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Recent RogerSimmons.com Orlando TV News reports involving WKCF-Channel 18, the CW affiliate for Central Florida. The station is part of a Hearst Television duopoly with WESH-Channel 2. WKCF originally broadcast on Channel 68.

September ratings: Most Orlando news down year-over-year

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So much for keeping the audience that was glued to Orlando TV news stations during the Casey Anthony trial. In the just completed September ratings period, most of the O-Town stations saw year-over-year declines in household and demo numbers for nearly every newscast. One of the few bright spots was WOFL-Fox 35 — which increased its 5, 10 and 11 p.m. news audiences over the same period from 2010. Read the full ratings report from TV Guy Hal Boedeker. And read the 2010 September ratings here.

5 p.m. weeknights (households):

  • WFTV with 77,700 (86,800 in 2010)
  • WESH with 51,000 (66,700 in 2010)
  • WOFL with 31,000 (27,000 in 2010)
  • WKMG with 18,600 (no 5 p.m. news in 2010)

5 p.m. weekdays (25-54 demo):

  • WFTV with 19,400 (31,400 in 2010)
  • WESH with 18,800 (27,300 in 2010),
  • WOFL with 12,900 (11,900 in 2010),
  • WKMG with 7,000 (no 5 p.m news in 2010)

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Casey shuffle continues: WESH moves Wimbledon to CW18

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If you want to spend mornings or afternoons watching NBC’s Wimbledon coverage next week, don’t bother tuning to WESH 2.

The local peacock affiliate plans to stick with its non-stop Casey Anthony trial coverage and will move the tennis matches from the All-England club to sister station WKCF-CW 18.

According to a WESH news release, “Wimbledon updates during late-night programming will remain on WESH-TV, which will delay NBC’s overnight programming during the week.”

Only the men’s final on Sunday, July 3, is scheduled to air on WESH 2 — that is, of course, unless Judge Belvin Perry decides to hold a Sunday session in the Casey Anthony trial.

See the full Wimbledon schedule shuffle here.

Orlando TV News slogans. Can you match them to the station?

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Annetta Wilson and Wayne Bennett in a promo for WCPX NewsWatch 6 in early 1980s.

You hear them over and over again when you watch Orlando TV news. They are the slogans the stations use to brand their news — and hopefully get you to watch more. Over the years, there have been a lot of slogans used by Orlando TV stations for their news. Can you match the slogan with the station? Take the Orlando TV News Slogan Challenge. Below are 20 slogans — guess with one goes with which station. The answers after the jump. Post how well you did in the comments section …

  1. Where the News Comes First
  2. Working Harder For You
  3. The Original 10:00 News
  4. The One For News
  5. Go Where The News Is
  6. Your Breaking News Station
  7. Central Florida’s News Leader
  8. Your Generation
  9. Stories That Count. People Who Care.
  10. Florida’s Watching
  11. Your Problem Solver Station
  12. Change Your Tomorrow
  13. People You Can Count On
  14. The One For All
  15. Home of ClickOrlando.com
  16. Experience You Can Trust
  17. Local. Live. Late Breaking.
  18. Coverage You Can Count On
  19. Where Will We Take You Tonight?
  20. Believes In You

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WESH, WKCF remain on DirecTV after deal

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Don’t worry about ringing in 2011 without having WESH 2 or CW 18 on your DirecTV hookup.

The Orlando stations’ parent, Hearst Television, reached a retransmission deal with the satellite TV provider on Thursday afternoon.

“WESH is pleased to report a new carriage agreement has been reached with DirecTV. DirecTV subscribers will continue to be able to receive WESH with no disruption of service,” read a statement on WESH.com.

DirecTV subscribers may lose WESH, CW18

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When 2010 turns into 2011, local DirecTV subscribers may have to ring in the new year without a couple of Orlando channels.

Hearst Television, parent of WESH-Channel 2 and WKCF-CW18, is locked in a disagreement with the satellite provider. Retransmission of Hearst station signals is at the heart of the dispute.

“We believe that we and DirecTV can conclude our negotiations before January 1st so as not to deprive any of our respective viewers and customers of our programming,” WESH/WKCF GM Jim Carter said in a news release. “However, we want to advise our viewers and customers that the possibility of non-renewal of our current agreement exists.”

Similar statements were posted on the websites other Hearst stations.

The signals of WESH and WKCF will only be removed from DirecTV if Hearst and the satellite company fail to reach a deal by Dec. 31. Fortunately, negotiations are still under way.

Website problems for CW18TV.com, WESH.com

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Looks like I’m not the only one who has been having problems with his website.

On Sunday, when I went to WESH.com to check on something, instead of the homepage loading, I was greeted with a warning page from Google:

“The website at www.wesh.com contains elements from the site www.cw18tv.com, which appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer. For detailed information about the problems with these elements, visit the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for www.cw18tv.com.”

The warning page appeared when using Google’s Chrome browser and Firefox.