O-Town sports radio talker Dan Sileo is expanding into television. He reports that he’s going to Tampa to join the 11 p.m. NewsEdge newscast at Fox O&O WTVT-Channel 13. Sileo’s morning show on WQTM-740 AM … MORE
Here’s your May sweeps update: Sentinel TV critic Hal Boedeker slams WKMG-Local 6 for its sweeps kickoff: a staged home burglary on Thursday’s 11 p.m. news. Boedeker wrote in his blog, "This tired stunt was … MORE
Some quick notes and links to end the week … > If case you’ve been living under a rock, WKMG is having tryouts for its new traffic reporter. Hal Boedeker of the Sentinel blogs about … MORE
WKMG unveiled its new set — as well as new graphics, news music and a new weather center on Tuesday. The Local 6 Big Picture Weather Center is out — in is the Storm Tracking … MORE
Moving day is near for the folks at The Daily Buzz. The Orlando-based national morning show will be vacating its home in the former WKCF-CW18 studios on Friday. The show has been headquartered in the … MORE
Here’s an update on two of WESH’s May sweeps projects: Starting Thursday, meteorologist Tony Mainolfi will forecast the weather from a different location along the Brevard, Volusia and Flagler county coasts during a 20-day, 20-location … MORE
First, an Orlando news crew was roughed up on the ground. Now, our O-Town TV guys are being attacked from the air. WOFL has suspended its regular outdoor weather segments in the garden area behind … MORE
WOFL and WKMG are expected to debut new sets and graphics today. At WOFL, over the the weekend the station’s news set was tweaked for the new look — which an insider says includes new … MORE
Here’s your Monday memo — some quick hits to start the week …. > WKMG’s traffic reporter tryout stunt is today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Local 6 studios on John Young … MORE
A WESH 2 News report about how prison inmates file false tax returns for employment while serving long prison sentences has led to the creation of a bill in Congress to stop the practice. For … MORE
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