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Month: January 2007

WKCF doing well for the CW

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Roger Simmons

After picking up the pieces from the failed WB and UPN networks, the CW is still trying to find its identity — and its viewers. But Orlando’s WKCF-CW 18 has emerged as one of the netlet’s strongest affiliates. "The initial ratings were soft, we think, because of a lot of confusion surrounding the launch of…

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6 fights subpoena, plus other stuff

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Roger Simmons

Attorneys for Local 6 filed a motion on Monday to quash a subpoena seeking the Doug Guetzloe files from Problem Solvers reporter Tony Pipitone. WKMG GM Henry Maldonado said the station is fighting the subpoena to "protect our right to investigate." More from the Orlando Sentinel … >> Southeast Polk County TV viewers will be…

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Will Pipitone turn over Guetzloe files?

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Roger Simmons

Local 6 Problem Solvers reporter Tony Pipitone has until 11 a.m. today to turn over the personal files he has for political consultant Doug Guetzloe. Orange-Osceola State Attorney Lawson Lamar’s subpoena ordered Pipitone to turn over 80 boxes of Guetzloe’s business and personal records. The files were given to Pipitone by a man who bought…

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Going solo with Chioji — Will it work?

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Roger Simmons

Is Wendy Chioji becoming the Katie Couric of Orlando? She will be the first woman to solo anchor a 6 p.m. newscast in Orlando when WESH’s anchor reassignments take effect Jan. 29. Channel 2 hopes to make "WESH 2 News at 6 with Wendy Chioji" a showcase for one of the area’s veteran anchors. "She…

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Changes also in weather at WESH

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Roger Simmons

Perhaps overlooked in the shakeup of WESH’s anchors are the changes taking place in the WESH WeatherPlus storm center. Morning vet Tony Mainolfi is getting the prime evening newscasts, with Amy Sweezey shifting to the noon and 4 p.m. shows. Since longtime chief meteorologist Dave Marsh left in 2006, no one on WESH’s weather team…

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Chioji confirms WESH anchor shakeup

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Roger Simmons

WESH’s Wendy Chioji confirms the station’s reassignment of its anchors, including her role as solo anchor at 6 p.m. "I’m going to have a lot of creative control. I just love that," she told the Orlando Sentinel’s Hal Boedeker about the 6 p.m. newscast. Chioji says she will have a say in the story lineup…

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WESH prepares to swap anchors

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Roger Simmons

Expect a complete makeover of Channel 2’s anchor assignments shortly, according to a WESH insider. Included will be a solo anchor shift at 6 p.m. for Wendy Chioji, a return to the 11 p.m. show by Jim Payne and a more prominent evening role for morning weather guy Tony Mainolfi. I haven’t received confirmation yet,…

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6’s Pipitone gets Guetzloe’s files

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Roger Simmons

Just when it seems the strange saga of political consultant Doug Guetzloe can’t get any more bizarre, it does. The Orlando Sentinel reports that WKMG-Local 6 investigative reporter Tony Pipitone has obtained boxes of Guetzloe’s personal and business files, and Guetzloe isn’t too happy about it. According to the Sentinel, "the records were being kept…

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Hispanic network to air on WKMG

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Roger Simmons

WKMG-Local 6 will soon be home to youth-oriented Hispanic programming on its digital subchannel. Post-Newsweek, parent of WKMG, has signed a deal with LATV — Latino Alternative — to program the digital subchannels of P-N stations in Orlando, Miami, Houston and San Antonio, according to TVNewsday.com LATV’s music-oriented programing targets 12-34-year-olds. The network was started…

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Ex-anchor Wilson teaching others

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Roger Simmons

Annetta Wilson, former anchor at Channel 6 and marketing director at CFN 13, checks in to report that life off-air is great. Well, actually, she’s still involved in television. Wilson left CFN 13 a year ago — on positive terms — to start her own company. With Annetta Wilson Media Training and Success Coaching, the…

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