Talk:WFTS-TV

Lists of people

This unsourced list has been moved from the article. Per WP:NLIST and WP:Source list such lists should be sourced, and some notability established for each person, or the list deleted. Each person on this list needs to be sourced before being returned to the article. SilkTork *^YES! 17:14, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

News personalities

News anchors

• Dan Shaffer, weekday morning & noon anchor (since 1996)
• Deiah Riley, weekday morning & noon anchor (since 2003)
• Linda Hurtado, weekday 5 & 5:30 PM anchor & health reporter (since 1994)
• Brendan McLaughlin, weekday 5:30, 6, & 11 PM anchor and host of Flashpoint (since 1994)
• Wendy Ryan, weekday 5, 6, & 11 PM anchor (since 2003)
• John Thomas, weekend morning anchor and weekday reporter (since 1999)
• Ellen McNamara, weekend morning anchor (since 2009)
• Sarina Fazan, weekend evening anchor and weekday reporter (since 1999)

Meteorologists

• Wayne Shattuck, (AMS Seal of Approval) weekend evening meteorologist (since 1994)
• Denis Phillips, (AMS Seal of Approval) chief meteorologist (since 1994)
• Stephanie Roberts, (AMS Seal of Approval) weekday morning & noon meteorologist (since 2008)
• Bill Logan, weekend morning weather forecaster and weekday reporter (since 2004)

Sports anchors

• Tom Korun, weekday sports anchor
• Dan Eassa, sports producer (also fills in for sports anchors) (since 2007)

Traffic anchors

• Meredyth Censullo, morning traffic anchor (since 2008)
• John McQuiston, fill-in traffic anchor (since 2009)

News reporters

• Lissette Campos, Community Calendar/Positively Tampa Bay segments (morning anchor 2001-2005, since 2008)
• Karen Castillo, general assignment reporter (since 2008)
• Carson Chambers, general assignment reporter (since 2007)
• Dustin Chase, general assignment reporter (since 2008)
• Elizabeth Dinh, general assignment reporter (since 2007)
• Alan Cohn, investigative reporter (since 2009)
• Jackie Callaway, chief Taking Action For You reporter (since 2002)
• Don Germaise, general assignment reporter (since 1994)
• Kellie Lightbourn, Your Tampa Bay Weekend contributor (previously Call for Action Attorney reporter)
• Kerry Kavanaugh, consumer reporter (since 2007)
• John Matarese, consumer reporter (based out of WCPO in Cincinnati; since 2003)
• Chris Martinez, general assignment reporter (since 2003)
• Rebecca Medina, general assignment reporter (since 2007)
• Alan "Captain Al" Taylor, Action Air 1 pilot/traffic reporter (since 2002)
• Erik Waxler, sports reporter/fill-in sports anchor (since 2009)
• Ty Wilson, general assignment reporter (since 2009)

