By Kevin Eck on Jun. Students, staff, family, and friends came together on Friday for the annual unified basketball game at Fort Myers High School. This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). We caught up with some nurses in the NICU who will tell you, time flies when youre taking care of our tiniest patients. WINK-TV was the first television station in Southwest Florida and is the fifth-oldest surviving station in the state. Kristins colleagues at Wink News include: Kristin served as a news weekend anchor and weekday reporter at Fox 35 Orlando, WOFL-TV from October 2014 to October 2018. He served as morning anchor for 15 of his 17 years with Waterman Broadcasting at the Fort Myers-based television . Prior to that, Kristin served as a news weekend anchor and weekday reporter at Fox 35 Orlando, WOFL-TV from October 2014 to October 2018. High humidity will make our afternoon feels like temperatures reach the 90s in many spots. In an amended filing last year the suit added Kilgore andJoe Schwartzel,WINK's general manager,Dr. Gamez andMaria Gamez, believed to be the doctor's wife, Lee Memorial Hospital and Lee Memorial Health Systemas defendants. Its a year-long program that gives [], A group of young adults started an Instagram page to get volunteers into hard-hit communities to help clean up after Hurricane Ian, rebuilding Southwest Florida one neighborhood at a time. However, it has always been a primary CBS affiliate. Suncoast Regional Emmy Award nomination for reporting on a "Bomb Squad Search at a Home in Cape Coral. June 2018 to present: Anchor for WINK News This Morning. WINK's 6:30 p.m. newscast expands to weekends on WXCW. Stacy was the morning anchor at WINK from December 2006 to April 2017. Emmy Award winning news anchor with 10 years of newsroom experience in multiple roles as a anchor, reporter, photographer, editor & producer.<br><br>A talented and skilled communicator with a . P.E Coach Aaron Waldoat at Tortuga Preserve Elementary wears [], Theres a new effort to get people to check out other attractions besides the beach in Southwest Florida. Having begun as the sidekick alongside former WINK Wake Up Show host Tim Burns in the late 1980s, Sue continues to host what is now the Harrisburg Areas longest-running morning radio show. [9] WINK-TV also added a half-hour late morning newscast at 10 a.m. on September 6, 2011 (which was later dropped). Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, who served as the run game and offensive coordinator for the 49ers between 2017 and 2021, acquired Wilson from his former team via trade on November 1. She earned an Emmy nomination in 2019 for her reporting on a bomb squad search. They say they followed all the rules, but can't get their claim paid, so they contacted WINK investigates reporter Cline . Cape Coral couple encounters issues with contractor after Hurricane Ian, Where do we grow from here: Southwest Floridas rising rent, NICU nurses recall Lee Health history, celebrate Golisano Childrens Hospitals 5th birthday, Former patients join in celebrating fifth birthday celebration for Golisano Childrens Hospital, Big Brothers, Big Sisters trying to recruit 100 SWFL men in 100 days, Valeries House receives large donation, hopes to build new home, SWFL Family grateful for free counseling services at Golisano Childrens Hospital, Dunbar High School marching band invited to Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, SWFL teen earns 138 merit badges as an Eagle Scout, Winds stoke brush fires and prompt evacuations across Southwest Florida, Fort Myers High School hosts annual unified basketball game, Public adjuster answers your hurricane-related property insurance questions. Although the call letters appear to be an outgrowth of its CBS affiliation, in fact they were simply carried over from its radio sister, which adopted them in 1944seven years before the CBS Eye made its first appearance. Chris was one of the first reporters on the air when a tornado tore through a Cape Coral residential neighborhood in 2016 and anchored coverage from the neighborhood for two days as the damage assessment and clean-up began. Kirstin is an American journalist currently working at WFTV Channel 9 Eyewitness News as a news anchor since November 2021. When she's away from work, Amanda enjoys reading, shopping, traveling, and cheering on the Florida Gators! This created a large doughnut in southwest Florida where there could be only one VHF license. Wind gusts will not become as strong as yesterday. Its the opportunity of a lifetime, and I feel very