Will Manso
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Will Manso is a Cuban-American TV journalist and host. He is currently the Sports Director at WPLG
in Miami, Florida. He also serves as a host for primetime specials that air on WPLG.
in Coral Gables. He helped develop a half-hour sports show called "Sportsdesk" and also anchored and reported for the school's newscast, Newsvision. After majoring in Broadcast Journalism and History, he left Miami for his first professional job in 1997 as the Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter at KPAX-TV
in Missoula, Montana. He later worked in the now defunct WOTV (ABC) in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1998, before getting a job at WPLG in March 1999. He has served as a Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter, News Anchor/Reporter and Specials Host at WPLG. He was promoted to the position of Sports Director in 2007. He has hosted shows ranging from the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, to a local singing competition called "Gimme the Mic" South Florida. In 2009, he was voted in a Miami Herald poll as the most popular sportscaster in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale TV market. Manso also serves as a fill-in host on WQAM radio in Miami.
WPLG
WPLG, channel 10, is an ABC network affiliated television station located in Miami, Florida. WPLG is owned and operated by Post-Newsweek Stations, a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company. The station's studios are located in Pembroke Park, and its transmitter is located at the massive broadcast...
in Miami, Florida. He also serves as a host for primetime specials that air on WPLG.
Career
Manso began his on-air career in 1996 as a Sportscaster at UMTV, the student produced news station for the University of MiamiUniversity of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
in Coral Gables. He helped develop a half-hour sports show called "Sportsdesk" and also anchored and reported for the school's newscast, Newsvision. After majoring in Broadcast Journalism and History, he left Miami for his first professional job in 1997 as the Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter at KPAX-TV
KPAX-TV
KPAX-TV is a television station in Missoula, Montana, broadcasting locally on channel 8 as an affiliate of CBS, with programming from The CW on digital. The station is owned by Evening Post Publishing Company. The station is part of the Evening Post's Montana Television Network, a network of...
in Missoula, Montana. He later worked in the now defunct WOTV (ABC) in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1998, before getting a job at WPLG in March 1999. He has served as a Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter, News Anchor/Reporter and Specials Host at WPLG. He was promoted to the position of Sports Director in 2007. He has hosted shows ranging from the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, to a local singing competition called "Gimme the Mic" South Florida. In 2009, he was voted in a Miami Herald poll as the most popular sportscaster in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale TV market. Manso also serves as a fill-in host on WQAM radio in Miami.