Word came this morning that longtime Orlando TV news anchor Scott Harris had passed away. He was 64 and had been battling kidney cancer. “Scott died peacefully this morning at Hospice of the Comforter,” News … MORE
Anchor/reporter Scott Harris, a familiar face to Orlando TV news watchers since the 1970s, is now in hospice care. David Waters, Harris’ former colleague at Central Florida News 13, posted this update Saturday on Facebook: … MORE
A couple of notes from a weekend of TV news dominated by Hurricane Irene… HLN spent Saturday showing coverage from affiliate stations along the East Coast, including Norfolk’s WAVY-NBC 10. On the desk there was … MORE
As Hurricane Irene passed by Central Florida, Orlando’s TV news crews were camped out along to coast to watch waves and report on beach erosion. WESH 2 reporter/meteorologist Dan Billow got an up-close-and-personal interaction with … MORE
I still have a little jetlag after spending most of the past two weeks on a family vacation in Europe. It was an incredible experience as we toured Paris and Barceolona. There were visits to … MORE
Meteorologist Jim Van Fleet, who has spent a decade forecasting the weather at WOFL-Fox 35, is heading to Tampa’s WTSP-CBS 10 to take over its chief meteorologist job. “Fox 35 did make an offer for … MORE
Blast from the Past features an icon of TV talk shows, Mike Douglas. This ad from November 1965 touts Douglas’ show on WESH-Channel 2 as a “merry go round of mirth and madness.” I vaguely … MORE
Blast from the Past focuses today on WFTV-Channel 9 and ABC. This ad is from February 1969, promoting the ratings-challenged news on ABC and Channel 9. Frank Reynolds was the anchor of the “ABC Evening … MORE
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 … MORE
Blast from the Past continues with this ad for the 1968 NBC fall lineup on WESH-2. The online archives this came from are only in black and white. Too bad, since I believe the NBC … MORE
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