lucky to have gotten it, Stacy said. Florida Fish and Wildlife will handle the investigation with the assistance, if needed, of [], It is a period of insurance insanity. The former morning news anchor left WINK in March when her contract was not renewed. Here, he has covered and uncovered many big stories ranging from hurricanes Charley, Wilma (anchoring for 24 hours straight) and Irma, to a year-long investigation into FEMA underpaying victims of Hurricane Charley for their flood damage. The former Naples fire chief, Pete Dimaria, admitted to the affair to an investigator. It is owned by the McBride family and their Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, making it one of a handful of TV stations today to have locally-based ownership. It was a joint announcement from House and the. Later on, Kristin earned a bachelors in broadcast journalism in 2010. Nine-year-old dog Bear was featured on Pet Pals in [], Most of Sanibel is still unrecognizable one month after Hurricane Ian. As we prepare to close out 2022, WINK News decided to take a look back at the past years crazy rent prices and revisit a series we did seven years ago called: Where [], For some, its hard to believe Golisano Childrens Hospital is already celebrating the 5th birthday of its $200 million state-of-the-art facilities. WINK-TV was the first television station in Southwest Florida and is the fifth-oldest surviving station in the state. WINK NEWS May 2022 - Present10 months Fort Myers, Florida, United States Post is an articulate news anchor, who makes you feel like you are family. Content will be created in multiple styles to include one-on-one interviews, news segments and featured focused stories. Cable and satellite are all but essential for acceptable television reception in much of the market, even in the digital age. This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). He also enjoys being on the air and managing and working with the staff. Not only was there a game, but college students showed up for a dunk contest. There, her major role was to interview business leaders, CEOs . [1] It carried programming from the four major networks of its era: CBS, NBC, ABC and DuMont in the first two decades of its existence. WINK News volunteers at Corky Condons [], More than a week after Hurricane Ian washed away swaths of Southwest Florida, search and rescue teams from all over the U.S. are still combing through the ruins in places like Fort Myers Beach to find anyone who may have been left behind. In 2016, Amandacovered the presidential candidates including two nationally televised debates and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Krista got her start at KEVN in Rapid City, South Dakota as a reporter in 1997. WINK News hired her in 2022, but she hasnt been able to start working because of housing complications brought [], Five black skimmers, an endangered species, were intentionally run over and killed by a Marriot employee in a golf cart. Every year, they help us raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to feed families through the WINK Feeds Families Hunger Walk and countless other events in the area. Get TVSpy delivered straight to your inbox. Read more about this topic: WINK-TV, News Operation. Previously, Kristin served as a news weekend anchor and weekday reporter at Fox 35 Orlando, WOFL-TV from October 2014 to October 2018. He followed up with families having trouble with insurance payments and contractors not living up to their promises. Q:I watch WINK News in the morning and have noticed their morning anchor, Jen Stacy, is no longer on and her bio is no longer on their website. However, she noted that bothentitieswere subsequently removed from the lawsuit because there was no connection between the health system and the case,Dr. Gamez is not an employee of Lee Memorial Health System and the patient medical records at issue were not Lee Memorial Health System files, she said. "; Two Heart of America Gold Awards from the Kansas City Press Club for a special report on "Surviving a Mass Shooting" and for several reports on human and sex trafficking in mid-Missouri. She likes to keep her personal life private hence Christin has not mentioned any details concerning her relationship status. Expect sustained winds between ten to twenty miles per hour, with wind gusts as strong as thirty []. She got her start in her career working as an editor and photographer at Univision Orlando from Oct 2010 Sep 2012. Ive enjoyed a fulfilling and lengthy television career, but I am excited about my venture