Keith Alvin Cate has been a main anchor for

WFLA-TV WFLA-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Tampa Bay area. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside St. Petersburg–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WTTA (channe ...

(Channel 8) in

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since 2000. Cate has won 12

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s from the

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along with four

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awards and other

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-related recognitions. Cate is one of the main reporters for both WFLA and the

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on crime in the Tampa Bay area. He graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in broadcast communication in 1984. He served as a weekend anchor and reporter at CBS affiliate

WBNS-TV WBNS-TV (channel 10) is a television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside the company's sole radio properties, WBNS (1460 AM) and WBNS-FM (97.1). The stations share studios on Twin R ...

from 1988 to 1993 and also worked at

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. He worked as a news anchor and reporter at WIAT CBS 42, in Birmingham, Alabama before working in Tampa.

External links

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