Dave Wirth is currently the lead sports anchor for the WTSP

WTSP

WTSP is a CBS-affiliated television station in St. Petersburg, Florida . It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 10....

 channel 10 in St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St...

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Radio

Wirth's career began at WKAO radio in Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,211. Daytona Beach is a principal city of the Deltona – Daytona Beach – Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the census bureau estimated had...

. He then became a sports reporter and newscaster for WJNO

WJNO

WJNO is a News/Talk radio station in the West Palm Beach market.Its location links WJNO to two nationally syndicated radio programs. WJNO is a de facto flagship station for The Rush Limbaugh Show; Limbaugh hosts the show from his home studio, located in the area...

 in West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...

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Television

Wirth moved to television in 1981, working as the sports director for WPEC

WPEC

WPEC is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida. Licensed to West Palm Beach, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter in Lake Worth along U.S. 441/SR 7. The station is the flagship of Freedom Communications...

 in West Palm Beach. He began working for WTSP in 1984 as the weekend sports anchor . After 20 years of sports, Wirth moved to news and began anchoring the 4PM news show Life Around The Bay in 2004. He anchored the newscast with Marty Matthews until the show's cancellation in 2009. Wirth then moved back to sports, becoming the station's lead sports anchor.

Wirth worked for SportsChannel Florida as the play-by-play announcer for University of South Florida

University of South Florida

The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...

 men's basketball from 1991 to 2000. He also hosted Devil Rays Magazine from 1996 to 2002.

Personal

Dave grew up in the Chicago area and graduated from Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...

in 1976. He is an avid golfer and resides in Tampa, FL with his wife. They have three children .