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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After residents of Avalon Estates successfully lobbied Santa Rosa commissioners to halt construction of an access road on county-owned property at the end of their Ibis Road cul de sac, the long-debated issue of whether such a road could be built appears to be headed to court. -
The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation's first children's book, Thach and the Blues, seeks to inspire kids' interest in aviation. -
Former University of West Florida President Dr. Judy Bense and two other representing the UWF community spoke out Thursday against three UWF Board of Trustees appointees during their first confirmation hearing. -
Santa Rosa County has approved the spending of more than $385,000 to pay for design of a new toll system on the Navarre Beach Bridge and a rate study to determine the amount. -
Nearly 1,000 people attended Saturday's Hands Off! Pensacola Fights Back event to protest against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. -
The Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $25 million to local entities to improve water supply resources. -
An archaeology team from the University of West Florida recently conducted the first field survey in search of the 1800s Fort Kirkland in north Okaloosa County. -
Choral Society of Pensacola program, Still Rising, dramatizes women’s struggle for the right to voteAmerican women's struggle to attain the right to vote is the theme for the Choral Society of Pensacola's upcoming performance of Still Rising, which features Andrea Ramsey's Suffrage Cantata. -
Despite the community uproar over the new appointees, the UWF Board of Trustees held their first on-campus meeting Thursday with little public or student protesters in attendance. -
University of West Florida anthropology students taking Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping class are working to identify sites in Okaloosa County, where archaeologists will search for the lost Fort Kirkland.
