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Month: January 2009

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Today looking for O-Town Super fans

January 27, 2009 Roger Simmons

Want to be on the Today show and get into Universal Orlando for free? You can if you’re a Cardinals or Steelers fan — or willing to at least pretend you are. Today weatherman Al Roker will … MORE

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Fox 35 shuffles anchor assignments

January 27, 2009 Roger Simmons

New Fox 35 news director Gavin Maliska is starting to shake things up at WOFL. This week he shuffled the station’s anchor lineup.  Mike Dunston, who was on Fox at 5, is now the morning … MORE

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WKCF rises to top of CW

January 27, 2009 Roger Simmons

The CW network may be struggling, but you can’t blame that on WKCF-CW 18. The network has announced that O-Town’s CW station is the No. 2-rated affiliate in the nation. In the November 2008 demos, … MORE

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WESH, WFTV to launch mobile video

January 12, 2009 Roger Simmons

You’ll soon be able to watch the news from WESH and WFTV on your cell phone. At last week’s annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Open Moible Video Coalition announced a group of … MORE

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6 relaunches weekend morning news

January 11, 2009 Roger Simmons

After a hiatus of nearly three years, WKMG plans to relaunch its weekend morning newscasts starting Saturday, Jan. 17. With anchor Ramin Khalili and meterologist Elizabeth Hart, Local 6’s weekend morning news will air from … MORE

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Powerball drawn a little late on Local 6

January 8, 2009 Roger Simmons

With all the hype about the arrival of the new Powerball lottery, WKMG missed the live drawing on Wednesday night. CBS was airing the People’s Choice Awards, and apparently it was running just a tad … MORE

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Hori welcomes twins; see WFTV video from 1978

January 2, 2009 Roger Simmons

A couple of quick items to start off the new year … Congrats to former WESH anchor Shannon Hori, now at WFOR-CBS 4 in Miami. Last week she welcomed twin boys, Colt and Cade. “The … MORE

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Bright House keeps Viacom channels, adds Fox Sports

January 2, 2009 Roger Simmons

Wow! Not only did Bright House Network customers avoid losing their Viacom-run channels, but finally … after years and years of waiting … the cable company added Fox Sports Florida. As reported earlier this week, … MORE

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