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What’s on TV tonight? You finally found out in July 1951

July 27, 2017

Jacksonville’s WMBR-TV Channel 4 went on the air on Oct. 16, 1949, broadcasting four hours a day from its 478-foot antenna on the city’s southside. But it would be nearly two years before Orlando newspapers took note and began running daily TV listings for the area’s closest station.

The man who helped Channel 9 launch ‘Central Florida News’

June 5, 2017

When Channel 9 went on the air in February 1958 as WLOF-TV, it took about a year and half to launch a regular evening and late-night newscast. That finally happened on Monday, Sept. 7, 1959, when the station began an ambitious program called “Central Florida News.”

WOFL promises new $1.5M radar will be most powerful in state

August 5, 2009

WOFL-Fox 35 is upping the ante in the area’s Doppler competition, announcing plans to build a $1.5 million Dual Polarization radar it says will be more powerful than all the other radars in the market combined. The announcement of the new radar system — dubbed “Guardian” — was made during…

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