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WTXL-TV is the ABC-TV affiliate station for Tallahassee, Florida and southern Georgia, broadcasting on channel 27. The station is owned by a Calkins Media-owned subsidiary, "Southern Broadcast Corporation of Sarasota", which also owns WWSB in Sarasota. It was owned by Media Ventures Management and operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group in conjunction with Tallahassee NBC affiliate WTWC until 2006. WTXL was originally housed on Thomasville Road, across the street from Lawton Chiles High School. On March 17, 2001, WTXL moved into the WTWC building in Killearn Lakes Plantation (off of Deerlake Road). They would stay in that building until February 20, 2006. On February 20, 2006, the partnership between the stations was dissolved; WTXL no longer produces news briefs for WTWC, which it had done since 2000. WTXL also produced the "WB 6 News at Ten." It was a 30-minute, Monday through Friday newscast, produced by and anchored by WTXL staff. The newscast ran from 2000 until the end of August, 2003 and aired only on cable ("WB 6" was a station of The WB 100+ Station Group), as Tallahassee's only 10pm newscast. The newscast/cable channel had serveral other identities in the years before WB 6: "WB 28 News at Ten" and then "WB 11 News at Ten". The newscast on WB 6 was finally cancelled in the fall of 2003, due to lack of viewership and talk of a new 10pm newscast coming soon on Tallahassee's FOX station, WTLH.

In addition, WTXL is presently renting studio space from Florida State University's PBS station, WFSU until a new building can be completed for the station, news director Richelle Ridgeway said (a former anchor at sister WWSB). [1] WTXL broke ground on this new facility on June 20, 2006 in the 10/90 Commerce Park in nearby Midway, Gadsden County, Florida [2] , scheduled to be complete by the end of the year.

Controversy

On June 2, 2006, a reporter and photographer from WTXL, photographer Phyllis Joy Ho and reporter Brandon York Beyer, were arrested in Doerun, Georgia for obstruction at the scene of a military helicopter crash at the tower of Albany, Georgia television station WFXL. They were booked at the Colquitt County Jail in Moultrie, Georgia, and later released on a $750 bond. [3]

Current Personalities

  • 5:00, 6:00, 11:00 News Anchor: Lauren Phinney (since 2005)
  • 5:00, 5:30 News Anchor: Lenita Williams (since 2003)
  • Chief Meteorologist: Nancy Dignon (since 2003)
  • Sports Anchor: Jimm Patterson (since 2003)
  • News at Sunrise Anchor: Shonda Knight (since 2003; reporter 2000-2003)
  • News at Sunrise Anchor: Brandon Beyer (since 2005)
  • News at Sunrise Meteorologist: Casanova Nurse (since 2003)
  • Weekend PM Anchor: Lauren Elise (since 2006)
  • Weekend Forecaster: Dave Priem (since 2005; fill-in weather anchor 2003-2004)
  • Weekend Sports Anchor: Brad Dalton (since 2006)
  • Reporter: Amanda Anderson (since 2003)
  • Reporter: Todd Morrill (since 2005)
  • Reporter: Rebecca Baer (since 2006)
  • Reporter: Alex DiPrato (since 2006)

