Here are WFTV’s and WESH’s promos for their new morning newscasts on their sister stations. >> Click to watch
New WESH and WFTV a.m. promos
Casey Anthony trial TV turns R-rated with finger, F-bombs
If the Casey Anthony trial were a motion picture, the action over the past two days would earn an R rating. Unlike Wednesday, there were no F-bombs spoken on Thursday — but the bird was the word. A local restaurant server flipped a bird at prosecutor Jeff Ashton. If you…
Before super doppler, there was “Miss Fairweather”
As regular readers probably know, we’ve been busy archiving newspaper advertisements for TV stations in Orlando (and other Florida markets too.) We recently came across one that is a gem — a 1963 advertisement for Channel 9’s “Mid Florida News.” This was from the era long before Eyewitness News became…
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WESH live truck in accident under Interstate 4
WKMG’s new 7 p.m. newscast had its first scoop Wednesday night — video of an accident involving a WESH 2 News live van stuck under Interstate 4. According to Local 6, the Channel 2 van nearly rolled over when the live mast became stuck under the I-4 overpass on Wymore…