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Greed, movies and soda: How Channel 6 became WCPX-TV in 1982

June 18, 2017

Thirty-five years ago this month, there was a big change in Orlando television. You can blame a greedy, lazy station owner as well as the FCC, a movie company and even a soft-drink maker.

Smith Engineers Exit from Channel 9

March 31, 2006

WFTV morning meteorologist Joe Smith is getting out of the weather biz … and the TV biz, too. According to NewsBlues.com, Smith has decided to enter the graduate engineering program at Cal-Berkeley this fall. After graduating from the FSU meteorology program, he started out at Tallahassee’s ABC affiliate before jumping…

No charges yet in Fox 35 incident

September 11, 2007

Fox 35 sportscaster Thomas Forester may be having second thoughts about seeking the arrest of his boss, news director Bob Clinkingbeard on battery charges. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Lake Mary police did not finish their investigation Tuesday into a complaint by Forester that his boss pushed him. “That’s because…

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