Past Personalities

  • Lee Mainella (1978) (news anchor; deceased)
  • Ken Lass (years unknown) (news anchor) (Currently at WVTM)
  • Jerry Brown (years unknown) (Anchor/reporter) (Currently at WMBB)
  • Kelly Harvey (1996?-1999) (Weekend anchor/General Assignment Reporter/6, 11 p.m. Anchor)
  • Patricia Scott (1995-1997) (5, 6, 11 p.m. Anchor)
  • Tammy Robiconti (1997-2003) (5, 6, 11 p.m. Anchor)
  • Steve Ring (2000-2003) (6 and 11 p.m. anchor) (Currently at WVNS)
  • Robert Burns (2003-2006) (5:30, 6 and 11 p.m. Anchor)
  • Amy Basista (2002-2005) (5, 6, and 11 News Anchor) (Currently at WCMH)
  • Myra Monroe (1997-2000) (Reporter, 5 and 5:30 anchor)
  • Rick Boone (1999-2002) (Morning, 5 p.m. Anchor) (Currently at KTAL)
  • Rod Carter (?-2000) (Weekend News Anchor) (Currently at WFLA)
  • Bob Trotter (?-2000) (Weekend News Anchor)
  • Tammie Fields (1998-2001) (Weekend News Anchor) (Currently at WJXT)
  • Dan Cohen (2000-2002) (Weekend Anchor) (Currently at KFMB)
  • Stacey Brenan (2001-2004) (Weekend News Anchor)
  • James Jackson (2002-2005) (Anchor/reporter) (Currently at WEAR)
  • Sydney Fisher (?-2000) (Morning News Anchor)
  • Cathleen O'Toole (2000-2003) (Reporter, Morning News Anchor) (Currently at WPBF)
  • Dan Hogan (1979-1980) (Weathercaster)
  • Charles Paxton (1983-1984) (Weekend meteorologist) (now with National Weather Service Tampa Bay)
  • David Neal (1986?-1987) (Weather forecaster) (Currently at WBRC)
  • Mark Reynolds (years unknown) (Meteorologist)
  • Connor Vernon (early 1990s) (Meteorologist) (Currently at WTVY)
  • Glenn Willey (1990s?) (meteorologist) (Currently at WTVD)
  • Justin Kiefer (1994?-1997) (Meteorologist) (Currently at WMBB)
  • Dave Anthony (Cocchiarella) (?-1997?) (Currently at Central Florida News 13)
  • Tom Siler (1994-2003) (Chief Weather Anchor/Meteorologist)
  • Mike Nichols (1997-2000) (Morning Meteorologist) (Currently at WLWT)
  • Chris Zelman (1999-2001) (Weekend Meteorologist) (Currently at WPTV)
  • Mike Rucker (2001-2002) (Meteorologist, "Director of Weather Operations")
  • Jordan DeTillio (2002-2004) (Weekend Meteorologist)
  • Stephanie Abrams (2002-2003) (Morning Meteorologist) (Currently at The Weather Channel)
  • Joe Smith (2002-2003) (Weekend Meteorologist)
  • Craig Gold (2005) (Weekend Meteorologist) (Currently at KTKA)
  • Gerald Brinkley (years unknown) (Fill-in Meteorologist)
  • Gene Deckerhoff (1976-1978) (original sports director) (Current play-by-play announcer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Florida State University Seminoles)
  • Tom Mees (1978-1979) (Sports) (ESPN anchor, drowned August 14, 1996)
  • Dave Neal (early 1990s) (Sports anchor) (Currently with Fox Sports South and Jefferson Pilot Sports)
  • Sean Woodland (1998-2000) (Sports) (Currently at WJXT)
  • Seth Grossman (1998-2000) (Sports) (Currently at WBIR)
  • Preston Scott (2000-2006) (Sports Director) (Currently at WNLS-AM 1270 (a.k.a. - "1270 WFLA") in Tallahassee
  • Matt Stitsinger (2001-2003) (Reporter, Weekend Sports anchor) (Currently at WHAS)
  • Tom Block (years unknown) (Sports Director) (Currently with Florida State University and Seminole Radio Network and Sun Sports)
  • Erika Ragland (years unknown) (Reporter)
  • Keith Ingram (1997-2001) (Reporter)
  • Ryan Young (2000-2001?) (Reporter) (Currently at WSB-TV)
  • Sandra Edmond (2000-2003) (Reporter)
  • Kimberly Curth (2000-2002) (Reporter) (Currently at WKRG)
  • Lisa Remillard (2003-2005) (Reporter) (Currently at WFTS)
  • Stacy White (2004-2005) (Reporter)
  • Brandon Tucker (2004-2005) (Reporter)

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