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 Antonio as morning anchor. Garofalo…
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Former Daily Buzz host headed to Fox 35
A familiar face is returning to your morning TV screen. John Brown, formerly co-host of the Orlando-based The Daily Buzz, will come back to Central Florida to anchor Fox 35’s Good Day morning news show. STLToday.com reports that Brown signed off Wednesday from his current four-year gig at KTVI-Fox 2 in St. Louis. He also…
TV changes in ’11: WKMG, Daily Buzz, Golf Channel
Some big changes with Orlando-based television start on Monday — the first weekday of the new year. Cellar-dweller WKMG launches its new 7 p.m. newscast with Lauren Rowe as primary anchor. The station has split its hour-long 6 p.m. news into two 30-minute segments with the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric sandwiched in between…
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 Flash video segment for FoxNews.com,…
Andrea Jackson leaving The Daily Buzz
Andrea Jackson, one of the original Daily Buzz anchors, is leaving the Orlando-based morning show. Her last day is Wednesday. In a note to Sentinel TV Guy and More blogger Hal Boedeker, Jackson said, “It’s been a great experience being a part of ‘The Buzz’ since the very beginning. After being on the air for…
WESH expands morning news on CW18
Want more morning news? This week WESH began a six-week experiment simulcasting the 6-7 a.m. hour of its Sunrise newscast on CW18 — leading into the two-hour block of local news it airs on WKCF. According to a WESH news release, “The goal of the simulcast is to expand the reach of WESH-TV’s morning…
The Daily Buzz is heading to WRDQ
The Daily Buzz is moving to a new home — and a new station. WRDQ announced Friday that the Buzz is moving to TV 27 from WKCF-CW 18 starting May 28. According to the press release, "TV27 is taking The Daily Buzz back to the roots of where the show previously aired, and enjoyed its…
Daily Buzz ready to make big move
Moving day is near for the folks at The Daily Buzz. The Orlando-based national morning show will be vacating its home in the former WKCF-CW18 studios on Friday. The show has been headquartered in the building since moving to Central Florida in 2004. But WESH bought WKCF last year and moved its operations to Channel…
New news moves Buzz to later air time
WESH’s decision to air local news on WKCF-CW18 from 7 to 9 a.m. each weekday has displaced The Daily Buzz. The nationally syndicated morning show will now air on tape from 9 a.m. to noon on WKCF. The show had been airing live from 6-9 a.m. on WKCF since it moved operations to Channel 18’s…
Help Wanted Sign Out at Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz is looking for a new anchor. The Orlando-based national morning show has posted on tvjobs.com looking for someone "to sit next to our current host Andrea Jackson." Uh, isn’t that what John Brown does now? The answer is yes. The show confirms that Brown is leaving, and the posting is for his…