Birds, Words, Pics + TV
Mobile-Pensacola Fox affiliate WALA-Channel 10 celebrated its 60th anniversary on Jan. 14.
The station posted a lot of old photos on a Facebook account, and there was a familiar face in the gallery showing station folks from 1977. It was longtime Orlando weatherman Danny Treanor. Before he came to Orlando’s WFTV-Channel 9 in 1978, Treanor was forecasting weather up in the panhandle. Check out a couple of pictures of Treanor and others on the WALA-TV news team in 1977 here.
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…
Wow — I need to go buy a lottery ticket. Just a day after I made my 2011 predictions for the Orlando TV market — looks like one has come true — and another may be about to. I received this communication Tuesday afternoon: “CFN13 just laid off news director…
How excited is Fox 35 about getting its new $1.5 million Guardian dual pole radar? The station has set up a live cam so folks can follow along with the construction progress. The station broke ground for the Doppler tower on Aug. 5. At the time, chief meteorologist Glenn Richards said…