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 Weekend and later Weekday Mornings.
Early Life and College[edit]
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[edit]
She started her TV career at WOAY-TV in Beckley, West Virginia and then move to Charleston, West Virginia and WVLT-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee before coming to Tampa, Florida in 2011.[2] She started being the weekend morning anchor before going 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 got National Attention after walking into Meteorologist Bobby Deskins shot while he was doing the forecast playing Pokemon Go.[5] She has won two Emmys, one 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 on the end of October. Her last day was October 29th, 2021.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "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[edit]
- 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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