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The man who helped Channel 9 launch ‘Central Florida News’

June 5, 2017

When Channel 9 went on the air in February 1958 as WLOF-TV, it took about a year and half to launch a regular evening and late-night newscast. That finally happened on Monday, Sept. 7, 1959, when the station began an ambitious program called “Central Florida News.”

Lose Fox on Bright House Networks? There are alternatives

December 30, 2009

The clock is ticking, and Fox is ready to pull the plug on its channels on Bright House Networks at the stroke of midnight tomorrow. Orlando attorney John Morgan took the mammoth media company to court today to try to stop it from cutting off its signals for the cable…

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…

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