Recently received this photo of former 1980s WESH anchors Bobby Estill, Bruce Hamilton and Carol Granstrom, posing on the Channel 2 anchor desk. If only Dave Marsh had been around for the photo!
Can becoming the second station in Orlando to go to high definition for news boost WESH’s ratings? The station thinks so. “To me, it’s a substantial competitive advantage over those who are not HD,” WESH General Manager Bill Bauman told the Orlando Sentinel. Market-leader WFTV switched to HD for Eyewitness…
Former WFTV reporter Scott Thuman, who left Orlando in December to take a job at WJLA in Washington, D.C., is back in O-Town to help with the search for missing Jennifer Kesse, NewsBlues.com reports. Thuman has reportedly taken a leave of absence from WJLA to oversee media inquiries into the…
WFTV weekend anchor Jorge Estevez is leaving Channel 9 to become the weekday morning anchor at CBS O&O WFOR in Miami, according to NewsBlues.com. Estevez has been with WFTV since 2001. Also, former WFTV general assignment reporter Jamison Uhler has moved to the Philadelphia area and joined NBC O&O WCAU…