Conan O’Brien got a first-hand look at some Central Florida media stars when he visited WESH on Saturday. O’Brien, in the area before attending Sunday’s Super Bowl in Tampa, dropped by the WESH 2 studios to talk about his Bud Light Super Bowl commerical as well as his upcoming move from Late Night to the…
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Today looking for O-Town Super fans
Want to be on the Today show and get into Universal Orlando for free? You can if you’re a Cardinals or Steelers fan — or willing to at least pretend you are. Today weatherman Al Roker will be at Universal Orlando on Saturday, and the NBC morning show is looking for folks…
WESH, WFTV to launch mobile video
You’ll soon be able to watch the news from WESH and WFTV on your cell phone. At last week’s annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Open Moible Video Coalition announced a group of broadcasters would launch mobile digital television service this year. Hearst-Argyle’s WESH-Channel 2 and Cox’s WFTV-Channel…
Hori welcomes twins; see WFTV video from 1978
A couple of quick items to start off the new year … Congrats to former WESH anchor Shannon Hori, now at WFOR-CBS 4 in Miami. Last week she welcomed twin boys, Colt and Cade. “The best Christmas present ever,” Hori told the Miami Herald. The boys are the first children…
Cabrera leaves WESH, Garofalo and Longo come to town
It’s been a good, long while since I’ve blogged about anything. Buy my resolution for 2009 is to write more — so I’m getting an early start. Here’s some of the stuff that’s been going on recently in O-Town’s TV Land … Meteorologist Ivan Cabrera has left WESH. Cabrera’s agent, Rob…
Former WESH anchor arrested on DUI charge
Former WESH anchor John O’Connor was arrested early Sunday in Jacksonville on suspicion of driving under the influence. O’Connor, now the main anchor for Jacksonville’s CBS 47, was pulled over after police said his car stopped beyond the pavement marker at a red light. Police said O’Connor’s eyes were watery,…
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…
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…
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…
Olympics doing well for WESH
WESH has to be pleased with the massive number of people tuning in the Summer Olympics from Beijing. But the late-night anchors aren’t getting much sleep. They didn’t start the “11 p.m.” news until nearly 1 a.m. Monday night/Tuesday morning