Birds, Words, Pics + TV
CNN, Fox News Channel, HLN and MSNBC joined the Orlando TV stations in airing the closing arguments and jury instructions Monday in the Casey Anthony murder trial. Not included in the screen grabs below, but even CNN International aired a report on the closing of the trial. Now, the wait begins …
Some interesting news, considering WKMG’s schedule shuffle that replaced its early evening newscasts with Dr. Phil … Local 6’s Post-Newsweek sister station, KPRC in Houston, has yanked Dr. Phil from its schedule — replacing the doc’s show with another doc — Dr. Oz. Here’s what Broadcasting and Cable reported: KPRC decided to…
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…
As the November sweeps wind up, TVSpy.com asked a number of news directors around the country to talk about the quarterly sweeps period — and what are “successful” sweeps stories they plan and execute coverage during the important ratings period. One of those polled was WFTV veteran news director Bob…