Where Are They Now?

   
Yvonne Painton

A true Tampa native, Yvonne began in radio in 1977 as a News Anchor and Assistant News Director at WRUF while attending the University of Florida in Gainesville. After graduation in 1979, she worked a short time in Lakeland at WONN, but left quickly when offered an anchor position with The Florida Network in Orlando. In 1981, Yvonne departed the network for the afternoon anchor/editor position at WPLP in St. Petersburg. When WPLP "sank into the swamp" in 1982, she landed at WDAE as Assistant News Director and met her now-hubby, Scott.

In 1983, an offer came from Los Angeles and she packed up and headed west to be an anchor at KNWZ and then KFWB, KFI, and then settled in for a while as News Director of KHJ/K-Earth. Scott followed to L.A. in early 1984 and she and Scott did the truly decadent thing of the 80's and married in Las Vegas in May of 1984. Homesick for her family and lifelong friends, Yvonne convinced Scott that they should return to Tampa, and they did in 1987.

Yvonne went to work at WFLA as afternoon news anchor (the coolest part of the gig was working on a daily basis with her pal Tedd Webb). Tiring of delivering "bad news" every day and convinced that shootings and stabbings weren't what the public wanted to hear, she left in 1988 when 98 Rock (then Classic Rock aimed at the "yuppie generation") came calling and made her an offer she couldn't refuse. Radio News... it still wasn't what it used to be... so it was time to get out and find a new adventure.

So in 1992, Yvonne began Max Communications, Inc., an audio production and communications company specializing in custom on-hold messages for businesses and "telephony audio" such as voicemail, IVR, etc. in addition to the "usual" commercials and industrial voiceovers. Yvonne is also the national voice of Sprint. Now an international company, Max Comm has a staff that hails predominantly from a background in radio and the creative staff and voice talent is some of the best Yvonne and Scott have had the pleasure to have worked with, in Los Angeles and in Tampa.

Yvonne thanks "the good old days of radio" for leading her on the path to the "great todays of Max Comm." Not much of a "terrestrial" radio listener anymore, Yvonne's listening habits are now "beyond AM and beyond FM" but she does tune in often to hear her buddy "Teddy" still going strong!

In 1995, Yvonne and Scott, along with their family, founded a "krewe" to participate in Tampa's Gasparilla Parade and others. As a board member of the Inter-Krewe Council of 33 Bay Area krewes, The Krewe of Pair O' Dice is "Yvonne's baby" and she loves its 100 members, their diligent charity work in the community and the fun, of course... it's all about the fun!

Yvonne can be reached at: ypainton@maxcommunications.com
Web Site: www.maxcommunications.com






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