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Weech out as anchor at WKMG

Longtime O-Town anchor Marla Weech is being laid off from WKMG as the slowing economy starts to takes its toll at Local 6. “I’m being laid off,” she told Orlando Sentinel TV Guy Hal Boedeker on Friday. “It’s tough economic times. My position is being eliminated. My heart goes out…

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Industry honors for WKMG’s Pipitone, WESH’s Delis

Belated congratulations to WKMG investigative reporter Tony Pipitone and WESH chief photographer Pete Delis. The two Orlando TV newsmen were honored with Regional Silver Circle Awards at the Suncoast Emmy Awards on Dec. 4 in Fort Lauderdale. The Silver Circle Award recognizes those people who have made significant contributions to…

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WESH’s ‘bland newscasts’ cited

"Bland newscasts [that] lack a distinctive style." That’s how Orlando Sentinel TV Critic Hal Boedeker characterizes WESH 2 News. It was part of a Sunday feature on the state of the city’s newscasts. He says top-rated WFTV "delivers fast-paced Eyewitness News with businesslike determination," and WKMG "has hit on a…

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