WTXF-TV Personalities

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This is a list of personalities for WTXF-TV and predecessor station WTAF-TV, which is owned by Fox and is located in Philadelphia.

Anchors

Sharon Crowley

Sharon Crowley is a co-anchor on Good Day Philadelphia.

Joyce Evans

Joyce Evans is a weekend co-anchor on the Fox 29 Ten O'Clock News.

Jennaphr Frederick

Jennaphr Frederick is a co-anchor on Good Day Philadelphia.

Jennaphr Frederick joined the "Good Day Philadelphia" team as a co-host in September, 2003. Prior to becoming a morning person, Jennaphr was a general assignment reporter for the FOX "Ten O'clock News."

Before joining the FOX family in October 1999, she worked for two years as an investigative reporter for WKBW-TV, the ABC affiliate in Buffalo, NY. A diverse background has helped Jennaphr to develop a proficiency in newsgathering. Before working at WKBW-TV, she was part of the morning team for WTVR-TV in Richmond, VA, a CBS affiliate. She speaks Spanish fluently and takes pride in having worked as an anchor and investigative reporter for KGNS-TV in Laredo, TX, a NBC affiliate and bilingual station. It was there that she started her career and frequently reported stories in Spanish.

Jennaphr is a Florida native and a graduate of the State University of New York, Buffalo with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. She currently resides in Philadelphia with her husband, Steve. During her free time she enjoys snowboarding, golfing and traveling.

Kerri-Lee Halkett

Kerri-Lee Halkett is a co-anchor on Good Day Philadelphia.

Dave Huddleston

Dave Huddleston is a weekday co-anchor on the Fox 29 Ten O'Clock News.

George Mallet

George Mallet is a co-anchor on Good Day Philadelphia.

Dawn Stensland

Dawn Stensland is a weekday co-anchor on the Fox 29 Ten O'Clock News. She is married to Larry Mendte, a former WABC-TV anchorman and former Access Hollywood co-host who currently serves as the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. anchor at KYW-TV. They have one child, Michael (born April 1, 2004), together, along with Mendte's two children from a previous marriage.

Meteorologists

David Aldrich

David Aldrich is the meteorologist on WTXF's weekend newscasts.

Rob Guarino

Rob Guarino is the chief meteorologist for WTXF. He appears weeknights.

Sue Serio

Sue Serio is the meteorologist on Good Day Philadelphia.

Serio has hosted numerous radio shows on stations: WKSZ-FM in Philadelphia, where she was co-host of a morning show; WMGK-FM Philadelphia, where she was host and producer of the popular "Magic After Dark," and WBAL-AM in Baltimore where she was mid-day radio host and personality.

Graduating cum laude with a B.A. in mass communications, Serio attended college at Towson State University in Maryland. She started her career in radio, which she admits to being her "first love," while attending Towson State in 1977. A five time Emmy nominee from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Serio was honored by the Academy in November, 1994 when she received the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award for weathercaster. In June, 1995, she received a Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University. She is also included in "Who's Who Among American Women."

During her free time, Serio enjoys spending time with her family, exploring the computer, crafts and needlework, and going to the movies. Serio and her husband, Bill Vargus, weekend sports anchor for the "FOX Ten O'Clock News", currently reside in Philadelphia with their daughter Nia Patricia.

Sports

Don Tollefson

Don Tollefson is the sports director and a sports anchor for WTXF. He is the host of Eagles Game Day Live, and also has a radio show on Sports Radio 950 WPEN.

Bill Vargus

Bill Vargus is a weekend sports anchor on the Fox Ten O'clock News.

Reporters

John Atwater

John Atwater

Jeff Cole

Jeff Cole

Claudia Gomez

Claudia Gomez

Bruce Gordon

Bruce Gordon

Sheinelle Jones

Sheinelle Jones

Sheinelle Jones joined the FOX 29 team in July 2005 as a general assignment reporter for "Good Day Philadelphia." She reports breaking news during the four-hour morning show.

Sheinelle was born in Philadelphia and raised in Wichita, Kansas. She is excited to be back in Philly with family.

Prior to joining FOX 29, she was in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she was an anchor for KOKI-FOX 23's 5pm newscast and a reporter for the 9pm newscast. While there, she was awarded top place for outstanding news reporting and overall excellence from the National Association of Black Journalists and the Oklahoma Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. She also received an investigative reporting award from the Oklahoma Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Prior to working in Tulsa, Sheinelle was a morning anchor and reporter for WICS-TV in Springfield, Illinois.

A 2000 graduate of Northwestern University, Sheinelle majored in Broadcast Journalism with a concentration in Spanish.

Steve Keeley

Steve Keeley

Gerald Kolpan

Gerald Kolpan

Dorothy Krysiuk

Dorothy Krysiuk is the traffic reporter on Good Day Philadelphia. And sooo hot and pretty

Dr. Brian McDonough

Dr. Brian McDonough is WTXF's medical reporter.

Dave Schratwieser

Dave Schratwieser

Nick Smith

Nick Smith

Nick Smith joined the FOX 29 team in January 2005. Nick co-anchors the 5 to 6am news on "Good Day Philadelphia," then hits the street to cover the morning news for FOX 29 viewers.

Prior to joining FOX 29, Nick covered hurricanes Charley, Danielle, Frances and Jeanne for the ABC owned-and-operated stations and affiliates during the 2004 hurricane season. Nick has worked in Boston, and was an entertainment reporter/host for E! Entertainment Television. He reported for The Weather Channel, World News Now, "Live! With Regis and Kelly," and had his work appear on World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. He moved to Boston from North Carolina, where he was a general assignment reporter for the ABC 11 Eyewitness News Team at WTVD-TV in Raleigh, N.C., from August 2002 to August 2004.

Nick's introduction to television began as an enlisted member of the United States Army. Assigned to the 7th ATC in Kaiserslautern, FRG, his responsibilities included both the illustration and production of training videos and electronic news gathering support for the Armed Forces Network. After receiving his honorable discharge, Nick completed an AA from Santa Rosa Junior College and a bachelor's degree in American studies/political science with a minor in mass communication from University of California, Berkeley.

As an undergraduate, Nick interned for KRON in San Francisco and competed on the national level as a multiple award winner and Captain for both Santa Rosa Junior College and UC Berkeley's Intercollegiate Forensics Speech and Debate Teams, respectively. While working toward his master's degree at Emerson College in Boston, Nick worked as a photographer/truck operator for WPRI in Providence, RI, and anchor/reporter of Emerson College's award-winning WEBN news team.

Nick and his family live in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. He can be found jogging regularly as he trains for his first half-marathon. Nick is an avid fiction reader and a huge fan of the television shows "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," "The O'Reilly Factor" "Judge Judy" and "The Shield".

Robin Taylor

Robin Taylor

Past Personalities

• Frank Cariello
• Chris Cimino
• Howard Eskin
• Dave Price

 

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