into the private sector, that will also allow me to be home at night with my family.. [3], On September 28, 2022, WINK-TV staff endured extensive criticism on social media after meteorologist Dylan Federico filmed and tweeted a young cat struggling outside the studio during Hurricane Ian. As more people start to pile into the area, and beaches reopen, the fish kill will become a bigger problem. The station began broadcasting on March 23, 1954, owned by the family of taxicab magnate and Cleveland Browns founder Mickey McBride along with WINK radio ( 1240 AM, later used on 1200 AM; and 96.9 FM ). One of the biggest issues people are dealing with when it comes to insurance after Hurricane Ian is property damage. Baldwin starts her career with WVIR-TV in Charlottesville 2001 and the later start anchoring for WOWK-TV in Huntington. However, Fort Myers is sandwiched between MiamiFort Lauderdale (channels 2, 4, 6, 7 and 10) and West Palm Beach (channels 5 and 12) to the east and Tampa Bay (channels 3, 8, 10, and 13) to the north. Kristin is around 33 years old. The topic "the evolution of television news in Southwest Florida and his role at the Beacon of H.O.P.E." Andrea Henderson joined the NBC4 morning team in the Fall of 2020, but she is no stranger to the . Looks like about 400%. He loves that each day is different, and no day is ever the same. #1 of 65. Mary Briggs, a spokeswoman forthe hospital and LMHS, said they would have no comment. The station began broadcasting on March 23, 1954, owned by the family of taxicab magnate and Cleveland Browns founder Mickey McBride along with WINK radio (1240 AM, later used on 1200 AM; and 96.9 FM). Self - News Reporter 1 episode, 2014 Scott Warren . She also loves animals, her MORE, John has been at Cumulus Radio since 1989 when he started as the back-up sports and newscaster before taking over the WINK Eye in the Sky traffic duties in 1995. Its when you sign over your insurance rights to a contractor or a third party. Chris anchored WINKs hurricane preparedness coverage in the years after Charley and Wilma - live from the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans. [4][5] Following additional criticism, staff deleted their original tweets featuring the video and Federico disabled responses and chose to hide critical responses on his account.[6]. On October 20, 2007, WINK-TV became the first television station in Southwest Florida to begin broadcasting in high definition. "He had to wait to get this behind him,", The suit alleged that once WINK Newsdirector Russ Kilgore saw that the story involved Dr. Gerardo A. Gamez, his family physician, he directed Dougherty and his producers to kill the story.. For two months in a row, air travel at Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) was off by a lot, about 20% year [], Many teachers have access to a panic button. Ordinarily, WINK News would provide her mugshot. Presently, she is hosting the show CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin. It is therefore not publicly known if Kristin is single dating or married. urniture store coming to former Sports Authority space in Naples, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Shes worked in tv and radio, but really enjoys the freedom radio gives her to have a laugh. AmandaHallWINK amanda.hall@winktv.com Professional Experience Amanda joined the WINK News team in October 2011. She likes to keep her personal life private hence Christin has not mentioned any details concerning her relationship status. Before that, he was an anchor, reporter, and News Director at WMDT-TV in Salisbury, Maryland. Chief meteorologist Haley Webb feels sadness, joy, over final days at NBC-2 Following 12 years as chief meteorologist at NBC-2, Haley Webb is leaving after May 24. When shes not on the air or working, you can find her spending time with her husband and son. I was shot and now Ive had surgery and []. In some schools they wear panic buttons at all times. Adams started her career in Laredo, Texas before she moved on to Cadillac, Mich., Tallahassee, Fla., and Tucson, Ariz. before joining WINK in 2003. The original suit,filed Aug. 13, 2015, alleged that WINK newsfired Dougherty, 33, on July 27 because he would not destroy notes, video, photos and other information related to a story involving about 100 boxes of patient medical records, includingcredit card receipts, shot records,Social Security numbers and other detailed patient informationfound in an auctioned-off storage unit, "This means that Matt did nothing wrong," Lask said of the settlement. Firefighters