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

July 1, 2017

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.

Barbara West interview with Joe Biden getting national attention

October 26, 2008

Barbara West’s interview with Joe Biden for Eyewitness News is now getting national attention. The Orlando Sentinel blog post about the controversial interview is the No. 1 link on DrudgeReport.com right now on Saturday night. The Internet is abuzz about the interview. “Barbara West” is the No. 7 most searched…

O-Town Tweeters make news, plus other notes

September 9, 2009

Some quick notes for midweek: TVNewsCheck.com is noting how Twitter has become popular in TV newsrooms, and it called upon two of O-Town’s top TV Tweeters to explain the craze. “I thought the social networking sites were strictly a phenomenon of teenagers and young kids. I thought it was meaningless chatter, but it’s…

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