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Barbara West leaving WFTV’s Eyewitness News

December 21, 2010

Veteran anchor Barbara West, who has been with WFTV’s Eyewitness News for 24 years, is leaving the station. NewsBlues.com reported today that West will leave the station sometime before Jan. 1. “She’s had a great run. We’ll miss her,” News Director Bob Jordan told NewsBlues. Despite a long career in…

Jim Van Fleet: I wasn’t dissing Fox 35 or Orlando in interview

January 9, 2012

Former WOFL-Fox 35 morning meteorologist Jim Van Fleet is settling into his new role as chief met at Tampa’s WTSP-CBS 10. However, he’s still a bit unsettled by reaction to an interview he gave — and he wants to set the record straight. This all began with an early December…

Marla Weech is back in the anchor chair

August 12, 2009

Wonder what’s been up with former WFTV and WKMG anchor Marla Weech? Weech, who lost her job at Local 6 in the station’s first wave of layoffs in July 2008, was spotted back in the anchor chair on Tuesday — this time providing coverage of a satellite launch from the Baikonur…

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