are battling several brush fires in Charlotte County; the one off McCall Road threatens several buildings, including a church. Chris has won several awards for his reporting including an Emmy in 2002 for coverage of Dale Earnhardts death. Carilla will report for the WBBH and anchor the newly launched NBC2 Alert Center during the 4p.m. Kristins average salary is $61,987 annually. Many remember being a broke college student surviving on ramen noodles and fast food. Expect sustained winds between ten to twenty miles per hour, with wind gusts as strong as thirty []. That [], Southwest Florida is quickly approaching one of the biggest fundraisers in the fight against breast cancer. This is due in large part to the extremely high penetration of cable and satellite in Southwest Floridaone of the highest in the nation. Kristin was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the United States. The people. How much should your insurance company pay, and can an adjuster stack on costs? Tom and Susan Jackson, [], The cost of living skyrocketed this year as Southwest Florida continued to grow and as it works to rebuild after Hurricane Ian. Years of fundraising and construction all lead up to the parade [], Jocelyn Andersen doesnt remember her time in the NICU at Golisano Childrens Hospital but her dad remembers it like it was yesterday. Brooke Baldwin is one of the most popular journalists and television news anchors who are employed by CNN. When [], To avoid people with mental illness going in and out of jail without their real problems being addressed, Collier County has a specialty court dedicated to the issue. A fish kill is filling up the water in Southwest Florida. It was a rough start, to say the least. While there, he spent 24 hours at the State Emergency Operations Center immediately after the 9/11 attacks, covering the states plans in case of local attacks or uprisings. Stacy anchored the five-hour morning news program for more than five years at WINK, where she previously was a weekend anchor and started as a health reporter. Prior to joining WINK-TV, Chris was an anchor and investigative reporter for WYFF-TV in Greenville, South Carolina. Chris also worked as a management and financial consultant in Los Angeles prior to working in television news. My family is Greek and it is BIG! Her strengths are breaking through the. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Five months after Hurricane Ian, one Cape Coral family lives in limbo. Former WINK anchor, Rob Spicker, is speaking out about his departure from the station in a lengthy Facebook post. Sanibel firefighters tried to return later the same night they evacuated the island for the storm, but [], Hospitals in Southwest Florida are finally getting back to normal operations after Hurricane Ian, including a group of disabled interns with Project SEARCH, who returned to work on Monday. Students, staff, family, and friends came together on Friday for the annual unified basketball game at Fort Myers High School. Mojo is a 6-year-old lab mix looking for a patient family to call his own. The 17-year-old is now among 474 scouts in the history of [], High temperatures will climb into the 80s and low 90s under mostly sunny skies. Previously worked at KMIZ in Columbia, Missouri as a weekend anchor and reporter. You know, the debris is phenomenal, said Randy Sanders of Missouri Task [], One of Gulfshore Business 40 Under 40 nominees for 2022 is a woman whose goal goes beyond Southwest Florida, as she works to keep families together and out of the foster care system. As more people start to pile into the area, and beaches reopen, the fish kill will become a bigger problem. [citation needed], During the landfall of Hurricane Ian on September 28, 2022, the station's studio in downtown Fort Myers was inundated by storm surge flooding from nearby Billy Creek, knocking WINK-TV, WXCW and their sister radio stations off the air. She was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and grew up in Kennesaw, Georgia, to her caring and loving father and mother. Jenna has an unhealthy obsession with Star Wars. Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication, University of Florida. Fort Myers Broadcasting also provides certain services to three Naples-licensed stations under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Sun Broadcasting: CW affiliate WXCW (channel 46), low-power Univision affiliate WUVF-LD (channel 2), and low-power Azteca Amrica affiliate WANA-LD (channel 18). [19] As of March 4, 2019, WINK-DT2 also carries the MyNetworkTV programming service on weeknights, filling in programming for all time slots outside of the MyNetworkTV programming schedule with the Antenna TV schedule;[20] the March 2019 relaunch of WINK-DT2 as a dual Antenna TV/MyNetworkTV affiliate restored in-market access to the MyNetworkTV programming service to southwest Florida for the first time since Comcast's July 1, 2015 closure of former cable-exclusive dual MyNetworkTV/This TV affiliate, WNFM-TV. "After 22 years as a news anchor, I am leaving WINK TV to begin a new chapter in my life . Before, Kristin worked as a morning news anchor at WINK News in St Cloud, Florida. Petersburg, which were and continue to be available with outdoor antennas. The stations share studios on Palm Beach Boulevard (SR 80) in northeast Fort Myers, while WINK-TV's transmitter is located north of Fort Myers Shores, near the CharlotteLee county line. In the early days of broadcast television, there were twelve VHF channels available and 69 UHF channels (later reduced to 55 in 1983). "Former WINK Anchor Trey Radel Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives", http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf. After audience ratings successes and community involvement that raised an impressive amount of money for local charities, Stacy said she was shocked and disappointed to learn in a March 15 meeting that her time was up at WINK. [22][citation needed], Last edited on 24 February 2023, at 21:34, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Hurricane Ian Storm Surge Causes Overnight Rescue From Fort Myers Broadcasting / Sun Broadcasting Studios", "WINK News begins broadcasting again after Hurricane Ian", "FL Weatherman Slammed for Posting Video of Cat Struggling in Hurricane Ian", "Reporter criticized for not rescuing cat stranded by Hurricane Ian surge", https://twitter.com/DylanFedericoWX/status/1575289285028233218, http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=211996, In Fort Myers, WINK Replacing Oprah with Newscast, On the Heels of New Afternoon Newscast, WINK Prepares Weekend Expansion, WINK Adds 10 a.m. Newscast to Daily Programming. Stacy was working Saturday during the annual Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival at Tin City as part of CityFestin Naples. She join anchors Emily Burris and Greg Park on Monday morning starting at 5a.m. She got her start in her career working as an editor and photographer at Univision Orlando from Oct 2010 Sep 2012. MORE, Denny Logan is the longtime co-host of the WINK Wake Up Show alongside Sue Campbell. Taylor and Rhett Stanberry, who in December caught an albino boa constrictor in Naples, went out to remove the eastern diamondbacks, a species of rattlesnake not uncommon [], After the devastation left behind by Hurricane Ian, many in Southwest Florida were faced with the difficult decision of packing up and leaving or staying behind to rebuild. EffectiveMonday,Deanne Brinkreplaces Stacy as morning anchor on WINK. Content WriterThe Brandon AgencyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina, Former WINK Morning Anchor Jennifer Stacy Returns to Local Television, An error has occurred, please try again later. Since her departure from WINK, she has been working for a local company that runs restaurants locally. Broadcast Center | Fort Myers Broadcasting Co. | Sun Broadcasting, Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WINK-TV&oldid=1141397284, This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 21:34. She comes from WINK News, which is the CBS station in Fort Myers, Florida. Harry Chapin Food Bank feeding Southwest Floridas rural communities, Married snake wranglers remove 2 rattlesnakes from Estero front yard, 85-year-old determined to rebuild south Fort Myers home damaged by Ian, Dogs featured on Pet Pals spending holidays with new SWFL families, Firefighters, part-time residents describe rescues, repairs on Sanibel, Project SEARCH provides opportunities for SWFL hospital interns with disabilities, Rebuild SWFL Instagram page brings young volunteers together to clean up after Ian, Missouri Task Force 1 continues looking for survivors in Fort Myers Beach, 40 Under 40: Mother of 4, CEO keeping SWFL children out of foster care, Winds stoke brush fires and prompt evacuations across Southwest Florida, Fort Myers High School hosts annual unified basketball game, Public adjuster answers your hurricane-related property insurance questions. Stacy was invited to stay on until her contract expired in April, but she chose not to do so, she said. Ohio