Sandra Averhart
Sandra 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.
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WUWF's Sandra Averhart spent some time in Santa Rosa County in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias speaking to residents about how the storm impacted them and how they're recovering thus far. -
UWF President Manny Diaz says campus buildings largely escaped hurricane damage, but power outages and fallen trees are delaying reopening. Homecoming plans remain uncertain. -
Preparations for Hurricane Isaias are underway at the state and local level, and residents are heeding advise to get ready. -
Two maritime archaeologists from Pensacola are set to take part in the Taraia Object Expedition this fall in search of Amelia Earhart's lost plane. Project leader Dr. Richard Pettigrew, with the Archaeological Legacy Institute, visited recently to meet with them and to collaborate with Navy and Coast Guard military and veterans. -
University of West Florida president Manny Diaz Jr. describes athletics as the "front porch" or "tip of the spear" for campus growth, with the jump to Division I expediting that growth. -
At a campus dig site, where a required survey tied to planned infrastructure for a new football stadium, researchers with the University of West Florida Archaeology Institute have uncovered artifacts from pre-Columbian Native cultures. -
Joy, Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola's new facility dog, has been working since late November to help comfort patients and their families experiencing traumatic injuries. -
Dr. Christopher Ellington, a thoracic surgeon at Ascension Sacred Heart, is the only doctor in the Pensacola area performing the single anesthesia dual robotic lung biopsy and resection. -
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola and Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast are teaming with the Florida Department of Health to expand their maternit care program. -
Leonardo Helicopters U.S. an aerospace, defense and security company, opens a 73,000-square-foot maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in a western Panhandle aviation park.
