Three Decades Of News:

1977

-Gayle Is Hired

1977

-Jimmy Carter Becomes President

1978

-John Paul II Elected Pope

1980

-Skyway Bridge Collapse

1981

-Ronald Reagan Becomes President

1984

-Tampa Hosts Superbowl

1984

-Ronald Reagan Re-Elected

1987

-Sierens Becomes First Woman To Do Play-By-Play For NFL

1988

-George Bush Elected President

1989

-Berlin Wall Comes Down

1990

-Gulf War Begins

1992

-Bill Clinton Elected President

1993

-Seminoles Win National Football Title

1996

-Gators Win National Football Title

1998

-Gov. Lawton Chiles Dies In Office

1999

-Seminoles Win National Football Title

2001

-George W. Bush Becomes President

2001

-Terrorists Attack World Trade Center, Pentagon

2003

-U.S. Invades Iraq

2003

-Bucs Win Super Bowl

2004

-George Bush Re-elected President

2005

-Pope John Paul II Dies

2007

-Gators Win National Football Title

2007

-Sierens Celebrates 30 Years With WFLA-TV

Gayle Sierens Celebrates 30 Years At WFLA-TV

Gayle Sierens co-anchors News Channel 8's Live at 5, 6 and 11PM newscasts.

Sierens joined the Channel 8 staff in 1977 as a weekend sports anchor and reporter and became the 11PM weekday sports anchor in March of 1983. In addition to these responsibilities, she freelanced as a play-by-play announcer for ESPN, the cable sports network. Then, in October of 1985, Gayle made the transition from sportscaster to news anchor.

In 1984, Sierens was honored with a Florida Emmy Award for sports reporting.

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In 1991, as a news anchor, Sierens won her second Emmy for news reporting.

Prior to joining WFLA-TV, Sierens was with WFSU-TV in Tallahassee, Florida. Sierens received a B.S. degree in Mass Communications with a minor in Speech Communications from Florida State University.

Currently, she is on an advisory board for the Boy's and Girl's Clubs of Greater Tampa, serves as chairperson for the Big Brother's/Big Sister's annual "Bowl for Kids' Sake" fundraiser, and is a member of the board of directors of the Judeo-Christian Health Clinic.

In 1987, Sierens became the first woman to do play-by-play for an NFL game and appeared weekly on "NFL Live" on NBC.

Gayle is married and has three children.

Surprise On-Air Tribute To Gayle: