Gayle Sierens

Special Report: Gayle Sierens Celebrates 30 Years At WFLA-TV

Gayle Sierens co-anchors News Channel 8's "News Channel 8 at 5", 6 and 11PM newscasts. Sierens joined the Channel 8 staff in 1977 as a weekend sports anchor/reporter and became the 11PM weekday sports anchor in March of 1983. In addition to these responsibilities, she freelanced as a play-by-play announcer for ESPN, the cable sports network. In October of 1985, Sierens made the transition from sportscaster to news anchor.

In 1984, Sierens was honored with a Florida Emmy Award for sports reporting. In 1991, as a news anchor, she won her second Emmy for news reporting.

Prior to joining WFLA-TV, Sierens was with WFSU-TV in Tallahassee, Florida. She received a B.S. degree in mass communications with a minor in speech communications from Florida State University.

Currently, she is on the board of directors of the Judeo-Christian Health Clinic as well as the Boy's and Girl's Clubs of Greater Tampa. She also serves as chairperson for the Big Brother's/Big Sister's annual "Bowl for Kids' Sake" fundraiser.

Sierens was the first woman to do play-by-play for an NFL football game and also appeared on "NFL Live" on NBC.

She lives in Tampa with her husband Mike and their three children.