The folks at WFTV are missing Oprah right now. In the just completed July ratings, WESH 2 News finished ahead of Channel 9’s Eyewitness News at 5 p.m. in the 25-54 demo. For years, WFTV’s 5 o’clock news benefited from following the Oprah Winfrey Show. But Oprah’s show is over —…
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Recent RogerSimmons.com Orlando TV News reports involving WOFL-Channel 35, the Fox affiliate for Central Florida. The station calls its newscasts Fox 35 News. WOFL is owned by Fox Broadcasting and is part of an Orlando duopoly with WRBW-Channel 65. Channel 35’s original call letters were WSWB.
Heidi Hatch, Todd Romero, Laura Diaz find new roles
Yes, Virginia — there really is life after Orlando TV, and here are some examples to prove it. Former Fox 35 morning anchor Heidi Hatch, who left the station in June, has landed at Salt Lake City’s KUTV. She’ll be anchoring a new 4 p.m. newscast at the CBS affiliate…
Blast from the past: WOFL ad from 1979
WOFL is now quite the ratings force locally, thanks in large part to Fox. But back in 1979, WOFL was just trying to survive. Orlando’s original “independent” station, WSWB-Channel 35, signed on in 1974 but ran into money troubles and went dark just three years later. A new ownership group…
Orlando TV news covers final space shuttle launch
The final launch of the space shuttle on Friday capped what arguably has been one of the busiest news weeks ever for Orlando TV news. Like the shuttle program, the Casey Anthony story is starting to wind down. But if the launch of Atlantis was any indication, some of the…
Casey Anthony verdict: How Orlando TV covered it
After three years of constant surprises, the Casey Anthony saga saved its biggest one for last: a stunning not guilty verdict. Orlando TV stations have been covering the trial wall-to-wall — even bumping regular programming again today to talk while the jury deliberations were ongoing. Hours after the verdict, the…
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Heidi Hatch leaves Fox 35 for ….
I’ve had a couple of people ask what’s happened to Fox 35 morning anchor Heidi Hatch. Here’s what she posted on her Facebook page on June 3 … After 8 hours straight of live TV on a Friday morning I want to say thanks to all my FOX 35 viewers….
Orlando TV, cable nets show Casey Anthony trial instructions
CNN, Fox News Channel, HLN and MSNBC joined the Orlando TV stations in airing the closing arguments and jury instructions Monday in the Casey Anthony murder trial. Not included in the screen grabs below, but even CNN International aired a report on the closing of the trial. Now, the wait…
Casey Anthony trial TV turns R-rated with finger, F-bombs
If the Casey Anthony trial were a motion picture, the action over the past two days would earn an R rating. Unlike Wednesday, there were no F-bombs spoken on Thursday — but the bird was the word. A local restaurant server flipped a bird at prosecutor Jeff Ashton. If you…
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Four Square TV: Fox 35’s Casey Anthony coverage
Noticed this while watching Fox 35’s coverage of the Casey Anthony trial — and looking at the live studio webcam WOFL has on its MyFoxOrlando.com website. I guess this shows that… Fox 35 has a big studio Fox 35 has at least four cameras in its studio Everyone gets their…
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Former Daily Buzz host headed to Fox 35
A familiar face is returning to your morning TV screen. John Brown, formerly co-host of the Orlando-based The Daily Buzz, will come back to Central Florida to anchor Fox 35’s Good Day morning news show. STLToday.com reports that Brown signed off Wednesday from his current four-year gig at KTVI-Fox 2…