Sandra Averhart
Morning Edition Host/Senior ProducerSandra Averhart has been News Director at WUWF since 1996. Her first job in broadcasting was with (then) Pensacola radio station WOWW107-FM, where she worked 11 years. Sandra, who is a native of Pensacola, earned her B.S. in Communication from Florida State University.
For several years, Sandra was co-host of “Inside UWF” on WUWF TV. Also, she has partnered with WSRE TV to serve as co-host of their “Rally” candidate forums, most recently in 2012. Sandra also lends her voice to the University of West Florida athletics program. She has worked as public address announcer for Men’s and Women’s Basketball, and continues to “work the mic” at UWF Volleyball and Softball games. Along the way, she has been P-A announcer for four NCAA Division II national championships, to include two each in volleyball and softball.
In her spare time, Sandra continues to enjoy playing softball. She lives in Milton with her husband Charles and two dogs, Beau and Mollie. Contact: 850.473.7447 or sandra@wuwf.org.
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Col. Patrick Dierig, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, advises Santa Rosa County commissioners that traffic congestion on U.S. 98 is a threat to their mission and asks for more help to address the gridlock. -
The new children's book, "Luna the Cat," the first in a new "Tales from the Trowel" book series, is grounded in the real discovery of cat remains on one of the 1559 Luna shipwrecks in Pensacola Bay. -
The discovery and required removal of state-protected gopher tortoises from the site has temporarily halted Santa Rosa County's $5 million Pine Blossom Road Drainage Project north of Milton. -
Firefighters in the City of Milton will be getting an 8.25% pay raise beginning in October 2025. -
For the Equity Project Alliance's annual "A Conversation in Black and White" event, Ernest Dawson and Dick Appleyard are recounting how they navigated a friendship through a period of tense race relations during integration at Pensacola High School. -
Addressing the area's affordable housing crisis, Pensacola Habitat for Humanity and Escambia County celebrate a series of home dedications this week for 15 families, including the first Community Land Trust homeowner. -
Law enforcement officers and EMS personnel from key public agencies in the Pensacola area recently participated in realistic, high-intensity Active Shooter Hostile Events (ASHE) training. The course, aimed at rendering medical aid more quickly, was led by the Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education at the University of Miami. -
Escambia County records first sea turtle hatching of the season on Perdido Key, with 106 loggerhead hatchlings successfully making their way to the gulf. -
This fall, Achieve Escambia will transition its core work to the United Way of West Florida. -
Rev. John Powell, who died Thursday, July 10, is being celebrated for his life of service and dedicated to youth and families in the Pensacola area.
