Eyewitness News Staff
Learn more about WFTV's anchors, reporters and meteorologists
Channel 9 Anchors
Nancy Alvarez
Nancy joined the Eyewitness News team in May 2010. She has been reporting in Central Florida for most of her professional career.
Bianca Castro
Bianca joined the Eyewitness News team in October 2010. She co-anchors Eyewitness News This Morning on Central Florida's TV 27 and is a daytime reporter for WFTV.
Vanessa Echols
Vanessa started her WFTV career in 1992 as a reporter. She co-anchors Eyewitness News Daybreak, Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon.
Jorge Estevez
Jorge was first at WFTV and WRDQ from 2001 until 2006, and returned in 2012. He co-anchors Eyewitness News at 6:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Central Florida's TV 27.
Jamie Holmes
Jamie started at WFTV and WRDQ in January of 2011. He co-anchors Eyewitness News Daybreak and Eyewitness News This Morning, and is also a daytime reporter for Eyewitness News.
Mark Joyella
Mark Joyella joined Eyewitness News as a reporter and weekend morning anchor in June 2012. His reports air weekdays at 5:00, 5:30 and 6:00 on WFTV.
Bob Opsahl
Bob joined the Eyewitness News team in 1978 as a general assignment reporter. He has been an anchor at Eyewitness News since 1980.
Martie Salt
Martie started at WFTV in 1982 as a general assignment reporter. In 1994, she moved to Tampa and anchored at the ABC affiliate. She returned to Eyewitness News in 2003 and has been co-anchoring ever since.
Greg Warmoth
Greg arrived at Eyewitness News in 1986 as the weekend sports anchor. In 1997, he transitioned to news and anchored Eyewitness News Daybreak and Eyewitness News at Noon. He now anchors Eyewitness News at 5:30 and 11:00 p.m.
Vanessa Welch
Vanessa has been a member of the Eyewitness News team since 2007. She co-anchors Eyewitness News at 5:00 and 5:30 on WFTV, and the 6:30 newscast on WRDQ.
Channel 9 Meteorologists
Kassandra Crimi
Eboni Deon
Eboni joined the Severe Weather Center team at Eyewitness News in June 2010. She is a member of the American Meteorological Society.
Brian Shields
Tom Terry
Tom has been the chief meteorologist at Eyewitness News since 2002. His forecasts were vital during the devastating hurricane season of 2004 that saw hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jeanne impact Central Florida.
George Waldenberger
Channel 9 Sports
Christian Bruey
Christian joined the Eyewitness News sports team in 2009. He is a graduate of the University of Florida and a fervent supporter of Florida Gator football.
Joe Kepner
Joe has been an Eyewitness News sports anchor and reporter since July 2008. He grew up in Idaho where he played on two state championship football teams in high school.
Channel 9 Reporters
Racquel Asa
Raquel arrived at WFTV and WRDQ in December 2011. She is the traffic reporter on Eyewitness News Daybreak and Eyewitness News This Morning, and also a daytime reporter.
Tim Barber
Tim has been reporting for the Eyewitness New team since the spring of 2011. You can watch his stories on Eyewitness News at 5:00, 5:30 and 6:00 p.m.
Steve Barrett
Steve joined the Eyewitness News team in June 2003 as a general assignment reporter. His stories air weekdays on Eyewitness News on WFTV and WRDQ.
Kathi Belich
Kathi has been a reporter on the Eyewitness News team since 1992, and has been covering major stories in Central Florida since 1986.
Deneige Broom
Lori Brown
Lori came to Eyewitness News in October 2011. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California and has reported in California and Tennessee. Her stories run on Eyewitness News at 5:00, 5:30 and 6:00 p.m.
Kenneth Craig
Kenneth joined the Eyewitness News team as a General Assignment Reporter in May 2011. He grew up in the Washington D.C. area and attended Emerson College.
Jeff Deal
Jeff has been part of the Eyewitness News team since 2006. He reports weekdays on WFTV at 5:00, 5:30 and 6:00 p.m.
Melonie Holt
Melonie joined Eyewitness News as a general assignment reporter in May 2004. Before Orlando, she also reported in Charlotte, N.C. and Lexington, Kentucky.
Channel 9 Reporters
Ryan Hughes
Ryan came to the Eyewitness News team as a general assignment reporter in June 2009. He has also worked in Bangor, Maine and Fort Myers, Florida.
Marisa Mendelson
Berndt Petersen
Berndt remembers watching Bob and Marty co-anchor Eyewitness News when he was a student at the University of Central Florida. He reports on stories that impact Lake County.
Myrt Price
Karla Ray
George Spencer
George joined the Eyewitness News team in March 2008. He co-anchors Eyewitness News This Morning on Central Florida's TV 27, and reports for 9 Investigates.
Renee Stoll
Renee started working as a general assignment reporter for the Eyewitness News team in October 2011. You can watch her stories weeknights at 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. on WRDQ and WFTV.
Blaine Tolison
Blaine has been reporting for Eyewitness News since April 2009. He covers stories that impact Volusia County for both WFTV and WRDQ.
Todd Ulrich
Todd joined Eyewitness News as a special projects reporter in 1984. He's been the consumer reporter for Action 9 since 1991, exposing consumer frauds, rip-offs, and scams that cost Central Floridians serious money.
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