Beyond the News WFLA Interviews

Gordon Byrd speaks with Mike Rogalski, COO of the Florida State Fair, which opens Thursday and runs through Feb. 17th.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with Wallethub analyst Jill Gonzalez, about their new survey that ranks Orlando as the best place in the nation to get married, ahead of Las Vegas. Miami ranks 5th and Tampa 6th.

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Gordon Byrd spoke with Rich Briggs, research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, about the 7.7 quake between Jamaica and Cuba that was felt in Miami and as far north as Tallahassee.

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It's Super Bowl silly season and humans and non-humans alike are making their picks. Mote Marine Lab had three of its otters pick between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs... or at least their logos. Gordon Byrd speaks with Mote PR manager Stephannie Kettle.

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Felix Vega interviews Largo mayor Woody Brown, who's in Washington for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. They talked about climate change, recycling, elder care and dealing with special needs residents during hurricanes.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with state Rep. Mike Beltran (R-Tampa) about his bill to improve transit driver safety. It follows the fatal stabbing of HART driver Thomas Dunn last May and a November stabbing that wounded another Hillsborough bus driver.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with Whitney Blair Wyckoff of US News about their Best Jobs and Best Paying Cities report.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with Johanna Kossifidis about the upcoming Epiphany Day events in Tarpn Springs.

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Are people giving up on New Year's resolutions? A survey of 1000 Americans by St. Leo University near Tampa says 54% don't plan to make any for 2020. Gordon Byrd speaks with Dr. Christopher Wolfe, asst. professor of psychology at St. Leo, who also suggests an alternative that could make those pledges to work on money or lose weight more effective.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with Larry Coggins, Tampa Bay regional director of MADD, about the group's 35th annual candlelight vigil in Temple Terrace and its advocacy for DUI victims and survivors, as it approaches its 40th birthday in 2020.

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