Photo Gallery | Before they were on-air at WLOX

She's a self proclaimed open book. As a child she was considered a tom boy and extremely talkative. She graduated with her undergrad in just three and a half years. She's been at WLOX since September of 2002.

She started in the broadcast business as sports reporter while still in college. She was a cheerleader in high school and spent much of her childhood in San Diego. She moved to South Mississippi as a teen with her mother. You can catch this singer-songwriter at most open mic nights on the coast. She speaks Spanish fluently and spent a semester living with a family in Mexico.

Growing up on a farm in Frederick Town, Missouri was a lot of fun for this journalist. As a child he always wanted to be a veterinarian. He is very active. He's run several marathons and enjoys eating healthy and growing vegetables in his garden in his back yard. He started at WLOX in 1977 as a reporter and was the fourth child out of five children.

Only 4-years-old in this picture, she’s a native from Greenville, South Carolina. She’s one of five children. As a child she was considered a huge tom boy. She played every sport and pretty much lived outside bare foot. If she wasn't playing ball you could find her in a tree. Growing up, she always wanted to be a lawyer. She was incredibly shy in school, but was voted most valuable player (MVP) of her basketball and soccer teams every year. In college she played club soccer. She’s always looked up to soccer player Mia Hamm. Her favorite band was N-Sync. In college she looked up to Katie Couric and admires her drive. She often got in trouble for cutting her own hair. Her favorite food growing up was peaches and still is.

She grew up in Okinawa, Japan. In this picture she’s about 3 ½ years old and reading a book . She was the youngest out of two girls. She traveled all over the world with her military family. Her father was an army officer. She lived in more than 10 states and spent a lot of time in Malawi and Ethiopia. This animal lover has rescued dogs since she was a child. She grew up riding horses and showed horses competitively, winning numerous English and Western riding events. Her favorite TV show was "My Three Sons". She became a vegetarian when she was 10 because of her love for animals. She always thought she wanted to be a veterinarian, but found herself in broadcast. One of her most embarrassing moments in her teen years was when she took part in a high school pageant. The mc was former Redskins football player Joe Theismann. He asked her, “If you had a daughter, what would be her advice to her?” After an excruciatingly long pause she replied, “I would tell her to be herself.”

She's the oldest of two girls and was born in Gulfport and grew up in Bay St. Louis. Both her grandparents and parents are Chicago natives and moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast to run a family business. No matter which restaurant she went to as a child she always ordered grilled cheeses. Before pursuing a career in journalism she wanted to be a lawyer, but changed her mind during the last semester of her undergrad year in college.

Ever since she was a kid she wanted to be on television. Public speaking was a favorite past time for her. Her mother signed her up in several church plays, helping her to develop as a speaker. She’s the youngest of two children and grew up in New Orleans. Two of her idols were Oprah Winfrey and her mother. “I was always getting into trouble for talking and joking in class,” she said. “I always felt like I needed to say something. I was the mouth of the South. A big jokester.” Because she was such a big fan of Oprah, she got in trouble in high school when she super glued pictures of Oprah on her locker. “I thought it would give me motivation. But instead it got me suspended,” she added. Her favorite band in school was Destiny’s Child. "If I wasn’t a reporter I’d want to be a background singer or teacher. I struggled with my weight. My first big goal was to lose weight," she said.

This picture was taken when she was just four-years-old. She grew up in New Orleans. She was an only child, but sometimes considered the 10th child because her godparents had nine children and she often stayed with them. She's always loved the camera and knew in high school that she wanted to go into broadcast. In college she waited tables and worked as an intern at WDSU. She was into music and theater and her favorite genre of music is country.

This picture was taken when he was around 2 ½ years old. This on air personality enjoyed football. His favorite cartoons were "Bugs Bunny" and "Captain Kangaroo". At an early age he had dreams of becoming an astronaut. He grew up just outside Peoria, Illinois.

He’s three-years-old in this picture. As a child he was always playing outside with his dog Tang. He and the dog were big buddies. He was voted “Most energetic” in junior high and high school. He took speech and was actually in radio before he graduated high school. He is the youngest of five children. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama and moved to Mobile, Alabama when he was 7-years-old. He graduated from Murphy High School. People always told him he would get attention with whatever he did. When he was in 7th grade he wanted to be an actor and was always told to work on slowing down because he was used to talking too fast. While in junior college at Faulkner State he worked in radio. His favorite thing to do is listening to his siblings talk about their childhood. “When our family gets together and they talk about the good ole days, hearing my siblings stories are my favorite thing,” he said.

This WLOXer grew up in Midlothian, Texas. He's the oldest of two children. Although he never played, he aspired to be a professional ice hockey player. His favorite activity as a kid was playing video games. He loved to play all sports video games, primarily Madden football. His mom and all his friends know him as T. He describes himself as quiet, but hard working and always gets the job done. “I am very lucky and I realize how lucky I am.