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.
WOFL-35
Recent RogerSimmons.com Orlando TV News reports involving WOFL-Channel 35, the Fox affiliate for Central Florida. The station calls its newscasts Fox 35 News. WOFL is owned by Fox Broadcasting and is part of an Orlando duopoly with WRBW-Channel 65. Channel 35’s original call letters were WSWB.
Malachi Rodgers leaving WESH for S.C., plus other O-Town moves
WESH-2 weekend meteorologist Malachi Rodgers looks like he’ll finally have some weekends off. NewsBlues.com reports Rodgers is heading home to South Carolina to be the new weekday morning meteorologist on WSPA-CBS 7 in Spartanburg. According to his bio on WESH.com, Rodgers’ hometown is Jonesville, S.C. He was “formerly a meteorologist at WIS-TV, WACH-TV, and WOLO-TV…
Former Fox 35 anchor Cale Ramaker lands morning gig in Las Vegas
When Cale Ramaker left the WOFL-Fox 35 anchor desk in late May, he tweeted, “Specifics aside, I will be moving west and starting my new job July 16.” Now we have the specifics. TVSpy.com reports that Ramaker is joining Las Vegas CBS affiliate KLAS-8 as its new morning anchor: Beginning July 30th, the KLAS morning…
Bear wanders into downtown, Orlando TV news stations pounce
It was breaking bear news you can use on Orlando’s big four TV news stations Friday night. WESH, WFTV, WKMG and WOFL all spent nearly the first 10 minutes of their 6 p.m. newscasts waiting for a young black bear to fall out of a tree. Holy, Goldilocks! The bear was spotted in downtown Orlando…
WESH 2, Fox 35 unveil new, improved websites
posted by Roger Simmons There are some new, improved websites in Orlando TV news, courtesy of WESH 2 and WOFL-Fox 35. The new WESH.com site rolled out on Thursday along with others in the Hearst TV chain. The Internet Broadcasting-powered site is a big improvement of the previous version, though the homepage is still a…
Anchor Cale Ramaker leaves Fox 35, heads West for new job
After seven years, anchor Cale Ramaker has quietly left WOFL-Fox 35. His final appearance on the station was last Thursday. Wednesday morning, NewsBlues.com first reported Ramaker’s departure. After several websites also reported the news, Ramaker himself confirmed it on his Twitter account. “I kept quiet about it but, yes, I’ve left Fox 35 in Orlando….
Fox 35, AccuWeather team up under new corporate deal
Self-proclaimed Weather Authority Fox 35 is getting some help in its forecasting department. Fox Television Stations signed a deal with AccuWeather to partner with 11 Fox owned-and-operated stations. The deal includes running AccuWeather’s content online and “jointly produced and branded content across virtually all of the stations’ media platforms.” “Weather is one of the most…
Miami anchor joining Fox 35 morning news team
Some news related to Orlando TV newspeople … LuAnne Sorrell will be joining WOFL-Fox 35 as a morning news anchor this summer, her agency — Napoli Management Group — announced. She’s arriving from Miami Fox affiliate WSVN-7, where she is a reporter and weekend anchor. According to her bio, she joined WSVN in 2005 after spending…
Jim Van Fleet: I wasn’t dissing Fox 35 or Orlando in interview
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…
Reporter Patrick Pegues no longer with Fox 35 following arrest
Patrick Pegues and WOFL-Fox 35 have parted ways following the reporter’s arrest Monday night for allegedly firing a gun while walking a dog in Orlando. MyFoxOrlando.com reported: According to the incident report, witnesses observed the suspect walking a dog along East Michigan Street. Witnesses told deputies they saw another dog in a yard outside a fence….