Some quick notes and links to end the week … > If case you’ve been living under a rock, WKMG is having tryouts for its new traffic reporter. Hal Boedeker of the Sentinel blogs about the finalists. > Hey, forget traffic reporting — maybe you should be a network correspondent?…
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Recent RogerSimmons.com Orlando TV News reports involving WKMG-Channel 6, the CBS affiliate for Central Florida. The station calls its newscasts Local 6 News. Channel 6 was the first TV station in Orlando and has previously used the call letters WDBO-TV (Way Down By Orlando) and WCPX
WKMG’s new look is a little familiar
WKMG unveiled its new set — as well as new graphics, news music and a new weather center on Tuesday. The Local 6 Big Picture Weather Center is out — in is the Storm Tracking Center. But a couple of people have noticed this new WKMG weather center looks a…
WOFL, WKMG getting new on-air looks
WOFL and WKMG are expected to debut new sets and graphics today. At WOFL, over the the weekend the station’s news set was tweaked for the new look — which an insider says includes new graphics and music. One thing it definitely includes is a new station logo. Actually, it’s…
Prop comics sought for WKMG traffic job
Here’s your Monday memo — some quick hits to start the week …. > WKMG’s traffic reporter tryout stunt is today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Local 6 studios on John Young Parkway. During First News, WKMG reported that one woman was already in line by 4…
Mowry’s delivery leaves Weech all alone
The 5 a.m. hour of Tuesday’s Local 6 First News could have been renamed "The Marla Weech Show." The station’s traffic reporter position is vacant, co-anchor Lauren Rowe was out because she was ill, so it was supposed to be just Weech and meteorologist Larry Mowry on the show. But…
WESH’s ‘bland newscasts’ cited
"Bland newscasts [that] lack a distinctive style." That’s how Orlando Sentinel TV Critic Hal Boedeker characterizes WESH 2 News. It was part of a Sunday feature on the state of the city’s newscasts. He says top-rated WFTV "delivers fast-paced Eyewitness News with businesslike determination," and WKMG "has hit on a…
‘Nappy Ho’ ad on Local 6 Web site
While cruising the Internet on Sunday night looking for items for this week, I came across a slideshow on Local6.com about the "world’s largest Great Dane." While viewing the photos, I noticed the "sponsored links" on the right side of the screen. Under the label "Ads by Google," the advertisement…
Wilson says goodbye on Local 6
WKMG traffic reporter Secily Wilson signed off Friday morning, acknowledging her three years at the station and also former co-worker Jacquie Sosa, who was also recently dropped from the morning show while on maternity leave. "Today is my last day after being here on the air with everyone here at…
Can Dr. Phil be a Problem Solver?
Some quick-hit notes for you today … > WKMG Problem Solver Mike Holfeld appears on the Dr. Phil show tonight on Local 6 to talk about the case of former Lockheed engineer Allison Quets, who kidnapped her birth twins from their adoptive parents. Not familar with the story? Click here…
More awards, more Guetzloe, more … fish?!
> More AP Florida broadcast award info has been forwarded. Central Florida News 13 picked up two awards. Scott Fais and Neil Petagno won for best hard news feature for "Miracle Family" and for best sports feature for "Major League Colin." … > WKMG would love to air another edition…