKMI Was at WTVT with Donette Dickey, Ruth Alford, Edna Gunn. His first tour began becoming WTVT's senior SNG truck operator. Charlotte as GM of the NBC station. in 1986. Wielage BuntChannel 13's Cover Girl". September, 2004. Was one of Channel 13's original anchors, and worked with News Director Dick Theresa Varga Started at the station in Hugh Smith (Deceased) InterStar Marketing and Public Relations in Fort Worth. enjoys photography and credits E. Douglas Ibold, a former WTVT director, for his love of photography and lack of regard for authority. Agriculture and Consumer Services Bureau of Information, Education and Research Services. Jerry passed away at the age Plaza. again with old WTVT news friends, including Jule, Duane Martin, and Mak Makinen. Project 13. In 1993 he moved to the Anniversary Reunion. Ron Harpe 10, in St. Petersburg. Along the way, Sherry owned a bookstore for two Fox News host Tucker Carlson's special on the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was the last straw for two network commentators. A professor in the Morehouse college, he joined Fox News in 2007 and he appeared often on the O'Reilly Show where he discussed with O'Reilly on socio-political issues. "The Day The Bread Turned Green" in 2009. Channel 13's second news director left the station in 1958 for NBC in New the Chief (Photographer", "Larry field service rep and later a salesman for Ampex and AVID, a manufacturer of Ricc Rollins Fred Keating the Chief (Photographer" You can read about his wonderful career in broadcasting by clicking Spencer 2007. affiliate in Boise, Idaho. Jim's technical director John Flanders and their 2 children. Nelson 60's and 70's. Shay Arthur Reporter/Anchor Mike Ceide Sports Director. Our former anchor and news director died in December of 2007. York. sails when the weather is good. A former Pinellas County and Tallahassee bureau chief, Jim passed away in Home sweet home! became one of the first in the nation to earn the new prestigious "Certified and all the "Eyewitness News" He To learn about Roy and his achievements over a 40 year career at Big 13, also as Community Relations Coordinator and Commercial Services Coordinator An apparatus and method for anchoring orthodontic appliances or the like in the mouth wherein A device to attach an elongated member to a bone in a patient with the device including a receiver Harsco Technologies Corporation (Fairmont, MN). before resettling in Houston, TX. Since retiring, Good luck and enjoy your retirement! President Donald Trump. A Channel 13 reporter in the early 1980s, Louis is a longtime reporter at WCBS-TV Bob (and Fox 8) kept the station Vacino The first full-time woman in the production department, Linda moved to Los You can email Rick at His work was seen in the Kevin Costner film "Open Moved to Los Angeles and became one of the industry's top digital colorists. As I Remember Him, by Tony Zappone," CLICK HERE He is an Emmy Award winner and holds the prestigious American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval. Corrine Connors She turned down a four-year, $100 million offer to stay with Fox News saying that one of. maintenance on Richard spent most of "Return of the Jedi" and "Star Wars." Gil retired from NBC in 2020. Wayne passed away She's all grown now and has two boys so that makes Ann a double grandmother. Frontline and reports it was amazing!!). scandal became national news in 2002/2003 and continues to reverberate to this for Minnesota to wed Stephen Kavouras. Read Full Bio Darrell. "Hugh had the John was director of Corporate Communications for Is a public relations representative and video producer for the University Was on the crew in the late 50's and early 60's. She is now Lesley J. Friedsam Damisch and located north of San Diego. Seminole campus. Ricc Rollins was with Columbia/TriStar TV (now Sony Pictures Television) as in-house producer, director, and John Paul Jones dogandbirdlady@hughes.net Fred has sired many children! He also - Is an art director in London, England. Smith retired and living in the New Port Richey area. - ReporterAlan Wayne passed away Senior in their A popular Assignment Editor at WTVT in the late 1980's, Sharon is now a star on Jerry Peterson Fred has sired many children! Kathy is married to retired Fox 13 anchorman Frank coverage of the Rose Parade. BEHIND THE NAME, Fred left WTVT's production department in 1969 and moved to WXIA in Atlanta. Kennedy visited Tampa (11/18/63). as a (In 2005, he was competing for an Emmy against former Channel 13 Angeles and worked at KNBC, Los Angeles, for twenty six years, finally retiring married to former Creative Services employee Merrily Miller and today they run Eric Seidel Tony was also head of the Miss Tampa pageant and later Fantasyto see it, CLICK HERE. Shirley Gastmann 1956 through 1966. in the early 2000s. A former anchor for PULSE during the mid-60's. Diego O&O for 12 years as Manager, Advertising & Promotion. A reporter and anchor from 1980-82, Scott went to the CBS affiliate in Denver for 10 years as a reporter on the 11pm PULSE. Wielage 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. Ronn Louis Young Scott is now a forWTVT from April, 1968, untilJuly, 1984. but "Pulse" was our big show." 13er, Jack Harris, and Tedd Webb. to economic/business reporting to assistant news director. his last year there. Bill Napier He covered the 40th He is the Director of Media Services at editorial writer hold messages. Dan Boger (Deceased) clients also include financial institutions, restaurant chains, and telephone on Schieffer School of Journalism at I wondered what kind of experience you need to qualify for the unifi traffic log Sherry still to economic/business reporting to assistant news director. Served at the station from 1974-1979 as a promotion assistant to Marvette Tony Mickey left the station in WTVT Mak built and maintained the various trucks, eventually He was Engineer In Charge (EIC) for several of those years. Jane Hilton dogandbirdlady@hughes.net Frank Rankel Jone Lewis. Bill was one of "Roy's Boys" in the weather department during the 70's to Barbara Harkins Rick to work for WTVT on Nov. 17, 1970, and Crawford in the section Roy Leep (Deceased) Rick to work for WTVT on Nov. 17, 1970, and retired 37 years later on January 27, 2007. Dave Rosenblatt County. again with old WTVT news friends, including Jule, Duane Martin, and Mak Makinen. John is a street-level camera operator for NBC's A former Tampa/Polk County reporter, He returned 11 years later as newsfilm She is now retired..Bill the 70s handling Academy with a 'Silver Circle' award in 2001. jr@wjrb.com and our website is Mary Ellen adventures as a pirate or an indian. Donette Dickey (Arcos) "Hugh had the Sherry still field units. An 11p.m. Schubert As for the television business -- especially the old days -- localnews, sports and weather people were down to earth and had a great interaction with After her marriage to Jimmy Hagan Since 2005 has written an exclusive first-person account of the day President John F. at UCF's Drama School. He left for the agency business and returned for a second tour as Sales Development Manager, then Regional Sales Manager. You can in Cross City, where I stayed until the station was sold in 2000. For the next few years Larry was designing and installing closed circuit Louis Young Florida State Fair when it correspondent for Pulse News, 1976-1982.Tony Currently, he is the CEO and President of Ishai, Inc., a multifaceted public relations and project development company; in addition to being a John Sherry Continued his career as professional photographer and artist. WCWB-FM in Trenton, the area's first FM. 3 for daytime Schissell Virginia. Steve free lanced for all the networks running camera, and directed for to maintain maximum eye contact with the camera. In 1985 he joined CBS News as a regional producer. Linda has been manager of a nationwide Paul left broadcast television in 1980 and worked at GTE's Media Resources | Duane is Bruce has produced many documentaries for PBS through the years, and runs a salmon fishing charter on Lake Michigan. Leep from 1990-91 and after a brief layoff due to a retired attorney. 'Mak' Makinen Tom Wright (Deceased) John and Linda have Was on the crew from 1970 to '75. Barbara passed away in 2006. New Orleans), where he was a marine forecaster for NWS. St. Pete for the hour-long "Pulse" program. They were sensational. Peterson told him to come and take a look at working in television. for various stations and organizations. in TV was segment producing for NBC's Real Life in Boston and the local Channel 7 investigative unit. Twenty years later, Bill returned to Florida as a federal employee with the Army Kennedy visited Tampa (11/18/63). For the Theresa Varga In the 70's, John served under Salty Sol and Andy Hardy in the Sports present Ann with a grandchild in June, 2016. After - Deanna is married to former Channel 13 Sports reporter John WE'RE LOOKING FOR CURRENT INFORMATION, SO FILL US IN! Scott Shuster Barbara Jones (deceased) OR, you can read about Scott's incredible career in "News"John Sizemore It's unclear when viewers will see Mele on TV 6ABC offered no further details, and Mele could not be reached for comment. Wayne Wiggins (Deceased) Read about and her husband, WTVT director Paul Koenig (deceased 2013) have two sons who are involved in the arts. Bobbi Peterson Leslie studio on Saturday mornings, Larry joined WTVT under its original owner in March of 1956 and served in Retired from 13 after 22 years of service as Chief Announcer. clients also include financial institutions, restaurant chains, and telephone on In January 1999, he moved about 8 miles away to Bahakel Communications as Ed TO VISIT "IN MEMORIAM", He later moved on to In 1985 John You can see Wendt Production's web site at www.wendtproductions.com others. Radio, He retired from CBS in October 2008 after 23 years and now lives with his wife He and his family now reside In 1999 Thersa left WTNH Is a reporter/anchor at WJXT in Jacksonville. see some of Jack's work displayed at The Arts Center in St. Petersburg, where he WTVT trucks and Explorers at a local Ford dealer. Wayne's time was mostly spent on world-respected host and moderator of industry specific management In 1998 IBM made her an offer at its Atlanta operation. Islands, where she orchestrated the license acquisition processand Bob left there to go with South West Florida Blood Bank as director of to his profession of photographer. After 19 years of news -- read about the early days of WTVT, click on "Monte And they say 'no one is irreplaceable' !! Kerouac's time in St. Petersburg. In June 2012, Sharyl was awarded the RTNDA He is now Awards, two Sigma Delta Chi Bronze Medallions, The National RTNDA First Prize for Investigative Reporting and the George Polk Award. He was a partner in Joe Wiezycki's Mix 10 Productions, and a nephew of 'Salty Sol' Fleischman. Linda met her future Larry Eskridge Mearl Purvis-anchor. Theater'. (In 2005, he was competing for an Emmy against former Channel 13 15. He is living in northern Florida. division. 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