Past personalities

• Drew Soicher, sports director (1994-1998) Now at KUSA in Denver.
• Jay Crawford, sports director (1998-2003) Now at ESPN and WCBS-TV in New York City.
• Paul Konrad, meteorologist (1994-1996) Now at WGN in Chicago.
• Bob Kendrick, evening anchor (1994-2003) Currently at CHEK-TV, Victoria, B.C.
• Angie Moreschi, anchor (1995-2001) Now freelance journalist and media consultant in Lutz, Florida.
• Patrick Emory, morning anchor (2001-2003)
• Robin Guess, investigative reporter (2001-2005)
• Martie Tucker (Salt), evening anchor (1994-2003) Now at WFTV in Orlando.
• Lissette Campos, anchor/reporter (2001-2005) Now working in management at WFTS.
• Kelly Swoope, weekend anchor (1994-2002) Now at WMAR in Baltimore.
• Trina Robinson, anchor/reporter (1994-?) Now at WTVJ in Miami.
• Barron Johnson, reporter/freelance reporter (2000-2004, 2006-2007)
• Laura McElroy, reporter (1994-2004) Now working for the Tampa Police, serving as Public Information Officer.
• Nannette Miranda, reporter (2000-2003) Now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles and on KGO-TV In San Francisco as the Sacramento Bureau Chief
• Tracy Sievertson, reporter (2001-2004)
• Mike Mason, investigative reporter (?-2004)
• Peter Bernard, reporter, fill-in weather forecaster (1994-2002) Now at rival WFLA-TV in Tampa as a reporter.
• Doug Smith, weekend anchor (1994-2003) Now at rival WTVT in Tampa as an investigative reporter and fill-in anchor.
• Bob Irzyk, weekend sports anchor (1996-1998) Now at KDAF Dallas as Sports Director.
• Sage Steele, sports anchor and reporter (?-2001) Later moved to Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, now at ESPN
• Scott Hanson, weekend sports anchor (1997-?) Now reporter and host fill-in at NFL Network
• Dave Mikes, morning anchor (1997-2001) Now at Salem Law Group as Communications Manager.
• Heidi Kemp, freelance reporter (2005-2006)
• Stacey Phillips, reporter (1998?-?)
• Ren Scott, 5pm anchor (2002-2004)
• Susan Scarborough, reporter/anchor (1994-1998) Freelanced for Fox News and now owns her own business in Greenville, SC www.UpstateLogo.com
• Dawn Witt, reporter (1994-?)
• Dean Staley, reporter (1994-?) Now at Northwest Cable News in Seattle.
• Carolyn Douglas, reporter (?-?), Now noon anchor at KING5 in Seattle
• Mark Joyella, reporter (1994-?) Now at WPLG in Miami
• Kyle Kraska, sports (1994-1997) Now at KFMB-TV in San Diego.
• Brennan Lothery, sports reporter (1994-1997)
• Joy Petit, Bayview host (retired, ?-2007)
• Mark Olesh, sports anchor (?-?) Now in real estate.
• Josh Talkington, reporter (2004-2007) Now in Nashville, at an advertisement firm.
• Rob Spicker, reporter (1997-2007) Now at WINK-TV in Ft. Myers as an anchor.
• Dawn Pellas, reporter (2006-2007)
• Mary Ann Razzuk, reporter (2007)
• Tracy Jacim, reporter (2007) Now at WOFL-TV Orlando.
• Elizabeth Herrera, reporter (2007)
• Samantha Knapp, reporter (2007)
• Nadia Ramdass, freelance reporter (2007-2008)
• Susan Casper, general assignment reporter/fill-in anchor (2006-2008), now reporter at KNXV-TV in Phoenix
• Joe Demay, morning traffic voiceover (?-2008)
• Jack Harris, WFLA-AM commentary (2005-2008)
• Lisa Remillard, reporter (2005-2008) Now at KTNV in Las Vegas as an anchor.
• Matthew Schwartz, investigative reporter (2005-2008)
• Walt Maciborski, 5pm anchor (2005-2009) Now at KDAF-TV in Dallas.
• Linda Gialanella, weekend meteorologist/fill-in meteorologist (2003-2009)
• James Zambroski, general assignment reporter (2007-2009)
• Porcha Johnson, general assignment reporter (2008-2009)
• Al Keck, weekday sports anchor/sports director (2001-2009)

I completely agree

Please do not add unreferenced names as entries to the lists of employees in articles. Including this type of material in articles does not abide by current consensus and its inclusion is strongly discouraged in our policies and guidelines. The rationales are as follows:

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3. WP:NLIST tells us that lists included within articles (including people's names) are subject to the same need for references as any other information in the article.
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If you look at articles about companies in general, you will not find mention of previous employees, except in those cases where the employee was particularly notable. Even then, the information is not presented just as a list of names, but is incorporated into the text itself (for example, when a company's article talks about the policies a previous CEO had, or when they mention the discovery/invention of a former engineer/researcher). If a preexisting article is already in the encyclopedia for the person you want to add to a list, it's generally regarded as sufficient to support their inclusion in list material in another article. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 04:05, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Incident at the Bellweather Hotel in the early morning yesterday?

While packing our car preparing to check out of this hotel in the early morning we noted an impressive police presence in the lobby of the hotel. Hotel employees were hush, hush about disclosing any info. One man sat quietly on the ground out front. Fire and rescue vehicles were also present. One guest stated he had heard loud screams on the 7th floor and a large police presence there as well. Did any news media pick up on this story??? 98.192.95.12 (talk) 10:04, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

GA Review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:WFTS-TV/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Adog (talk · contribs) 21:03, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Oh, best believe I will review one of the sources I love to cite and read! I want to get this done today, August 28 29, since there is a hurricane coming. If not, I will be up at night to review! Stay tuned! Adog (Talk・Cont) 21:03, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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You know what time it is!

