Casey Anthony’s murder trial is easily the biggest television news event in Orlando’s history. Each day, it seems, the local television stations keep turning their coverage up a notch. All aired the opening statements, then planned to settle into live streaming coverage that would appear mostly online. But that plan…
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Recent RogerSimmons.com Orlando TV News reports involving WESH-Channel 2, the NBC affiliate for Central Florida. The station calls its newscasts WESH 2 News.
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WESH live truck in accident under Interstate 4
WKMG’s new 7 p.m. newscast had its first scoop Wednesday night — video of an accident involving a WESH 2 News live van stuck under Interstate 4. According to Local 6, the Channel 2 van nearly rolled over when the live mast became stuck under the I-4 overpass on Wymore…
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Former Orlando newsers talk about O-Town days
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 Jessica Yellin (1998-2000 at News 13), ABC News’ Deborah Roberts (1997-90 at WFTV), CBS News’…
WESH, WKCF remain on DirecTV after deal
Don’t worry about ringing in 2011 without having WESH 2 or CW 18 on your DirecTV hookup. The Orlando stations’ parent, Hearst Television, reached a retransmission deal with the satellite TV provider on Thursday afternoon. “WESH is pleased to report a new carriage agreement has been reached with DirecTV. DirecTV…
WESH report gets Colbert’s attention
The folks at Comedy Central had a good laugh over a WESH 2 News report about Heathrow Elementary banning “red and green” for Christmas. It’s funny because (1) Fox News Channel picked up the report and got all indignant about it and (2) the school district said the report was…
DirecTV subscribers may lose WESH, CW18
When 2010 turns into 2011, local DirecTV subscribers may have to ring in the new year without a couple of Orlando channels. Hearst Television, parent of WESH-Channel 2 and WKCF-CW18, is locked in a disagreement with the satellite provider. Retransmission of Hearst station signals is at the heart of the…
Website problems for CW18TV.com, WESH.com
Looks like I’m not the only one who has been having problems with his website. On Sunday, when I went to WESH.com to check on something, instead of the homepage loading, I was greeted with a warning page from Google: “The website at www.wesh.com contains elements from the site www.cw18tv.com, which appears…
Anderson Cooper coming to WESH
Anderson Cooper may not be the next Oprah, but the folks at WESH are hoping he’ll at least be the next Dr. Oz. Cooper’s new talk show will be joining the Channel 2 lineup next fall. TVNewsCheck.com reported Wednesday that show distributor Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution added 21 markets,…
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Blast from the Past: WESH’s Cinema 2 ad
In addition to cataloging Orlando TV history, I also collect old newspapers. Lots and lots of old newspapers. And I have many copies of the Orlando Sentinel (or, as it was known for a time, the Sentinel Star). Over the next couple of days, I’ll post different newspaper advertisements from…
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WFTV returns to cash giveaway to win ratings
WFTV is reaching into its past to try to secure a ratings win in the November sweep. Today and tomorrow — the last days of the sweep — Channel 9 is offering $5,000 to lucky morning news viewers. The reason? “WFTV is the longtime leader in the 6 a.m. time…