Beyond the News WFLA Interviews

Newsradio WFLA is interviewing the candidates for Tampa City Council. District 2 is elected by voters citywide. Guido Maniscalco is running after completing two terms in D-6. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsradio WFLA continues our interviews with Tampa City Council candidates. Sonja Brookins is running in District 1 citywide. Election day is March 7th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsradio WFLA is interviewing the candidates for Tampa City Council. Chase Harrison is running in citywide District 1. Election day is March 7th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsradio WFLA continues our interviews with Tampa City Council candidates. Joseph Citro was elected to Tampa City Council District 1 in 2019 and is seeking his second term. Election day is March 7th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsradio WFLA is interviewing candidates for Tampa City Council. Alan Clendenin is running for Tampa City Council District 1. Election Day is March 7th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsradio WFLA is interviewing candidates for Tampa City Council. Evelyn McBride is a write-in candidate in District 5. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsradio WFLA is interviewing candidates for Tampa City Council. Gwendolyn Henderson is a teacher who's running in District 5, composed of East Tampa, West Tampa, and Tampa Heights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsradio WFLA is interviewing candidates for Tampa City Council. Orlando Gudes was elected in 2019 and is running for a second term in District 5, composed of East Tampa, West Tampa and Tampa Heights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bill Carlson is a Tampa City Council member in District 4, facing challenger Blake Casper in the March 7th city elections. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsradio WFLA is interviewing all of the candidates for Tampa City Council in the March 7th city election. Blake Casper is a businessman who is challenging Bill Carlson in District 4. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bradenton Area River Regatta takes place Saturday (11th) on the Manatee River. It features powerboat racing, music and other events on both sides of the river in Palmetto and Bradenton. We speak with Michael Dongilli of ISMUSA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Saturday (Feb. 4) is World Cancer Day. Bill C. Potts is a longtime St. Petersburg resident and a five-time cancer survivor. He's written a book called "Up for the Fight" and has advice for cancer patients on how to self-advocate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're a resident of the City of Tampa and are waiting for a mail ballot for this year's city election, you may be in for a surprise. State lawmakers expired all mail ballot requests at the end of last year's election cycle and if you don't ask for a ballot again, you won't get one. We speak with Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer about mail ballots and other information about t...

The 37th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in St. Petersburg takes place Monday morning. It's one of the largest in the nation with an estimated 80,000 attendees. We speak with Jeff Copeland of the MLK Dream Big Team, which organizes the parade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is out with new guidelines recommending aggressive treatment of childhood obesity earlier. We speak with Dr Raquel Hernandez of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hillsborough school officials are showcasing their plans to change school boundaries for next year in a series of meetings. The Hillsborough PTA is holding a town hall about the boundary changes Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the Gandy Civic Center. We speak with Hillsborough PTA president Ani Marie Granger-Welch and Ellen Lyons, VP of advocacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thursday (12th) is the deadline to seek federal assistance if you suffered losses due to Hurricane Ian. We speak with FEMA's Issa Mansaray. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doctors continue to monitor the status of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who collapsed after going into cardiac arrest during a Monday night football game. We speak with Dr. Jason Wilson, chief emergency physician at Tampa General Hospital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tampa's New Year's weekend includes a parade, an NFL game, a bowl game and a hockey game, plus fireworks. Lt. Bryan Felts with Tampa Police talks about how to stay safe and deal with crowds and traffic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We interview our second of the four development companies that submitted proposals for the Tropicana Field - Gas Plant site. We speak with master developer Dr. William Henry, Paula Rhodes and James Fogarty of the "Gas Plant District - Restoration Associates" consortium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We could see some of our coldest Christmas temperatures since 1989, when thermometers dipped into the 20s around Tampa Bay and thousands spent the day in rolling blackouts. We speak with Cherie Jacobs of Tampa Electric, who says there'll be plenty of power this weekend in Florida. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christmas weekend will be the coldest Christmas in the Tampa Bay region in several years, with temperatures expected to drop to the freezing mark in some locations. The nonprofit that manages Pinellas cold-weather shelters says they'll be open the nights of Friday, Dec. 23 and Saturday, Dec. 24. We speak with CEO Monika Alesnik of T he Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas . See omnystudio.com/...

AirBNB is implementing new rules to discourage unwanted New Year's Eve parties on the properties it represent. We speak with Ben Breit about the rules. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(Note nature.) North Port police make an arrest in a brutal murder that happened just before Hurricane Ian ravaged the community. We speak with police spokesperson Josh Taylor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The residents of Tampa, Kansas, population about 100, are getting a free visit to Tampa, Florida, population in the hundreds of thousands with many major attractions. The local tourism agency is doing it in the holiday spirit, and to grab the attention of winter-wary Midwesterners. We speak with Visit Tampa Bay CEO Santiago Corriada. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.