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Longtime Orlando broadcaster Mike Burger retiring

August 23, 2010

After spending 40 years in broadcasting — a good many of those years here in Central Florida on the radio and on Channel 6 — Mike Burger is calling it quits. The current weatherman at Dallas’ KTVT-CBS 11 has opted out of the final 19 months of a newly signed…

Angry worker confronts WFTV crew

April 19, 2007

WFTV Eyewitness News reporter Tim Wetzel and his cameraman got roughed up a little during a confrontation with a Marion County businessman on Thursday. The news crew was at Hercules Fence to do a story about what the company had on its sign outside. Every week, the fencing firm apparently…

Fox 35’s Jim Van Fleet heading to Tampa’s WTSP

August 15, 2011

Meteorologist Jim Van Fleet, who has spent a decade forecasting the weather at WOFL-Fox 35, is heading to Tampa’s WTSP-CBS 10 to take over its chief meteorologist job. “Fox 35 did make an offer for me to stay and it was a very generous offer, but quite simply this opportunity…

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