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:


 * 1) WP:NOT tells us, Wikipedia is "not an indiscriminate collection of information." As that section describes, just because something is true, doesn't necessarily mean the info belongs in Wikipedia.
 * 2) As per WP:V, we cannot include information in Wikipedia that is not verifiable and sourced.
 * 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.
 * 4) Per WP:BLP, we have to be especially careful about including un-sourced info about living persons.

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)