User talk:George F Sheldon

George F Sheldon (b. April 22nd 1966 in South Miami, Florida) is an American radio personality, television traffic reporter and substitute teacher for the State of North Carolina/Buncombe County & Yancey County Public Schools.

Sheldon has had a tremendous broadcasting career beginning in 1984, when he got his start at WQAM AM 560 which is Florida's first radio station. From that point his career took him to WAFC AM/FM in Clewiston, Florida in 1986 as their music director and evening personality. That was just a brief stint as he moved back to Ft. Lauderdale to take on the Music Director's position and mid-day announcer at Joy 107 WJQY FM 106.7 under the programming veteran Les Howard. George stayed there part-time until 1994 when they were sold to SBS and changed formats to Spanish.

During George's tenure at Joy 107 George was offered a full-time traffic reporting job at Metro Traffic Control in 1988. While at Metro Traffic they changed their name to Metro Networks and George's voice was heard on numerous South Florida radio stations for 9 years. Sheldon stayed at Metro Traffic Control until October 7th 1997 then moved on to work for AM/FM Radio Stations' WKSF 99.9 Kiss Country as their weekend/fill-in announcer in Asheville, North Carolina. He was at Kiss Country from 1997-1999.

Sheldon went back to school to get his teaching certification to work part-time for the NC Public School System starting in 2000. While working as a substitute teacher, George did voice-over work. In 2004 George was offered an opportunity to return to traffic reporting in Miami, FL. This time for Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network under traffic veteran Joe Brennan. Sheldon was at Total traffic for two years until March 7th 2007. Sheldon was heard on radio stations from Vero Beach to Key West, Fl voice-tracking traffic reports.

In the latter half of 2007 George approached Sinclair Broadcast Group's WLOS TV in Asheville, NC to create traffic reporting for the station, which they accepted. George started with them April 7th 2008 and continues as an integral part of their regular weekday morning and afternoon news broadcasts. Additionally, George continues substitute teaching for NC Public Schools in Buncombe and Yancey Counties.

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