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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The Florida Senate is proposing a 2024-25 state budget of $115.9 billion, slightly more than the House spending plan.
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Sandra Averhart talks to Robert Bender who was sworn-in as the new elections supervisor for Escambia County Wednesday.
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The annual Point In Time Count of homeless people living in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties is coming to a close, with some early tallies showing increases across some demographics.
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The University of West Florida is hosting a Holocaust remembrance event Wednesday in the Rolfs music hall at UWF's Center for Fine and Performing Arts. The event is aimed at honoring those who were murdered during the Holocaust and to celebrate those who survived.
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New data for 2023 shows Escambia County's opioid overdose crisis is worsening.
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Santa Rosa County Commissioners have adopted a new resolution amending its meeting procedures reducing public forum comments from four minutes to three.
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WUWF’s Sandra Averhart recently spoke to Dr. Susan Laenger, who has been tracking the COVID-19 situation locally. Laenger is an internal medicine physician, who also serves as medical director of primary care services for Sacred Heart Medical Group.
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The Florida Department of Education this week released district and school grades for the 2022-23 school year. Amid the implementation of new state standards and changes in the way school grades are calculated, three of northwest Florida’s school districts received A-ratings, while one received a B.
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City of Pensacola officials are encouraged by initial findings from a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey this week that shows signs of unmarked graves at Miraflores Park.
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Efforts to incorporate the Perdido area in southwest Escambia County have stalled. On Monday, District 2 Representative Alex Andrade announced he will not be filing a local bill to place the question on the ballot in 2024.