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Roger Simmons
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Birds, Words, Pics + TV

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Orlando stations grab Emmy nominations

Roger Simmons, October 31, 2010

Five Orlando news outlets grabbed 30 nominations in the 34th annual Suncoast Emmy Awards competition. Market ratings leader WFTV-Channel 9 pulled in the most nominations among the Orlando stations with 11. It was followed by Fox Sports Florida/Sun Sports followed with 10, WKMG-Local 6 with five, Central Florida News 14…

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Casey Anthony coverage: Local 6 wins

Roger Simmons, April 13, 2009

Following up to the recent Florida Associated Press Broadcasters competition …  AP still hasn’t updated its site with the results, but we’re finding out about them the old-fashioned way: folks at the stations are e-mailing me their results. Today, we recognize the winners at WKMG-Local 6. The station won first place…

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News 13, WESH pick up awards

Roger Simmons, April 6, 2009

Central Florida News 13 took home three awards from the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters competition on Saturday. Chief met Jeff Day won first place for best weathercast for his coverage of Tropical Storm Fay. Scott Fais won second place for best short light feature about Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon. And the station took second…

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WESH’s ‘bland newscasts’ cited

Roger Simmons, April 15, 2007

"Bland newscasts [that] lack a distinctive style." That’s how Orlando Sentinel TV Critic Hal Boedeker characterizes WESH 2 News. It was part of a Sunday feature on the state of the city’s newscasts. He says top-rated WFTV "delivers fast-paced Eyewitness News with businesslike determination," and WKMG "has hit on a…

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More awards, more Guetzloe, more … fish?!

Roger Simmons, April 10, 2007

> More AP Florida broadcast award info has been forwarded. Central Florida News 13 picked up two awards. Scott Fais and Neil Petagno won for best hard news feature for "Miracle Family" and for best sports feature for "Major League Colin." … > WKMG would love to air another edition…

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6 adds awards to its trophy case

Roger Simmons, April 9, 2007

The folks are WKMG are sporting some new hardware. The station picked up three first-place awards in the recent Associated Press Florida Broadcast competition. Local 6 won for best investigative story, for its coverage of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority’s hiring of political consultant Doug Guetzloe; for its coverage of…

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WKMG Dominates AP Awards

Roger Simmons, April 11, 2006

WKMG was the big winner when the 2006 Florida Associated Press Broadcasters awards were presented on Saturday night. Local 6 News won both first- and second-place awards in the Best TV Newscast and Individual Achievement categories, plus a first place in spot news. The Jan. 11, 2005, WKMG newscast —…

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