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 …
Thursday will mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Charley’s surprising and destructive visit to Orlando. Orlando’s TV stations performed a great public service on Aug. 13, 2004 — dismissing the official National Hurricane Center track for the storm and correctly predicting the hurricane was headed to Orlando, not to Tampa….
Finally … news from WKMG-Local 6 about folks who AREN’T leaving. MediaStars talent representation reports that weekend sports anchor Todd Romero has signed a contract extension with WKMG. FTVLive.com, citing MediaStars, says morning anchor Laura Diaz signed a multi-year deal with WKMG — but that bit of information is not…
WFTV is reaching into its past to try to secure a ratings win in the November sweep. Today and tomorrow — the last days of the sweep — Channel 9 is offering $5,000 to lucky morning news viewers. The reason? “WFTV is the longtime leader in the 6 a.m. time…