Cayle Thompson joined the WINK News team in September 2010 as an anchor and reporter. He can be seen weekdays on WINK News Now at 4:00 with Stacey Adams, and at 7:00 with Lois Thome.

Cayle comes to Southwest Florida from the prairies of Kansas. He was on the ground hours after a massive EF-5 tornado leveled the town of Greensburg, has provided extensive coverage of several high-profile death penalty trials, and once flew with the U.S. Thunderbirds. Cayle's work has been recognized by the Associated Press, the Kansas Association of Broadcasters, and nominated for two Emmy Awards.

Before Kansas, Cayle was an anchor and reporter in Amarillo, Texas. In 2005, he rode out Hurricane Rita as a journalist embedded with the Salvation Army and the Texas National Guard. Cayle reported live from Houston the night Rita came ashore, and was the only television reporter inside the Astrodome as guardsmen waited out the storm. In the aftermath, he traveled with troops through Galveston and the hard-hit city of Beaumont, Texas.

Cayle cut his teeth in news behind-the-scenes as a producer with WNEM TV5 in Saginaw & Flint, Michigan. He was part of a team to produce wall-to-wall coverage of the 2003 Northeast Blackout and the capture of Saddam Hussein.

Cayle is a graduate of Ithaca College in upstate New York. Born and raised near San Antonio, Texas, he is excited to call Florida home.


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