Amy Kaufeldt bid goodbye to her morning co-anchors on Fox 35 Friday. She’s moving to the new "Fox at 5" evening newscast, which begins on March 6 on WOFL. Here’s what we know about the new newscast and what’s going to happen on WOFL’s morning show. The new 5 p.m….
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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.
Assistant ND leaving WOFL
As WOFL prepares to launch its new 5 p.m. newscast in a little more than a week, it will be doing so without Assistant News Director Chris Ford. After three years, he’s leaving WOFL to become assistant news director at Tribune Co.’s CLTV cable operation in Chicago. The Fox 35…
First on Fox! Super Sweeps Exaggeration
Sweeps are a time when some stations try to grab viewers by, well, stretching the truth a bit to pass off old news as "breaking news" or by labeling widely reported stories as "exclusives." Some like, Fox 35, try both — to con viewers into thinking they’re breaking an exclusive…
Fox 35 Airs Video of Cheney Shooting
Fox 35 News at Ten had video last night of Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shooting someone while quail hunting. Here’s a link to the video. (Oh, did I mention it was from a video game?)
Fox to Launch 5 p.m. News on March 6
Hal Boedeker of the Orlando Sentinel broke the story today that Fox 35 will start its new evening newscast one month from today, on March 6. Morning anchor Amy Kaufeldt will be moving to the new 5 p.m. newscast, which will also feature chief meteorologist Glenn Richards. Other details, such…