Birds, Words, Pics + TV
Belated congratulations to WKMG investigative reporter Tony Pipitone and WESH chief photographer Pete Delis.
The two Orlando TV newsmen were honored with Regional Silver Circle Awards at the Suncoast Emmy Awards on Dec. 4 in Fort Lauderdale.
The Silver Circle Award recognizes those people who have made significant contributions to television over a period of 25 years or more. The Suncoast Chapter has offered these awards to television professionals in its southern U.S. region since 1989.
Floridians will select a new governor and a new senator on Tuesday. And Orlando’s TV stations will be following the local results as votes in the off-year election are counted. Here’s what’s the local stations have been advertising for election night … WESH 2: Will air NBC News’ election coverage…
Ed Trauschke, whose four-year run as news director at WESH ended in August, has landed in Little Rock, Ark. The Arkansas TV News blog reports that Clear Channel’s WLRT-Fox 16 has hired Trauschke as its new ND. He replaces Michael Fabrac, who left the station in Nielsen market No. 57…
Blast from the Past continues with a bit of history in this classic advertisment. The date was June 14, 1973. You would think having an embattled President Richard Nixon in town give the commencement address at UCF (then known as Florida Technological University) would be the top story on Orlando TV,…