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Former Fox 35 meteorologist Jim Van Fleet forecasting weather for Royal Caribbean cruises

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Roger Simmons

Former Fox 35 morning meteorologist Jim Van Fleet has a new gig on the high seas. He’s the chief meteorologist for Royal Caribbean Cruises – the cruise industry’s first such position.

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Jim Van Fleet: I wasn’t dissing Fox 35 or Orlando in interview

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Roger Simmons

Former WOFL-Fox 35 morning meteorologist Jim Van Fleet is settling into his new role as chief met at Tampa’s WTSP-CBS 10. However, he’s still a bit unsettled by reaction to an interview he gave — and he wants to set the record straight. This all began with an early December blog post by St. Petersburg Times…

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Was Jim Van Fleet criticizing Orlando, Fox 35 in interview?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Roger Simmons

I guess this one depends on your point of view. You can take some comments made by former WOFL-Fox 35 morning meteorologist Jim Van Fleet as either a diss at Orlando TV news or someone who’s just telling it like it is. In an interview with St. Petersburg Times TV writer Eric Deggans, Van Fleet was…

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

Posted on December 5, 2011 by 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 on WKMG-Local 6.  “She will report for the 5, 6 and 7 p.m. news and fill in as anchor wherever…

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Jim Van Fleet, Guy Rawlings, Mike Dunston leaving Orlando TV news

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Roger Simmons

Comings and goings in Orlando TV news … After nearly a decade with WOFL, meteorologist Jim Van Fleet presented his last forecast on Monday morning. The popular Fox 35 weatherman is heading to WTSP-CBS 10 in Tampa to become the station’s chief meteorologist. On Monday’s Good Day show, Van Fleet said, “It is bittersweet. Fox…

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Fox 35’s Jim Van Fleet heading to Tampa’s WTSP

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Roger Simmons

Meteorologist Jim Van Fleet, who has spent a decade forecasting the weather at WOFL-Fox 35, is heading to Tampa’s WTSP-CBS 10 to take over its chief meteorologist job. “Fox 35 did make an offer for me to stay and it was a very generous offer, but quite simply this opportunity with WTSP is something meteorologists…

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Former WKMG anchor Jacquie Sosa joining WOFL

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Roger Simmons

Jacquie Sosa, who was paired with Mark McEwen in one of the earlier (and unsuccessful) attempts to revive WKMG’s morning news, will be back on TV in the mornings starting Thursday — the first day of the November sweeps. Sosa is the newest co-anchor of the Fox 35 Morning News on WOFL. She’ll join a…

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WKMG’s Frier helps front band for charity

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Roger Simmons

Fox 35 singing weatherman Jim Van Fleet has some musical competition among O-Town anchors. Simulcast — the Orlando band that features WKMG anchor Bob Frier and Mix 105.1 FM morning guy Scott McKenzie — makes its debut on Friday night at 9:30 at Dexter’s in Lake Mary. “The number one goal of Simulcast is to…

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Poor sports and hunkiest hunks

Posted on August 8, 2007 by 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 sports product on Local 6. For example, at 11 p.m. Tuesday night there was no sports anchor again — news…

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Traffic and hunks on Local 6

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Roger Simmons

Some quick notes to start off your week … Kim Sanders, who works at a voice-over production company, was introduced as the new WKMG traffic reporter on the Local 6 Morning News on Monday. Click here to see her audition tape. … Central Floridians think WKMG has the hunkiest hunks in local TV. That’s the…

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