Gayle Guyardo

Gayle Guyardo co-anchors “News Channel 8 Today” with Bill Ratliff each morning from 5-7am. Gayle also does weekly segments with Tampa Bay Online to help find useful websites for you and your family.

Gayle came to News Channel 8 after helping to launch an independent television station in Sarasota, Florida. Before returning to Florida's west coast, Guyardo worked as a Capitol City reporter for Montgomery, Alabama's ABC affiliate. She later anchored the "Good Morning Alabama" segment and was the station's evening weather anchor.

A graduate of Auburn University, Gayle holds a degree in communications. She also attended Northwestern University in a specialized theater and communications program. While in college, she interned at several television stations, including WTOG Channel 44 in Tampa Bay.

Gayle and her husband are raising four daughters: Katie, Lindsay, Alena and Gabriella.