View Post ABC Affiliates | Revolving Door Orlando GM Announces Retirement, Replacement Named By Kevin Eck on Jun. 5, 2015 - 1:14 PM “We will miss Shawn’s leadership, insights, experience, and energy and wish her the utmost success in her future adventures,” said CMG evp of TV Jane Williams.
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Martha Sugalski Leaves WESH in Orlando By Mark Joyella on Jul. 31, 2014 - 11:18 AM Orlando NBC affiliate WESH announced today anchor Martha Sugalski has left the station. The Orlando Sentinel quoted WESH general manager Jim Carter: “Martha Sugalski has been an important member of the WESH News Team. While ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk After Just a Month On the Air, WFTV Expanding 4 p.m. Newscast By Merrill Knox on Jul. 19, 2013 - 2:43 PM Just one month after adding a 4 p.m. newscast to its programming lineup, Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV is expanding the broadcast by 30 minutes. In a statement, the station said the new newscast “provided an immediate ratings b ...
View Post ShopTalk WFTV Drops 6:30 p.m. News on WRDQ By Merrill Knox on Jun. 18, 2013 - 11:07 AM Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV has dropped the 6:30 p.m. newscast on sister station WRDQ, the Orlando Sentinel‘s Hal Boedeker reports. “In the fall, an hour of ‘The Middle’ starts at 6 p.m. on WRDQ,” WFTV ...
ABC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Matt Parcell Promoted to News Director at WFTV By Merrill Knox on Aug. 13, 2012 - 4:18 PM Matt Parcell is stepping into the news director role at Orlando ABC-affiliate WFTV, the station announced today. Parcell, who has been WFTV’s managing editor for four years, takes over for his mentor, Bob Jordan, who becomes ...
ABC Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk Reporter Mary Nguyen Out at Orlando’s WFTV By Merrill Knox on Apr. 10, 2012 - 10:14 AM Reporter Mary Nguyen is no longer with WFTV, the ABC-affiliate in Orlando, according to the Orlando Sentinel. General manager Shawn Bartelt confirmed that Nguyen had parted ways with the station but did not elaborate on the detail ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Jorge Estevez Leaving WFOR to Return to WFTV By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 5, 2012 - 10:22 AM Jorge Estevez is leaving Miami and going back to Orlando. Estevez, who has worked as a reporter for Miami’s WFOR since 2006, is departing the CBS station to return to WFTV, the Orlando station where he worked prior to moving ...
ABC Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk WFTV’s Craig Patrick To Join WTVT in Tampa By Merrill Knox on Jan. 11, 2012 - 2:19 PM WFTV host Craig Patrick has left the Orlando ABC-affiliate to join WTVT, the Fox O&O in Tampa. “Craig has family in Tampa,” WFTV general manager Shawn Bartelt told the Orlando Sentinel. “His old station, WTVT ...