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Orlando TV news anchor Scott Harris passes away

August 29, 2011

Word came this morning that longtime Orlando TV news anchor Scott Harris had passed away. He was 64 and had been battling kidney cancer. “Scott died peacefully this morning at Hospice of the Comforter,” News 13 General Manager Robin Smythe told the Orlando Sentinel. Harris, whose real name was Vincent…

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.

Jim Van Fleet, Guy Rawlings, Mike Dunston leaving Orlando TV news

November 28, 2011

Comings and goings in Orlando TV news … After nearly a decade with WOFL, meteorologist Jim Van Fleet presented his last forecast on Monday morning. The popular Fox 35 weatherman is heading to WTSP-CBS 10 in Tampa to become the station’s chief meteorologist. On Monday’s Good Day show, Van Fleet…

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