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Roger Simmons
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Birds, Words, Pics + TV

WFTV crew thrown out of Casey Anthony news conference

Roger Simmons, October 15, 2008

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,…

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Sorry WESH — NBC pulls plug on WeatherPlus

Roger Simmons, October 8, 2008

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…

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WHDO aims for ambitious local start-up

Roger Simmons, October 7, 2008

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…

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Gibson to anchor World News from Orlando this week

Roger Simmons, September 29, 2008

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…

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New NBC station cutting into WESH’s territory

Roger Simmons, September 23, 2008

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…

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Caylee Anthony case topic of today’s Dr. Phil show

Roger Simmons, September 22, 2008

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…

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WKMG photos

Roger Simmons, September 16, 2008

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Flashpoint back in Sunday spot, and other random notes

Roger Simmons, September 14, 2008

 Some random notes from the weekend … WKMG’s Flashpoint public affairs show — which was bounced from its Sunday morning perch to replace Local 6’s canceled Sunday night sports shows — has returned to its former home. That’s a good thing. The Lauren Rowe-hosted show fits in well following CBS’…

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Ike takes a swipe at WFTV crew in Texas

Roger Simmons, September 14, 2008

 WFTV sent its Mobile Cam to Texas to record Hurricane Ike’s landfall this past week. The Channel 9 crew got an eyefull of Ike. According to WFTV.com, the station’s crew was riding in its Hummer when the storm made landfall on Saturday morning. As the Hummer was going along Interstate…

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Olympics doing well for WESH

Roger Simmons, August 12, 2008

 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

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