WKMG’s THE 6 O’Clock News hour is about to get some competition. WFTV announced today that it will expand its Eyewitness News by a half hour in September, adding a 6:30 p.m. show on sister station WRDQ-TV 27 — giving Central Floridians two choices for local news at a time…
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O-Town news from out of town
Some quick out-of-town news with Orlando connections … Former WOFL-Fox 35 meteorologist Doug Kammerer — who was part of the team that launched the station’s first morning show, Good Day Orlando — is making news in the nation’s capital. He’s been named the new chief met at NBC O&O WRC-4. The…
Former WESH anchor Walker stands up to BP
You may remember Scott Walker, the former WESH 2 Sunrise anchor who left O-Town to anchor at Hearst sister station WDSU-NBC 6 in New Orleans. He’s been out on the front lines of the oil spill — and he’s been trying to do his job reporting from the beaches where…
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Birthday time for WESH, WRBW
Some quick notes from the news that is television … Happy birthday, WESH. Channel 2 turned 54 years old on Friday. The station went on the air June 11, 1956, from Daytona Beach. Some fun facts about WESH: It was the 19th television station in Florida. … It wasn’t the…
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FCC fines WFTV $40,000 for kids show violations
Orlando’s WFTV-Channel 9 is among seven TV stations across the nation being penalized by the Federal Communications Commission for violations of the Children’s Television Act of 1990. WFTV was ordered to pay a $40,000 fine for exceeding the limits on commercials allowed during kids’ TV shows more than 150 times….
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May sweeps: WFTV, CBS big winners in Orlando
Just as predictable as afternoon thunderstorms in the summer: WFTV and CBS were the big winners in Orlando in the just-completed May sweeps. The juggernaut that is Channel 9’s Eyewitness News showed no signs of weakness. WFTV’s newscasts won in all time periods — morning, noon, evening and night. According…
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Former O-Town anchor: What’s his name?
Former Daily Buzz anchor Clayton Morris has moved on to bigger and better things from his Orlando morning show days, now working with Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends show. But the Fox suits apparently weren’t laughing on Friday when Morris played a joke in a video. During the Fox…
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Fox 35 expands partnership with Mix 105.1 FM
Some quick notes as we await the results of the May sweeps… It appears Fox 35 has expanded its partnership with CBS-owned Mix 105.1 FM (WOMX). WOFL’s meteorologists have been giving weather forecasts for awhile on WOMX’s Morning Mix show. But now Fox 35 morning anchors are also supplying the…
Orange County Sheriff’s office responds to Fox 35 video
Video obtained by WOFL-Fox 35 of an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy arresting a 17-year-old has prompted the agency to review the arrest and the officer’s actions. According to Fox 35, the incident in the video occurred last week when part of an Apopka neighborhood was closed off by the police…
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WKCF-CW 18 named CW’s top affiliate
What’s the station the CW Network wishes all of its affiliates would be like? Well, just turn on Orlando’s WKCF-CW 18 and find out. The station announced Thursday that it received the APEX Award from The CW for being the network’s “Model Affiliate of the Year.” According to the press release, “The…