Jacquie Sosa, who was paired with Mark McEwen in one of the earlier (and unsuccessful) attempts to revive WKMG’s morning news, will be back on TV in the mornings starting Thursday — the first day of the November sweeps. Sosa is the newest co-anchor of the Fox 35 Morning News…
Obama campaign shuts out WFTV after West interviews Biden
Supposedly unhappy with how WFTV anchor Barbara West conducted an inteview with Democrate VP candidate Joe Biden, the Barack Obama campaign has told Channel 9 not to expect any more interviews through the duration of the presidential race. NewsBlues.com reports that what so offended the Obama campaign was when West…
Quick hits: WESH’s Share Your Christmas, and paying for Casey coverage
Four Friday quick hits to end the work week: With the economy being in the tank, WESH’s annual Share Your Christmas takes on added importance. The drive is already under way in its planning stages. The station has posted a list of needed items and is listing where the…
Channel 9’s Echols helping cancer patients
WFTV morning and noon anchor Vanessa Echols went through a very public battle with breast cancer four years ago. Today, she’s healthy, in remission and giving something back. She has founded the Compassionate Hands and Hearts Breast Cancer Outreach, a volunteer group that helps breast-cancer patients with errands, visits to the doctor and…
WFTV crew thrown out of Casey Anthony news conference
Local coverage of the Casey Anthony saga continues to go beyond bizarre. On Tuesday, the day an Orange Count grand jury handed down a murder indictment for Casey Anthony, a crew from WFTV was thrown out of a press conference by Anthony’s attorney. At the office of attorney Jose Baez,…
Sorry WESH — NBC pulls plug on WeatherPlus
Anyone with concepts for a new weather slogan or ideas on how to program digital channel 2.2 should contact WESH-TV. NBC has decided to kill its WeatherPlus franchise and informed employees on Tuesday, TV Week reported. The operation will be phased out in stages over the next year. WESH is…
WHDO aims for ambitious local start-up
A new local TV station is signing on with a big mission: all local programming in nothing by high definition. That’s the goal for WHDO-Channel 38 (digital channel 42). The plan for the station is to produce a schedule of all local shows and to broadcast them in HD. Some…
Gibson to anchor World News from Orlando this week
Some notes to start the week … ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson will air from Orlando on Thursday night. His visit to the Sunshine State is part of ABC’s “Battleground Bus Tour,” which will take Gibson to key areas around the country that could decide the presidential election. Other stops…
New NBC station cutting into WESH’s territory
WESH’s reach north is going to be diminished soon when Gainesville gets its own NBC affiliate. WNBW-DT 9 is scheduled to officially go on the air on Jan. 1 — but it has already been testing its signal (see the image to the left). Gainesville has had its own ABC…
Caylee Anthony case topic of today’s Dr. Phil show
Because all the coverage on local TV and the Web, Nancy Grace and 20/20 just aren’t enough, Dr. Phil will give his take on the Caylee Anthony saga on his show today. It airs at 7 p.m. on WKMG-Local 6. According to Dr. Phil’s Web site, “Caylee Anthony’s face has…