View Post CBS Affiliates | News Directors | Revolving Door | TV Biz WTKR Names GM and News Director By Kevin Eck on Nov. 9, 2015 - 9:36 AM "Together with Skip, their leadership will help continue the growth of WTKR/WGNT."
View Post CBS Affiliates WKMG News Director Resigns By Mark Joyella on Jul. 22, 2015 - 8:17 AM Steve Hyvonen follows general manager Skip Valet out the door in Central Florida.
View Post CBS Affiliates | Revolving Door | TV Biz Orlando GM ‘To Step Aside’ By Kevin Eck on Jun. 2, 2015 - 11:01 AM "WKMG is becoming more competitive, but not fast enough," wrote Valet. "So, with regret, it's time for me to step aside and let someone else lead the team."
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Ben Aycrigg, Orlando TV Legend, Dies at 88 By Aneya Fernando on Nov. 5, 2014 - 1:01 PM video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Ben Aycrigg, a TV legend in Orlando, died of renal failure last night at the age of 88. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Aycrigg worked for 35 years as a reporter, news ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk WKMG Switching Up Morning Talent By Aneya Fernando on Oct. 9, 2014 - 2:48 PM Since the departure of traffic reporter Jessica Sanchez last week, Orlando CBS affiliate WKMG has been forced to use existing talent to pick up the slack. First up, meteorologist and reporter Julie Broughton can now add traffi ...
View Post Mornings | ShopTalk David Hall Joins Orlando’s WKMG By Merrill Knox on Jun. 11, 2014 - 10:07 AM David Hall is the new morning anchor at Orlando CBS affiliate WKMG, the Orlando Sentinel‘s Hal Boedeker reports. “We searched long and hard for the right person to join our team,” WKMG general manager Skip Valet ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Ginger Gadsden to Join WKMG in Orlando By Kevin Eck on May. 30, 2014 - 5:02 PM WKMG in Orlando has announced Ginger Gadsden will join the Orlando CBS affiliate as evening anchor “Ginger Gadsden will be a terrific addition to our early evening newscasts,” WKMG VP and GM Skip Valet said in a statement. ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Tony Pipitone Leaving Orlando for Miami By Kevin Eck on Feb. 12, 2014 - 1:54 PM The Orlando Sentinel reports Tony Pipitone is leaving WKMG to work as an investigative reporter at Miami NBC owned station WTVJ. “I’ve worked with many fine journalists, but Tony Pipitone is at the head of that class,& ...
View Post Reporting | ShopTalk Jessica Sanchez Returns to WKMG After Cancer Treatment By Merrill Knox on Jan. 21, 2014 - 4:15 PM WKMG traffic reporter Jessica Sanchez is returning to the Orlando CBS affiliate nearly a year after she was diagnosed with cancer, the Orlando Sentinel‘s Hal Boedeker reports. “I am pleased to announce that Jessica San ...
View Post Anchors | CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Gaard Swanson Signs Off From WKMG By Merrill Knox on Dec. 6, 2013 - 11:40 AM WKMG evening anchor Gaard Swanson is signing off from the Orlando CBS affiliate, the Orlando Sentinel‘s Hal Boedeker reports. Swanson will anchor his final newscasts tonight. Swanson, who came to Orlando from Seattle in 2011 ...