University,E.W. Firefighters are battling several brush fires in Charlotte County; the one off McCall Road threatens several buildings, including a church. Stacy is an avid scuba diver and has a lifetime behind the helm of boats from Lake Erie in her home state of Ohio to the Gulf in Southwest Florida. Chris has spent most of his career in Southwest Florida - joining WINK-TV in 2002. He has brought important national issues back home reporting from Washington DC. Belinda Post is an American Lifestyle TV Host, News Anchor, and Traffic Anchor but currently under no contract. Therefore, Kristin has accumulated a decent fortune over the years she has worked. Aug 11, 2016 at 12:00 am. [2] On September 30, WINK-TV returned to the air from a makeshift studio at its transmitter site, though using WXCW's main channel to broadcast the WINK-TV schedule. After two years as the weekend anchor, Taylor was promoted to a full time anchor for WINK News This Morning. He made a full recovery. Former WINK news anchor and Pine Island resident Jim McLaughlin was Thursday night's guest speaker at the Southwest Florida Museum of History in Fort Myers. MORE, Danielfills in on the air for our regularly scheduled weekday personalities and brings you The Best Music on many weekends. MORE, Sally wants to live in a world surrounded by coffee and potato chips. A fish kill is filling up the water in Southwest Florida. [citation needed] WINK-TV operates two news bureaus: the Charlotte County Bureau in the Charlotte Sun newsroom in Charlotte Harbor and the Collier County Bureau in Naples. Most people think of breast cancer as a womans disease., but men are affected too. Katz is a former news anchor for WINK-TV in Fort Myers. Amanda volunteers and contributes to several annual events for charitable organizations including Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida, Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida, Healthy Start of Southwest Florida, Multicultural Centre of Southwest Florida, and the Southwest Florida Reading Festival. Anchor 1 episode, 2014 Denise Dador . She anchors week nights at4:00 PM,7:00 PM, and11:00 PMon WINK-TV and6:30 PM and 10:00 PMon WXCW. Before joining Fox 35 Orlando, Kristin serves as a morning anchor and producer at WLTZ NBC 38 and The CW GA-BAMA in Columbus, Georgia, from Aug 2012 Aug 2014. to 6p.m. Students, staff, family, and friends came together on Friday for the annual unified basketball game at Fort Myers High School. We were told by our homeowners association that our rates would go up. That may sound like its related to a threat, but in reality, it could involve any emergency. Not only was there a game, but college students showed up for a dunk contest. [7], On May 26, 2011, WINK-TV debuted an hour-long 4 p.m. newscast, one of many added on television stations around the United States on that date to replace The Oprah Winfrey Show, which ended its 25-year run the day before. Not only was there a game, but college students showed up for a dunk contest. Kristin resides in St Cloud, Florida. I went in with the hope of renewing my contract, but the new news director blindsided me and said they are going in a new direction, Stacy said. Mentoring up-and-coming journalists is very important to Chris. He has moderated gubernatorial, House candidate, and city/county candidate debates. Syndicated programs broadcast on WINK-TV include Live with Kelly and Ryan, TMZ on TV, Castle, Inside Edition, and Rachael Ray. In Naples, city council authorized the city manager to spend up to $100,000 to expedite the cleanup of dead fish within the city waterways []. 2023 www.news-press.com. Katz, according to a statement, will oversee the creation of a wide range of educational, informative and unique video content for HealthLynked. Before joining WINK, Stacy was the primary news anchor at NBC TV affiliates in Toledo, Ohio, and Parkersburg, West Virginia, and had news and production positions at stations in Cleveland and Boston. Previously worked at KMIZ in Columbia, Missouri as a. [21] It moved its digital signal to UHF channel 50 in mid-2011. Kristin gets her wealth from her work at WFTV Channel 9 Eyewitness News as a news anchor since November 2021. She most recently served as the traffic anchor on "KCTV5 News This Morning" 5-8 AM. Email it with your name and city of residence to intheknow@naplesnews.com. Before joining Fox 35 Orlando, Kristin serves as a morning anchor and producer at WLTZ NBC 38 and The CW GA-BAMA in Columbus, Georgia, from Aug 2012 Aug 2014. 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