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Malachi Rodgers leaving WESH for S.C., plus other O-Town moves

August 11, 2012 Roger Simmons

WESH-2 weekend meteorologist Malachi Rodgers looks like he’ll finally have some weekends off. NewsBlues.com reports Rodgers is heading home to South Carolina to be the new weekday morning meteorologist on WSPA-CBS 7 in Spartanburg. According … MORE

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Lisa Bell joins WKMG, Jayme King to Fox 35 and Jim Van Fleet starts job

December 5, 2011 Roger Simmons

Some personnel moves for a couple of Orlando TV news stations … Former News 13 morning anchor Lisa Bell is coming back to Orlando TV news. In January, she’ll be a reporter and occasional anchor … MORE

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Orlando TV news anchor Scott Harris passes away

August 29, 2011 Roger Simmons

Word came this morning that longtime Orlando TV news anchor Scott Harris had passed away. He was 64 and had been battling kidney cancer. “Scott died peacefully this morning at Hospice of the Comforter,” News … MORE

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Veteran Orlando TV news anchor Scott Harris in hospice care

August 28, 2011 Roger Simmons

Anchor/reporter Scott Harris, a familiar face to Orlando TV news watchers since the 1970s, is now in hospice care. David Waters, Harris’ former colleague at Central Florida News 13, posted this update Saturday on Facebook: … MORE

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News 13 to start mornings with Marla Weech

August 1, 2011 Roger Simmons

Central Florida News 13 announced Monday that Orlando TV news veteran Marla Weech is now the anchor for Your Morning News. Weech, who has been on Orlando TV since the 1980s on channels 6 and … MORE

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News 13: Viewers alerted station about ‘finger’ guy

July 4, 2011 Roger Simmons

Central Florida News 13 says it was its viewers who first noticed Matthew Bartlett’s “middle finger of affection” — as Judge Belvin Perry called it — during the Casey Anthony trial. Bartlett, the 28-year-old restaurant … MORE

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Casey Anthony trial TV turns R-rated with finger, F-bombs

June 30, 2011 Roger Simmons

If the Casey Anthony trial were a motion picture, the action over the past two days would earn an R rating. Unlike Wednesday, there were no F-bombs spoken on Thursday — but the bird was … MORE

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Casey Anthony trial outdraws NBA Finals in Orlando

June 4, 2011 Roger Simmons

Interesting tidbit about Orlando TV ratings for the Casey Anthony trial, courtesy of TVNewser.com… “Bob Jordan, news director of ABC affiliate WFTV, tells TVNewser more people watched the trial on his station as well as … MORE

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Changes afoot at Bright House’s News 13

January 5, 2011 Roger Simmons

Wow — I need to go buy a lottery ticket. Just a day after I made my 2011 predictions for the Orlando TV market — looks like one has come true — and another may … MORE

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Former Orlando newsers talk about O-Town days

January 2, 2011 Roger Simmons

Orlando Sentinel TV Guy Hal Boedeker catches up with a group of O-Town TV alumni, asking about their days covering the news in Orlando. The roster includes CBS News’ Byron Pitts (1986-88 at WESH), CNN’s … MORE

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