posted by Roger Simmons There are some new, improved websites in Orlando TV news, courtesy of WESH 2 and WOFL-Fox 35. The new WESH.com site rolled out on Thursday along with others in the Hearst TV chain. The Internet Broadcasting-powered site is a big improvement of the previous version, though…
Anchor Cale Ramaker leaves Fox 35, heads West for new job
After seven years, anchor Cale Ramaker has quietly left WOFL-Fox 35. His final appearance on the station was last Thursday. Wednesday morning, NewsBlues.com first reported Ramaker’s departure. After several websites also reported the news, Ramaker himself confirmed it on his Twitter account. “I kept quiet about it but, yes, I’ve…
Fox 35, AccuWeather team up under new corporate deal
Self-proclaimed Weather Authority Fox 35 is getting some help in its forecasting department. Fox Television Stations signed a deal with AccuWeather to partner with 11 Fox owned-and-operated stations. The deal includes running AccuWeather’s content online and “jointly produced and branded content across virtually all of the stations’ media platforms.” “Weather…
Former WKMG meteorologist Reynolds Wolf out at CNN
Former WKMG morning meteorologist Reynolds Wolf is out at CNN. TVSpy.com reported Wednesday that Wolf and fellow meteorologist Jacqui Jeras were let go. Wolf joined CNN in 2006, shortly after leaving Local 6. TVSpy.com notes Wolf “specialized in reportage from dramatic weather events such as hurricanes, tornadoes and floods. He was…
Miami anchor joining Fox 35 morning news team
Some news related to Orlando TV newspeople … LuAnne Sorrell will be joining WOFL-Fox 35 as a morning news anchor this summer, her agency — Napoli Management Group — announced. She’s arriving from Miami Fox affiliate WSVN-7, where she is a reporter and weekend anchor. According to her bio, she joined…
WFTV has good reason to break up Warmoth-Echols morning team
If you want to break up a longtime, top-rated anchor team, you better have a good reason. And WFTV did last week when it ended the Orlando TV-record, 15-year on-air partnership of Greg Warmoth and Vanessa Echols on its morning Daybreak newscast. Warmoth has moved to evenings at 5:30 and…
Another evening newscast for Orlando starts Aug. 13
Orlando TV news watchers will have another option in the evening starting Aug. 13. But you’ll need to know Spanish to truly appreciate the journalism. TVNewser.com reports that News Corp.’s new Spanish-language broadcast channel, MundoFox, will have a half-hour evening newscast: The basics: the network will launch with a single news show,…
Is WKCF-CW 18 off the air? Nope, but things aren’t normal either
UPDATE: WKCF’s over-the-air signal is back. Just rescan your TV channels to find it on virtual channels 18.1 (CW), 18.2 (ThisTV) and 18.3 (Esterella). Had several folks email me on Tuesday night saying they could not tune in WKCF-CW 18’s over-the-air signal. The station is appearing on area cable outlets…
Awkward Magic moment becomes TV news in Orlando
Uh, awkward. That’s perhaps the best way to describe what happened Thursday at Amway Center when Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy — confirming a report by WKMG sports anchor David “Ping” Pingalore — said Dwight Howard asked the team to fire him. Van Gundy had just finished telling the…
Jorge Estevez returning to WFTV-WRDQ anchor desk
The changes keep coming at Channel 9, and there’s a familiar face returning to town. WFTV announced this week that former anchor Jorge Estevez will be back on the Eyewitness News anchor desk starting June 4. Estevez left WFTV in 2006 for CBS O&O WFOR-4 in Miami. He’s coming back…