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Month: July 2011

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WESH’s Me-TV part of diginet expansion

July 30, 2011 Roger Simmons

Just a few short weeks ago, Orlando TV viewers were given the chance to view one of the newest “diginets” — Memorable Entertainment Television, or Me-TV for short. Me-TV, which replaced WeatherPlus on WESH’s 2.2 … MORE

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Oh, Oprah! WESH pulls ahead of WFTV at 5 p.m.

July 28, 2011 Roger Simmons

The folks at WFTV are missing Oprah right now. In the just completed July ratings, WESH 2 News finished ahead of Channel 9’s Eyewitness News at 5 p.m. in the 25-54 demo. For years, WFTV’s … MORE

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Heidi Hatch, Todd Romero, Laura Diaz find new roles

July 27, 2011 Roger Simmons

Yes, Virginia — there really is life after Orlando TV, and here are some examples to prove it. Former Fox 35 morning anchor Heidi Hatch, who left the station in June, has landed at Salt … MORE

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Blast from the Past: WESH 2 logo from 1965

July 24, 2011 Roger Simmons

Thanks to the online archives of the Daytona Beach Morning Journal, we’ve discovered another Orlando TV station logo from long ago. Here’s one for then-Daytona Beach based WESH-2. This logo from 1965 touts the station … MORE

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Blast from the past: WOFL ad from 1979

July 14, 2011 Roger Simmons

WOFL is now quite the ratings force locally, thanks in large part to Fox. But back in 1979, WOFL was just trying to survive. Orlando’s original “independent” station, WSWB-Channel 35, signed on in 1974 but … MORE

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Blast from the past: WESH ad from 1968

July 13, 2011 Roger Simmons

We’re climbing into the Wayback Machine again today, taking a look at an old newspaper ad from WESH-Channel 2. Back in the late 1960s, NBC was riding high with programs like Laugh-In, Bonanza and Julia. … MORE

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Blast from the past: Channel 6 ad from 1969

July 12, 2011 Roger Simmons

Orlando’s CBS station is known today at WKMG-Local 6. But 40 years ago, it was just WDBO-TV Channel 6. And the station’s newscast was known as “Newsbeat.” Here’s a newspaper advertisement from November 1969 promoting … MORE

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Blast from the past: ‘Eyewitness’ ad from 1971

July 11, 2011 Roger Simmons

It’s hard to believe today after more than 30 years of local dominance, but WFTV-Channel 9 used to be the least-watched station for Orlando TV news. Here’s a newspaper ad from that era — when … MORE

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Orlando TV news covers final space shuttle launch

July 9, 2011 Roger Simmons

The final launch of the space shuttle on Friday capped what arguably has been one of the busiest news weeks ever for Orlando TV news. Like the shuttle program, the Casey Anthony story is starting … MORE

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Casey Anthony trial: Orlando TV news coverage dissected

July 6, 2011 Roger Simmons

Broadcasting & Cable offers a report on how Orlando TV news covered the Casey Anthony trial. There’s nothing you probably didn’t already know, but it does give you an outsider’s perspective on the wall-to-wall coverage … MORE

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