Shelly Jamison
Shelly Leah Jamison aka Shelly Jamison (born 10 July 1962)[1] is a former television news reporter, and current public official, from Phoenix, who appeared as a Playboy magazine cover model[2] and the sideline reporter on the 1989–1990 souped-up roller derby TV series RollerGames.
Jamison majored in broadcast journalism at Arizona State University. She worked as a news producer, reporter and occasional anchor on KTSP-TV (the current-day KSAZ-TV) in Phoenix, until she appeared clothed on the cover and nude inside the July 1989 issue of Playboy magazine.[3] In the accompanying article, she predicted that she would most likely be fired from KTSP. She rationalized that her pay for the appearance (over US$100,000) was more than five years' pay at the station: she did leave her job at the station after the magazine appearance.[4]
She was hired as a sideline reporter for RollerGames, a syndicated roller derby series aired during the 1989–90 television season,[5] after producers David Sams and Michael Miller saw her picture in a USA Today story about the controversial Playboy appearance.[6]
She joined the Phoenix Fire Department in 1998. She is a member of FEMA's Arizona Task Force One (AZ-TF1) and has deployed to numerous national disaster situations, becoming deputy fire chief.[7] Her broadcasting background has led her to become a department spokesperson.[8][9][10] She retired from the role in December 2023. [11] She is married and has a child.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ↑ "Playboy | July 1989 at Wolfgang's".
- ↑ USA Today article about Jamison's Playboy appearance, by Matt Roush, Life section, p. 03.D, May 22, 1989, USA Today
- ↑ "`Nudie' TV news reporter quits", Chicago Sun-Times, May 22, 1989.
- ↑ "St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri on October 8, 1989 · p. 75". 8 October 1989.
- ↑ "On the Rink of A Vervous Breakdown" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, By Dewey Webb, Phoenix New Times, August 30, 1989. Retrieved March 9, 2007.
- ↑ "Fire Executive Staff". www.phoenix.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19.
- ↑ "Phoenix Fire Department chief says she has breast cancer". 11 December 2019.
- ↑ "Doing What Matters – Deputy Fire Chief Shelly Jamison". 6 May 2015.
- ↑ Health Futures – Taking Stock In You with Host Bob Roth & Guest Shelly Jamison & Steve Wagner. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
- ↑ "Shelly Jamison retires". Phoenix fire department on Instagram. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ↑ Marilyn Hawkes (1 July 2016). "Valley TV Stars: Where Are They Now? Shelly Jamison". phoenixmag.com. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- "Junior Samples", Restaurant review by Shelly Jamison, Phoenix New Times, February 21, 1990. Retrieved March 9, 2007.