Guest host Maggie Rodriguez hosted Bloom's Parenting 101 edition airing Tuesday February 11 2025 About BLOOM BLOOM is Tampa Bay’s only daily 1-hour TV show focusing on health & lifestyle.

BLOOM covers the topics of health & medicine, nutrition, fitness, beauty, wellness, kids health, sports medicine, holistic healing, mental health, relationships, women’s health, financial health and pet health. From THE DOCTOR IS IN segment featuring a doctor of the day to our RED CARPET TREATMENT showcasing the latest cosmetic procedures BLOOM offers viewers the latest news and information on health and medicine.

Join host Gayle Guyardo weekdays at 2:00pm only on WFLA News Channel 8 -- with an encore broadcast late night 3:00am. Tune into BLOOM and watch your life grow!

Gayle Guyardo Meet the host of the daily health & lifestyle TV show BLOOM airing only on WFLA News Channel 8 — Gayle Guyardo, a Tampa native and longtime news anchor and journalist for 26 years. Gayle has dedicated much of her 28 years at WFLA to highlighting breakthrough medical treatments, holistic healing trends, scientific weight loss and fitness trends.

Gayle is the proud mom of four daughters, and her loving husband Mark is also a Tampa native who grew up just blocks away from Gayle. As a 3rd generation “Tampanian” Gayle’s passion throughout her tenure at WFLA has been shining the spotlight on Tampa business and seeing first hand Tampa Bay Bloom!

How long is too long for someone to serve in the Florida legislature? In an effort to end the bouncing back and forth between House and Senate chambers, State Senator Blaise Ingoglia, (R-Spring Hill) is pushing to limit lawmakers to a maximum of 16 years in office, 8-years in the House and 8-years in the Senate. Leaving the decision up to Florida voters.

A Coast Guard Cutter Campbell law enforcement team stops a grossly overloaded and unsafe Haitian vessel approximately 20 miles south of Turks and Caicos, May 9, 2022. Coast Guard Cutter Campbell is homeported in Kittery, Maine. (U.S. Coast Guard video by PA3 Erik Villa-Rodriguez)

Hillsborough County Democratic LGBTQ Caucus Luis Salazar and Log Cabin Republicans of Tampa Bay President James Lear discuss national and state measures regarding the LGBT community.

UT Economics Professor Michael Coon appears on Battleground Florida to explain the impacts of tariffs on families in Tampa Bay.

New rules are in the works that are designed to keep St. Pete Beach neighborhoods peaceful and quiet.

Tampa has several deep pot holes, affecting residents and their vehicles around the city.

The isolated nature of Lakeland’s iconic royal swans may be their saving grace as the bird flu ravages fowl populations in other parts of the country.

Max Defender 8 forecast for Tampa Bay, Florida

Five children and three adults were riding in a car in Miami Gardens over the weekend when police said a drunk driver smashed into them, resulting in multiple deaths and serious injuries.

A deadly crash involving a life-saving vehicle and now 8 On Your Side is looking into the accident that took the life of a patient on the way to medical care.

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Women's Health Researcher and Nutritionist, Dr. Betty Murray, joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of the nationally syndicated health and wellness show, Bloom, to weigh in on how to reverse aging and biohack menopause.