Prose

Lead

• ... it was sold to Scripps the following year after the former's purchase of ABC. to ... it was sold to Scripps the following year after the former purchased ABC.?
• If you wish to reduce wording, "at the same time" could be simply "simultaneously".

History

• ... for a station which would have been called WTSS-TV, which was never built and deleted in 1971 Runs a bit awkward because of the "which"-es. I would replace the first "which" with "that".

As an ABC affiliate

• ... though no reason was given by the network ... could be written as ... the network gave no reason ...

News operation

• ... though the station was considering establishing one runs a bit awkward because of the passive voice and two -ing's here. Maybe ... though the station was contemplating the possibility of creating one?
• In order to to to.
• ... this marked the first time ever WFTS won at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. "ever" might be redundant here, as the emphasis is placed on "first time".

References

• 1, "RabbitEars.Info" to "RabbitEars"?

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Alright, the read-through and skim-through was excellent! Just some suggestions, not much or any corrections here. Spot checks next.

Additional comments or concerns

• "Family sold the station to Capital Cities Communications for more than $30 million.[15] The deal gave Capital Cities its first station in Florida and its first (and only) independent, as well as bringing the group to its then-maximum of seven stations.[15]" Because these statements are back-to-back the first instance of ref. 15 could be omitted.
  • Done
• Ref. 21, was there a reason for "St. Petersburg, Florida" to be included in its location publication parameter as opposed to other references?
  • This used to be automatic for PressPass, but it since has broken. I've removed it across the board.
• Spot check: For the sentence "That meant that the network would no longer have had a coverage gap between Tampa and Fort Myers, ..." I cannot verify the reach to Ft. Myers part in the source attached here. Is there another newspaper article that explains channel 40's reach? The part I read, it only covered Sarasota (its base) and Manatee, but not Lee County where that city is located. Maybe it is in the source in the following sentence?
  • Reworded heavily with new refs. It no longer makes this claim. It does explain why ABC needed WWSB with WTSP but not WFTS though.
• I forget if there was an explanation for this in a past review, ref. 33 might need a Retrieval date.
  • Just was omitted. Fixed.
• Spot check: I am not sure if this source explains the sentence: "The primary reason was that the original channel 28 studios at I-4 and Columbus Drive were simply not large enough; the Himes Avenue facility project was only a plan when the switch was announced". There might be a missing source to match, but this article states channel 28's move to the Tampa facility along Himes (not mentioning Columbus) will not be affected by the loss of NFL programming.
  • Reworded here.
• For the following sentence mentioning "28 Tampa Bay News", I know from the latter sources that is what it is titled, but in the source cited it does not explicitly state such. I would add the source from the next sentence after this one to this sentence to better aid readers in correlating these two references (that was a sentence full from me).
  • Added a new ref here. @Adog: Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:24, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

• Awesome! I am gonna do a once over again. If anything is further, I will ping shortly. Adog (Talk・Cont) 01:50, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Well written + verifiability

The article is well written, with no grammar or sentence structure issues. The article follows the general manual of style. The article cites a variety of reliable sources within its table of contents, and the reference layout is proper. The article has some spot checks to check out above, but no major issues. Earwig turned out good, no outstanding issues regarding plagiarism, copyright, or close paraphrasing. Adog (Talk・Cont) 23:33, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Broadness + focus + neutral

The article is broad in scope of the subject, with a fair and focused perspective on the overall station. The article is written in a neutral manner, giving fair points to all parties. Adog (Talk・Cont) 22:29, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Images + stability

The article's logo image is relevant to the article's content. The paperwork is properly filed. The article is stable, with no active or ongoing edit conflicts. As a side note, the next time I am around Ray Jay I can try to get another photo for this article if needed. Adog (Talk・Cont) 22:29, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

• @Adog: Please! That would be extremely helpful. First round of changes done; the lead was rewritten to be a bit more size-appropriate. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 22:46, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

• @Sammi Brie: All done with the review. Only some minor problems to take a look at further. I will put that on my list the next time I am over there (it might not be high quality, but a quality nonetheless)! :D Adog (Talk・Cont) 23:34, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.