When meteorologist Howard Shapiro first walked on the set of "Breakfast Beat" in 1974, it was a major culture shock. ...more

October 23, 2009

Sarasota's 24-hour cable television news channel will resume operation at 5 p.m. Thursday, station owner and general manager Linda DesMarais said. SNN, launched by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in 1995, went off the air in January after an attempt to sell the news operation to DesMarais and other investors fell through. A key investor backed out, but DesMarais, her husband, Douglas Barker, and other investors in LDB Media LLC have negotiated the purchase, which should close this week. ...more

February 25, 2009

The past three years have been disappointingly dry for fish, flowers and farmers. ...more

January 7, 2009

Tammie Souza says she is ready to take the weather forecasting at WTSP, Channel 10, in a new direction. ...more

November 1, 2008

Tammie Souza says she is ready to take the weather forecasting at WTSP, Channel 10, in a new direction. "It's going to be a team effort here, and there will be more involvement from the public," says Souza, who is scheduled to go on air Monday as the first female chief meteorologist in the Tampa-St. Petersburg television market. ...more

October 31, 2008

Changes are coming to the morning news programs on ABC affiliate WFTS, Channel 28. ...more

October 10, 2008

Changes are in the works for the morning news programs on ABC affiliate WFTS, Channel 28, where viewers will see a new weekday meteorologist and new traffic reporter beginning Monday. Meteorologist Stephanie Roberts and traffic reporter Meredyth Censullo are joining the early editions of "ABC Action News" with anchors Deiah Riley and Dan Shaffer. ...more

October 9, 2008

Tammie Souza, a weather forecaster from Chicago, will become the first female chief meteorologist in the Tampa-St. Petersburg television market. ...more

September 11, 2008

It's official. The Tampa-St. Petersburg TV market is getting its first female chief meteorologist. WTSP, Channel 10, has confirmed that Chicago weather forecaster Tammie Souza is going to be the station's chief meteorologist, replacing Dick Fletcher, who died in February after a stroke. ...more

September 10, 2008

It was a forecast that Anna Allen couldn't make. The 43-year-old meteorologist says she was surprised by a sudden, unexpected termination from WTSP, Channel 10. ...more

August 22, 2008