Craig Kopp
Reporter/HostI started my journalism career delivering the Toledo Blade newspaper on my bike.
The first thing I did was rig a wire basket in the middle of the handlebars to secure my little portable radio. I went nowhere without it. I still don’t. Ok, my radio comes though my phone now, but you get the point.
I love radio.
There’s something so intimate about radio. It’s like the person talking to you is talking to only you. It’s even more so now in the age of earbuds. That’s how I approach my job as a host and reporter. It’s me talking with you about the news in our lives.
When not listening to radio, I pick on the guitar a little, play golf and antique shop with my wife Rhonda, and give our cats, Tony “Boots” and Lucy, as much attention as they require.
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Of the 100 largest metro areas rated by Lending Tree, two other Florida cities made the top 10: Jacksonville was No. 5 and North Port was No. 6. -
City officials say 180 vouchers of up to $2,000 will be available for residents to purchase e-Bikes. -
The 2018 transportation sales tax raised $570 million before the Florida Supreme Court declared it illegal. Commissioners want to address several road construction projects. -
On Tuesday, Gov. DeSantis called upon the legislature to adopt a measure that would make it easier to sue the press. -
The board is requiring parental permission for middle schoolers to check out "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You." -
Tampa will have $25 million to make roads safer for pedestrians and bikers. -
A study shows 31 percent of the global workforce is now working remotely and 26 percent of them say they would quit if forced to return to the workplace. -
The organization, which was formed in 2007 to address the area's mass transit needs, voted itself out of existence Friday. -
Pending an appeal, the state legislature could decide how to allocate taxes raised by now-defunct Hillsborough county transportation referendum. -
The recently passed omnibus spending bill includes moving the Little Manatee towards a federal Scenic River designation.
