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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 pursuant to a Shared Services Agreement[1], the first of its kind in the United States. This agreement merged virtually all of WTXL-TV's operations with that of Sinclair's NBC affiliate WTWC. Denis LeClair, General Manager of WTXL-TV and WBXT-TV at the time, was made General Manager for WTXL, WBXT and WTWC under this agreement. WTXL-TV 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 (on Deerlake Road). They would remain in that building until February 20, 2006. On February 20, 2006, the partnership between the stations was dissolved after Southern Broadcast Corporation of Sarasota gave notice of termination to the agreement to Sinclair Broadcasting. As a result, WTXL moved out of the WTWC building and discontinued producing news briefs for the station, which it had done since 2001. WTXL is currently the only broadcast network that does not broadcast a high definition signal to Tallahassee residents.

On January 15, 2000, WTXL produced the first newscast for a The WB 100+ Station Group[2] station called the "WB 28 News at Ten." It was a 30-minute newscast which aired Monday through Friday and was produced and anchored by WTXL staff. The newscast ran until the end of August, 2003 and aired only on Comcast Cable ("WB 28" was an affiliate of The WB 100+ Station Group), and billed as Tallahassee's only 10pm newscast. The newscast and cable channel had two variations, "WB 28 News at Ten" and then "WB 6 News at Ten." The newscast on WB 6 was cancelled in the fall of 2003.

WTXL is presently renting studio space from Florida State University's PBS station, WFSU until a new building can be completed for the station. [3] WTXL broke ground on their new facility on June 20, 2006 in the 10/90 Commerce Park in nearby Midway [4] , scheduled to be complete by February 2007.

June 2, 2006 Arrests

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. [5]

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 Evening 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

Main Anchors

  • Lee Mainella (1978) (deceased)
  • Ken Lass (years unknown) (Currently at WVTM)
  • Jerry Brown (years unknown) (Currently at WMBB)
  • Patricia Scott (1995-1997) (5, 6, 11 p.m.)
  • Kelly Harvey (1996?-1999) (6, 11 p.m. Anchor)
  • Tammy Robiconti (1997-2003) (5, 6, 11 p.m.)
  • Myra Monroe (1997-2000) (5 and 5:30 p.m.)
  • Tammie Fields (1998-2001) (Weekends) (Currently at WJXT)
  • Sydney Fisher (?-2000) (Mornings)
  • Rod Carter (?-2000) (Weekends) (Currently at WFLA)
  • Bob Trotter (?-2000) (Weekends)
  • Rick Boone (1999-2002) (Mornings & 5 p.m.) (Currently at KTAL)
  • Dan Cohen (2000-2002) (Weekends) (Currently at KFMB)
  • Cathleen O'Toole (2000-2003) (Mornings) (Currently at WPBF)
  • Steve Ring (2000-2003) (6 and 11 p.m.) (Currently at WVNS)
  • Stacey Brenan (2001-2004) (Weekends)
  • Amy Basista (2002-2005) (5, 6, and 11 p.m.) (Currently at WCMH)
  • James Jackson (2002-2005) (Weekends, then mornings) (Currently at WEAR)
  • Robert Burns (2003-2006) (5:30, 6 and 11 p.m.)

Meteorologists/Weather Anchors

  • Dan Hogan (1979-1980)
  • Charles Paxton (1983-1984) (weekends) (now with National Weather Service Tampa Bay)
  • David Neal (1986?-1987) (Currently at WBRC)
  • Mark Reynolds (years unknown)
  • Connor Vernon (early 1990s) (Currently at WTVY)
  • John Scalzi (early 1990s-1995) (weekends) (Currently at WWSB)
  • Glenn Willey (1990s?) (Currently at WTVD)
  • Justin Kiefer (1994?-1997) (Currently at WMBB)
  • Dave Anthony (Cocchiarella) (?-1997?) (Currently at Central Florida News 13)
  • Tom Siler (1994-2003) (Chief)
  • Gerald Brinkley (mid 1990s?) (Fill-in)
  • Mike Nichols (1997-2000) (Mornings) (Currently at WLWT)
  • Chris Zelman (1999-2001) (Weekends) (Currently at WPTV)
  • Mike Rucker (2001-2002) ("Director of Weather Operations")
  • Stephanie Abrams (2002-2003) (Mornings) (Currently at The Weather Channel)
  • Jordan DeTillio (2002-2004) (Weekends)
  • Joe Sigman (2002-2006) (Fill-in) (Current Promotions Director at WTWC)
  • Joe Smith (2002-2003) (Weekends)
  • Craig Gold (2005) (Weekends) (Currently at KTKA)

Sports Anchors

Reporters and Fill-in Anchors

  • Kim Fettig (?-1997?) (Currently at WGCL-TV)
  • Erika Ragland (1996-1998)
  • Keith Ingram (1997-2001)
  • Ryan Young (2000-2001?) (Currently at WSB-TV)
  • Sandra Edmond (2000-2003)
  • Kimberly Curth (2000-2002) (Currently at WKRG)
  • Lisa Remillard (2003-2005) (Currently at WFTS)
  • Carolyn Kluck (2004) (Fill-in Weekend Reporter)
  • Carley Wegner (2004-2005) (Friday morning entertainment reporter) (Currently at WNCT)
  • Stacy White (2004-2005)
  • Brandon Tucker (2004-2005)

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