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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….

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Cleveland anchor is 6’s new sports director

David Pingalore, weekend sports anchor at Cleveland’s WOIO-CBS 19, has been hired as the new sports director at WKMG-Local 6. Sentinel TV Guy Hal Boedeker reports that Pingalore will join the station in late April. Boedeker wrote: "David is a creative, aggressive and original sportscaster with a distinctive personality," news…

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Assessing WESH’s changes

This week began with the anchors and weather personnel at WESH taking on their new news assignments. So far: Wendy Chioji is walking a lot, Tony Mainolfi isn’t sleeping a lot but the ratings look good. The re-named, solo-anchored "WESH 2 News at 6 with Wendy Chioji" is definitely different…

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