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Powerball drawn a little late on Local 6

January 8, 2009

With all the hype about the arrival of the new Powerball lottery, WKMG missed the live drawing on Wednesday night. CBS was airing the People’s Choice Awards, and apparently it was running just a tad long. While the Powerball drawing was being shown live on WTMO-Telemundo 31, the credits were…

WFTV, Sentinel expand partnership

April 9, 2007

WFTV-Channel 9 and the Orlando Sentinel have expanded their weather partnership. Channel 9 is now providing video of its forecasts several times a day for OrlandoSentinel.com. The two O-Town media entities have been weather partners for several years, teaming up on an annual hurricane guide and participating with a daily…

Orlando’s massive TV tower came crashing down in 1973

June 11, 2017

The Bithlo TV tower was called the tallest structure on the planet at one point. But as workers were preparing to install an an antenna for educational station WMFE-Channel 24 on June 8, 1973, the tower collapsed into a massive pile of steel and wires. A structural failure was cited as the cause.

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