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Do WESH, Payne have WFTV to thank for Obama interview?

October 2, 2011 Roger Simmons

Catching up with the latest Orlando TV news … WESH 2’s Jim Payne was among several local anchors invited to the White House last week to interview President Obama — who was pushing his jobs … MORE

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King of Orlando TV? Tom Sorrells, of course

August 12, 2009 Roger Simmons

The Orlando Sentinel’s fun summer online contest, the Orlando Celebrity Smackdown, has its championship match up. The winner among all the local television personalities is WKMG chief meteorologist Tom Sorrells. He reached the finals by knocking … MORE

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WESH anchors keep rolling in Celebrity Smackdown game

July 28, 2009 Roger Simmons

The WESH duo of Jim Payne and Martha Sugalski dispatched WKMG’s main anchors to move into the third round of OrlandoSentinel.com’s Celebrity Smackdown game. Also advancing to face the Channel 2 Cinderellas — the anchors … MORE

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WESH’s Payne-Sugalski about to knock off WFTV’s Opsahl-Salt?

July 17, 2009 Roger Simmons

We’re in the dog days of summer. The Casey Anthony case has cooled down, the tropics are relatively quiet, and other than the python-killing mania sweeping the state, there’s not much going on. That’s why the folks … MORE

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Conan O’Brien with an alligator? Must be Super

February 1, 2009 Roger Simmons

Conan O’Brien got a first-hand look at some Central Florida media stars when he visited WESH on Saturday. O’Brien, in the area before attending Sunday’s Super Bowl in Tampa, dropped by the WESH 2 studios to talk about … MORE

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After 20 years, Wendy Chioji to leave WESH

March 28, 2008 Roger Simmons

WESH veteran anchor Wendy Chioji — who celebrates her 20th anniversary with the station today — will leave Channel 2 at the end of the May sweeps. In a press release issued Thursday, WESH said … MORE

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Poor sports and hunkiest hunks

August 8, 2007 Roger Simmons

Orlando Sentinel sports columnist Jerry Greene reports that new WKMG sports anchor David Pingalore has been “delayed” in leaving Cleveland for his new O-Town gig. That has led to a further diminishing of the declining … MORE

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Time for a lot of local TV goodbyes

February 27, 2007 Roger Simmons

Goodbye, Sports Jam. The WKMG Sunday night sports highlight show is apparently getting the ax. According to a Local 6 insider, a memo was circulated saying the 10-plus-year-old show will end after its Sunday, March … MORE

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WESH prepares to swap anchors

January 18, 2007 Roger Simmons

Expect a complete makeover of Channel 2’s anchor assignments shortly, according to a WESH insider. Included will be a solo anchor shift at 6 p.m. for Wendy Chioji, a return to the 11 p.m. show … MORE

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Personnel Changes Coming to WESH

April 7, 2006 Roger Simmons

You’ll likely be seeing some new faces on WESH soon, but the real question is whether these new faces will be replacing any existing ones at the station. WESH is advertising for an evening news … MORE

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