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Gayle Sierens 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. 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.
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