Moody anchored on weeknights. A native of Palm Harbor, she is a University of Central Florida alumnus and worked in Orlando, Charleston, S.C. and Flint, Mich. before joining Bay News 9.<\/p>\n
Girven, from Boston, is a University of Florida graduate who worked in Gainesville, Savannah, Ga. and Mobile, Ala. He was the sports director for WCJB-TV in Gainesville for more than seven years before joining Bright House. He was the baseball play-by-play voice of Bright House and anchor of the Toyota Sports Connection on Saturday nights.
\nThe newschannel has already posted notices seeking a replacement, indicating cost cutting may not have been an issue. Moody, a broadcast journalism graduate from the University of Central Florida, anchored at Bay News 9 for nine years, coming to the Pinellas County-based newschannel after stints in Orlando, Charleston, S.C. and Flint, Mich.
\nAcross the bay in Tampa, Mike Pumo has left his job as general manager of Media General-owned NBC affiliate WFLA-Ch. 8, according to an email circulated to staff.<\/p>\n
The email was sent by John Schueler, president of Florida Communications Group, the arm of Media General which runs WFLA and all of the company’s locally-based platforms. Schueler said he would take over Pumo’s duties, which also included supervising advertising sales for other Media General outlets in Florida, such as TBO.com and the Tampa Tribune.<\/p>\n
Pumo is the second high-ranking manager to leave Media General\u2019s Florida outlets in recent weeks; on Dec. 18, Tampa Tribune executive editor Janet Coats left the company to join her husband in Knoxville, Tenn..<\/p>\n