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…
Orlando TV news anchors in the news
Some updates for you on some former Orlando TV newsers who are making news … Mike Garofalo, who left Local 6 back in September 2010 to be closer to his reporter wife in Miami, has landed back on the anchor desk. TVSpy.com reports that he joined WOAI-NBC 4 in San…
Back to blogging … why I love Orlando TV news
Yes, I’m back blogging about Orlando TV news. What’s the deal, you ask? I’ve been very busy with my real job and also took some vacation time. Plus, it was good to take a blogging break. But now it’s back to chronicling the news that comes across your Orlando TV sets. Here’s…
Jim Van Fleet: I wasn’t dissing Fox 35 or Orlando in interview
Former WOFL-Fox 35 morning meteorologist Jim Van Fleet is settling into his new role as chief met at Tampa’s WTSP-CBS 10. However, he’s still a bit unsettled by reaction to an interview he gave — and he wants to set the record straight. This all began with an early December…
Bob Baxa, Greg Warmoth involved in changes at WFTV-Channel 9
There are some changes in roles taking place at market-leader WFTV-Channel 9. First, longtime morning traffic guy Bob Baxa is no longer reporting for the station. He’s been replaced by Racquel Asa. “He did a good job for us. I was very happy with Bob’s performance,” WFTV news director Bob Jordan…