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More layoffs at WMFE TV/radio

February 4, 2009

Public broadcaster WMFE is continuing to be hit hard by the economic downturn. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the local PBS/NPR station group laid off 28 percent of its staff — 15 employees — in its most recent cuts. This follows layoffs in October that cut 10 people from the stations’ staff….

‘On the Road’ special for local reporter

September 6, 2007

The 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” holds special meaning for WESH reporter Bob Kealing. He’s the local expert on Kerouac and has been instrumental in helping ensure the writer’s place in Central Florida has been properly preserved. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Kealing, 43, spent his spare…

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.

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