Florida has 106 full-power television stations today, and many more channels when you consider their digital offerings. It’s a far cry from what the FCC envisioned for the Sunshine State in the early days of television. … MORE
What’s Bob Kealing’s new job? What’s Univision doing with another Orlando TV station? Will Channel 6 hire another sports anchor? All this, plus more. … MORE
Catching up on Orlando TV news after being busy Christmas shopping … Former WESH anchor Wendy Chioji has reunited with former Channel 2 colleagues Marc Middleton and Bill Shafer on their Growing Bolder television venture. … MORE
While RogerSimmons.com was offline with technical difficulties last week, WKMG-Local 6 announced its new 7 p.m. newscast. And I have a couple of observations about that. First, the news: Channel 6 will ditch it’s hourlong … MORE
Anderson Cooper may not be the next Oprah, but the folks at WESH are hoping he’ll at least be the next Dr. Oz. Cooper’s new talk show will be joining the Channel 2 lineup next … MORE
In addition to cataloging Orlando TV history, I also collect old newspapers. Lots and lots of old newspapers. And I have many copies of the Orlando Sentinel (or, as it was known for a time, … MORE
Between lots of travel for business (and some for pleasure), I’m playing catchup with the latest Orlando TV news… Interesting — and unconfirmed — rumor passed on by a tipster: Bright House may be getting … MORE
WFTV is reaching into its past to try to secure a ratings win in the November sweep. Today and tomorrow — the last days of the sweep — Channel 9 is offering $5,000 to lucky … MORE
WFTV-Channel 9’s Eyewitness News has been so dominate for so long, it’s news whenever it doesn’t finish No. 1 in a time period. And that happened, sorta. During October, WESH 2’s Sunrise morning news — … MORE
As part of its continuing coverage for Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Orlando Sentinel decided to check up on former WESH 2 News anchor — and breast cancer survivor — Wendy Chioji. It’s a story … MORE
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