ShopTalk | Weather WJXT Chief Meteorologist Hospitalized By Andrew Gauthier on Sep. 9, 2011 - 9:55 AM George Winterling, who has been chief meteorologist at WJXT for 47 years, is in the hospital after falling ill on Wednesday night. According to the station, Winterling’s family is not yet ready to release details of his co ...
Law & Ethics | ShopTalk Jacksonville Police Remove Scanners From Local Newsrooms By Andrew Gauthier on Sep. 6, 2011 - 12:42 PM In a move that had been anticipated for weeks but is no less debilitating, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office removed police scanners from local newsrooms last week. In announcing their decision to remove the scanners back in ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather WTSP Officially Names Mark Collins to Weather Team By Merrill Knox on Aug. 19, 2011 - 9:56 AM WTSP, the CBS affiliate in Tampa, has for the second time this week announced a new member of their weather team — Mark Collins, a St. Petersburg native. Collins joins Jim Van Fleet, who was named chief meteorologist at WTSP ...
ShopTalk Kathryn Bonfield Leaves Post at WFLA to Become WJXT’s News Director By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 14, 2011 - 12:00 PM Kathryn Bonfield, an assistant news director for Tampa’s WFLA, is moving to the other side of Florida to become news director for Jacksonville’s WJXT. The Post-Newsweek-owned independent station announced this week tha ...