Allison Kropff
| Allison Kropff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Buffalo, New York |
| 🎓 Alma mater | St. Bonaventure University |
| 💼 Occupation | TV News Anchor |
| 👔 Employer | WTSP 2011-2021 |
Allison Kropff was a news anchor at WTSP in Tampa, Florida. She anchored the Noon and 5 to 6:30 newscast. Prior to 2017, she anchored on Weekends and later Weekday Mornings.
Early Life and College
Kropff was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. She went to St. Bonaventure University where she graduated in 2005 majoring in Journalism and Mass Communications.[1]
Career
She started her TV career at WOAY-TV in Beckley, West Virginia and then moved to Charleston, West Virginia and WVLT-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee before coming to Tampa, Florida in 2011.[2] She started as the weekend morning anchor before moving to weekday mornings in 2013, replacing Ginger Gadsden.[3] In 2017, WTSP made major changes to the news department which saw Kropff moving to afternoons.[4] In 2016, she gained national attention after walking into a meteorologist Bobby Deskins’ shot while he was doing the forecast playing Pokemon Go.[5] She has won two Emmys, one for Best Anchor in the On-Camera Talent category and one for a story she did titled "Firefighter Cancer Scan" in 2020.[6][7] She announced on her social media while celebrating 10 years at WTSP that she was leaving the station at the end of October. Her last day was October 29th, 2021.[8]
References
- ↑ "DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES OF THE JANDOLI SCHOOL". sbu.edu. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ "Allison Kropff's bio". wtsp.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ "WTSP-Ch. 10 morning anchor Ginger Gadsden to leave St. Petersburg's CBS affiliate June 30". tampabaytimes.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ "10News WTSP ditches traditional newscast for viral focus, introduces new anchors". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ↑ Steven Hoffer. "News Anchor Catching Pokemon Interrupts Live Weather Forecast". huffpost.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ "10News wins 5 Suncoast Emmy awards". mycentraljersey.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ↑ "the 44th Annual Suncoast Regional Emmy® Awards 2020 Program Winners" (PDF). suncoastchapter.org. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ↑ Amber Peake. "Why is 10 Tampa Bay anchor Allison Kropff leaving WTSP?". thefocus.news. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links
- Allison Kropff's Bio at WTSP
- Allison Kropff on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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