Beyond the News WFLA Interviews

Gordon Byrd speaks with Daniel Eberts of Oneblood, the local blood bank in most of Florida, about a blood drive in Tarpon Springs on the Fourth of July, to honor a fallen officer. Charlie Kondek was a blood donor and shared a birthday with America.

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Gordon Byrd interviews Sharon Hunnewell-Johnson, president of Galaxy Fireworks, about how trade conflicts between the U.S. and China affect her industry.

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Tampa Mayor Jane Castor speaks about her first appearance at the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Boom By the Bay.

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Gordon Byrd interviews Randa Richter of SPCA Florida. Their shelter in Lakeland is sending more than two dozen stray kittens to a shelter in new Hampshire because they don't have enough kittens to adopt.

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911 call made by a Mosaic supervisor after one of his employees discovered an alligator with its jaws clamped on a man's body in a canal near Fort Meade (east of Tampa).

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Interview with Phyllis Guthman, Arts4All and USF, about the Animation and music camp for autistic teenagers at USF (June 24-28).

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Gordon Byrd interviews Tony Mann of Clearwater, who started giving blood in 1979 and has reached 100 gallons, saving hundreds of lives.

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Gordon Byrd interviews Brian Gorski, executive director of CCA-Florida, about the conservation group's release of juvenile snook and other species to combat the devastation to the marine food chain from last year's red tide outbreak along Florida's Gulf Coast.

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Governor Ron DeSantis and Pinellas state senator Jeff Brandes speak at a signing for a bill encouraging self-driving cars.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with Javi Correoso of Jump scooters, a unit of Uber, about safety issues involving rental e-scooters in Tampa

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