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What’s on TV tonight? You finally found out in July 1951

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Roger Simmons

Jacksonville’s WMBR-TV Channel 4 went on the air on Oct. 16, 1949, broadcasting four hours a day from its 478-foot antenna on the city’s southside. But it would be nearly two years before Orlando newspapers took note and began running daily TV listings for the area’s closest station.

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David Pingalore doing sports at Los Angeles’ KTLA

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Roger Simmons

David “Ping” Pingalore may be moving on to bigger and better things after WKMG-Channel 6 decided not to renew his contract last month. The longtime Orlando sports anchor posted a Facebook Live video Monday night from the newsroom of Los Angeles’ KTLA-Channel 5. He’ll be doing the sports report there tonight. “I said a few…

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It’s been 6 years since WUCF saved PBS in Central Florida

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Roger Simmons

This month marks six years since WUCF became Central Florida’s PBS affiliate and saved public TV for the region, keeping alive a non-commercial, educational service started in 1965. But let’s go back — way back — to the beginning of this story. In April 1952, the Federal Communications Commission assigned four television channels for Orlando…

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Orlando broadcasting pioneer Lee Colee Hamilton dies at 90

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Roger Simmons

Orlando broadcasting pioneer Lee Colee Hamilton passed away earlier this month at age 90. She started at Orlando radio station WLOF  as an “office girl” and eventually became Florida’s first female broadcast salesperson. She eventually rose to general sales manager at WLOF Radio and WLOF-TV Channel 9, which she helped launch in 1958.

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Florida has 106 TV stations now after FCC originally approved 58

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Roger Simmons

Florida has 106 full-power television stations today, and many more channels when you consider their digital offerings. It’s a far cry from what the FCC envisioned for the Sunshine State in the early days of television.

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Ex-WESH reporter Bob Kealing joining Seminole Sheriff’s Office, plus other news

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Roger Simmons

What’s Bob Kealing’s new job? What’s Univision doing with another Orlando TV station? Will Channel 6 hire another sports anchor? All this, plus more.

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Orlando’s Channel 6 started 63 years ago today as WDBO-TV

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Roger Simmons

The first regular broadcast by WDBO-TV at 7:55 a.m. on that July 1, 1954, was the culmination of a more than three-year effort to bring local TV to Central Florida.

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WKMG’s Jamie Seh joins elite group of TV women

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Roger Simmons

In the process of elevating Jamie Seh from weekend sports anchor to sports director, Channel 6 is making a bit of history.

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David Pingalore out as WKMG sports anchor after 10 years

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Roger Simmons

WKMG Channel 6 is dropping longtime sports anchor David Pingalore, reports Hal Boedeker of the Orlando Sentinel.

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Comedian Bill Dana passes, helped launch short-lived United Network on Channel 6

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Roger Simmons

Comedian Bill Dana, whose death at age 92 was announced Monday, was best known for his “Jose Jimenez” character in the 1960s. But he also had a small role in Orlando TV history.

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