With college football in the midst of an expansion craze, WKMG Sports Director David “Ping” Pingalore had a big scoop Wednesday: “multiple college football sources have said that the University of Central Florida and Memphis could be invited to join the Big East conference as soon as next week.” So…
Month: June 2010
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WFTV adding 6:30 p.m. news on WRDQ
WKMG’s THE 6 O’Clock News hour is about to get some competition. WFTV announced today that it will expand its Eyewitness News by a half hour in September, adding a 6:30 p.m. show on sister station WRDQ-TV 27 — giving Central Floridians two choices for local news at a time…
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O-Town news from out of town
Some quick out-of-town news with Orlando connections … Former WOFL-Fox 35 meteorologist Doug Kammerer — who was part of the team that launched the station’s first morning show, Good Day Orlando — is making news in the nation’s capital. He’s been named the new chief met at NBC O&O WRC-4. The…
Former WESH anchor Walker stands up to BP
You may remember Scott Walker, the former WESH 2 Sunrise anchor who left O-Town to anchor at Hearst sister station WDSU-NBC 6 in New Orleans. He’s been out on the front lines of the oil spill — and he’s been trying to do his job reporting from the beaches where…
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Birthday time for WESH, WRBW
Some quick notes from the news that is television … Happy birthday, WESH. Channel 2 turned 54 years old on Friday. The station went on the air June 11, 1956, from Daytona Beach. Some fun facts about WESH: It was the 19th television station in Florida. … It wasn’t the…
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FCC fines WFTV $40,000 for kids show violations
Orlando’s WFTV-Channel 9 is among seven TV stations across the nation being penalized by the Federal Communications Commission for violations of the Children’s Television Act of 1990. WFTV was ordered to pay a $40,000 fine for exceeding the limits on commercials allowed during kids’ TV shows more than 150 times….