Not really, but she'll be close. Abatta is bound for Orlando, Fla., where she'll anchor newscasts at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. Here's the release from WOFL:
SONNI ABATTA JOINS
WOFL FOX 35 NEWS
ORLANDO - Sonni Abatta has
been named co-anchor for the FOX 35 newscasts at 5:00, 6:00 and 10:00 p.m.,
announced Stan Knott, Vice President and General Manager, WOFL-TV. Effective
July 20th, Abatta will join Cale Ramaker and Amy Kaufeldt for "FOX 35
News at 5:00 p.m." and "FOX 35 News at 6:00 p.m." She and Ramaker will
co-anchor "FOX 35 News at 10:00 p.m."
In making the announcement, Knott
stated, "We're excited to have Sonni join the FOX 35 News team. Her warm
personality, combined with her passion for news made her the ideal choice for
this position."
Before joining WOFL-TV, Abatta
spent six years with KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She began her career
there as a reporter trainee and for the last four and a half years served as an
anchor for the station's morning and noon newscasts. Prior to this, Abatta
spent four years as a freelance sports reporter for FOX Sports Net in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A graduate of Carnegie Mellon
University, Abatta holds a Bachelor of Humanities and Arts in Writing and
Drama.
For more information, please
visit www.MyFoxOrlando.com.
WOFL FOX 35 is part of the Fox
Television Stations, one of the nation's largest owned-and-operated network
broadcast groups, comprising 27 stations in 18 markets and covering nearly
37.34% of television homes in the U.S. This includes six duopolies in the top
10 markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington, D.C. and
Houston; as well as duopolies in Minneapolis, Phoenix and Orlando.
I'll have more from Abatta on why she's making the move soon.
Posted
Jul 08 2009, 04:36 PM
by
Rob Owen