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Phil Amato

Phil Amato

American journalist

Phil Amato anchors Action News Jax This Morning from 5-9am every weekday on WFOX-30 and from 5-7am on WJAX-47 in Jacksonville, Florida. He also anchors Action News Jax at Noon on WJAX-47. Phil is a former weekday anchor on First Coast News at WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida. Amato co-anchored Good Morning Jacksonville Sunrise and Good Morning Jacksonville, the weekday broadcasts from 5 to 7 a.m., with Joy Purdy.[1] Amato also co-anchored the weeknight 5:30 newscast of First Coast News with Donna Deegan.[2]

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He was responsible for the local business reports on First Coast News. Phil was also responsible for the critically hailed First Coast News documentary special on Jacksonville's "Great Fire of 1901".[2]

Amato worked as the main anchor at KBCI-TV (now KBOI-TV) in Boise, Idaho prior to arriving at First Coast News in 1993. He started his TV career in Billings, Montana in 1987 as an anchor/reporter. He was born in San Francisco and went to high school and college in Tacoma.[2]

Phil resigned from First Coast News on Monday, July 28, 2014 after receiving improper gifts from sponsors.[3]

Amato is married and has two children.

References

  1. [1]
    "Changes in the air at First Coast News…". FL News Center. Archived from the original on July 11, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    "First Coast News Phil Amato Bio". First Coast News. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
  3. [3]
    "News anchor Phil Amato leaves First Coast News". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
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