The debut of O-Town’s newest Spanish-language offering has been pushed to Sept. 14. Back in July, WESH-2, WKCF-CW 18 and parent Hearst Television announced a partnership with Liberman Broadcasting to offer its Estrella TV to Central Florida viewers on WKCF’s digital sub-channel 18.3. The original start date was sometime in in mid-August; now…
Year: 2009
O-Town Tweeters make news, plus other notes
Some quick notes for midweek: TVNewsCheck.com is noting how Twitter has become popular in TV newsrooms, and it called upon two of O-Town’s top TV Tweeters to explain the craze. “I thought the social networking sites were strictly a phenomenon of teenagers and young kids. I thought it was meaningless chatter, but it’s…
Meet the man who really delivers the news
No, we’re not talking about an Orlando anchor. We’re talking about Bob Cross. Never heard of him? Not many outside the TV biz have, but you if you watch any of Orlando’s TV newscasts, you’ve almost certainly seen his work. Thirty years ago, Cross got into the TV news business…
Judge: Doctor not at fault for McEwen’s stroke
A Maryland doctor will not be held liable for failing to diagnose the pre-stroke symptoms of former CBS and WKMG anchor Mark McEwen. The Associated Press reports that Monday’s ruling in U.S. District Court in Baltimore is a setback for McEwen, who was diagnosed by the doctor with stomach flu two days…
Information sharing creates new problems for TV
You may have heard about the latest blowup between O-Town stations. This one involved WFTV’s video inteview with religious runaway Fathima Rafqa Bary. Channel 9’s exclusive video was posted on YouTube.com — then WESH and WOFL broadcast portions of the clip obtained from the video-sharing Web site. Neither station credited…
WKMG really wants advertisers
Here’s a clip posted on YouTube of WKMG anchor Laura Diaz and weatherman Eric Wilson taking part in a pitch to an advertiser. WKMG really, really wants attorney Dan Newlin to air his spots on Local 6. Dan hasn’t responded to emails and the station has been after him this past year,…
Former WESH reporter: Don’t kill investigations
Times are tough for all media — particularly newspapers and television. And both mediums are cutting journalists left and right. But former WESH reporter Stephen Stock — now at CBS O&O WFOR in Miami — makes a case for keeping investigative journalism alive. In the latest edition of its “From…
Without American Idol, Fox 35 falls behind WRDQ
Catching up on some Orlando TV News after taking a short blogging break… Yes, it’s really true. For the first time since its launch in 2002, WRDQ’s 10 p.m. newscast knocked off the No. 1 early-late news in town: Fox 35 News at 10. According to a WRDQ news release,…
Savannah, snake to meet Conan O’Brien
Former Orlando radio personality Savannah is scheduled to appear tonight on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. You can see her with a really big snake. Savannah tells Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell that she and her son left Orlando and headed to California. As Maxwell explains, “And she snagged…
No charges for hoe-swinging grandma
WESH and WOFL will not press charges against the hoe-swinging grandma who attacked their news crews earlier this week. But if some folks had their way, there would be charges filed against the news crews. First, the stations’ points of view. “While the incident and the woman’s actions are disturbing,…