Anchors
Birthday time for WESH, WRBW
Some quick notes from the news that is television … Happy birthday, WESH. Channel 2 turned 54 years old on Friday. The station went on the air June 11, 1956, from Daytona Beach. Some fun … MORE
O-Town Alumni
Anchors
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 … MORE
Anchors
Former Orlando anchor Rondinaro: ‘I’m a budget cut’
Former longtime Orlando anchor Steve Rondinaro has a new assignment: finding a job. Rondinaro, the former WESH and WFTV anchor who in 2007 became the lead anchor and managing editor for WWAY-ABC 3 in Wilmington, N.C., … MORE
Anchors
Not a fan of WFTV’s new weather channel
Some quick thoughts on recent Orlando TV News: Put me down as not a fan of WFTV’s revamped weather channel, 9.2. Sure, Severe Weather Center 9 has forecasts, temperatures and a radar — but just … MORE
Orlando TV
Former WESH reporter: Don’t kill investigations
Times are tough for all media — particularly newspapers and television. And both mediums are cutting journalists left and right. But former WESH reporter Stephen Stock — now at CBS O&O WFOR in Miami — … MORE
Orlando TV
Marla Weech is back in the anchor chair
Wonder what’s been up with former WFTV and WKMG anchor Marla Weech? Weech, who lost her job at Local 6 in the station’s first wave of layoffs in July 2008, was spotted back in the … MORE
Orlando TV
WKMG looking for new traffic anchor
WKMG traffic anchor Kim Sanders is leaving the station. Mike James’ O-Town TV quotes Channel 6 GM Skip Valet as saying, “We are going to make a change in our morning traffic.” James says that change … MORE
Orlando TV
Hori welcomes twins; see WFTV video from 1978
A couple of quick items to start off the new year … Congrats to former WESH anchor Shannon Hori, now at WFOR-CBS 4 in Miami. Last week she welcomed twin boys, Colt and Cade. “The … MORE
Orlando TV
Former WESH anchor arrested on DUI charge
Former WESH anchor John O’Connor was arrested early Sunday in Jacksonville on suspicion of driving under the influence. O’Connor, now the main anchor for Jacksonville’s CBS 47, was pulled over after police said his car … MORE
Orlando TV
Martinez signs off at WESH
Starting to catch up on the latest news … Anchor/reporter Raoul Martinez, who has been at WESH for about six years, is leaving the station. His last day will be Sunday, according to Sentinel TV … MORE