View Post ShopTalk Meteorologist Danny Treanor Returns to Orlando TV By Merrill Knox on May. 27, 2014 - 1:33 PM Veteran meteorologist Danny Treanor is returning to Orlando television as a freelance meteorologist for WKMG, the Orlando Sentinel’s Hal Boedeker reports: The invitation to fill in at WKMG was welcome, Treanor said, because ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk WFTV Adds Stephanie Bertini, Shannon Butler By Merrill Knox on May. 13, 2014 - 11:24 AM Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV is adding two to its news team next month, according to the Orlando Sentinel: Stephanie Bertini (pictured) who will join the station as a reporter, and Shannon Butler, who will freelance for the station. ...
View Post ShopTalk | Top 10 Daralene Jones Returns to WFTV By Merrill Knox on May. 1, 2014 - 11:53 AM Daralene Jones is returning to her former station, Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV, the Orlando Sentinel‘s Hal Boedeker reports. Jones left WFTV for WCAU, the NBC-owned station in Philadelphia, in 2012. She will be returning to W ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Florida State Agency Calls Out WFTV for ‘Multiple Errors’ in Report By Kevin Eck on Mar. 7, 2014 - 11:26 AM The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued a press release detailing what it says are “multiple errors” in a report by Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV. Mario Boone was the reporter on a story the FDLE called ̶ ...
View Post Anchors | ShopTalk Mark Joyella Resigns from WFTV By Kevin Eck on Feb. 26, 2014 - 10:32 AM WFTV reporter Mark Joyella has resigned from the Orlando ABC affiliate to be closer to his family. Joyella wrote on his blog, “So today I handed in my resignation, and the bosses here were kind enough to release me from my c ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk WFTV Issues Multiple Apologies Over Series of Reports About One Man By Kevin Eck on Jan. 23, 2014 - 11:51 AM WFTV has gone to great lengths to make sure viewers understand how sorry they are over mistakes made while reporting about Tim Davis, Sr. “We have a correction to make this evening. It concerns Tim Davis, Sr., the former Or ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Kassandra Crimi Leaves WFTV for Love By Kevin Eck on Jan. 2, 2014 - 2:35 PM Kassandra Crimi, meteorologist for Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV, is no longer with the station. WFTV news director Matt Parcell told TVSpy, “We’re sorry to see her go but true love won out! She’s joining her fian ...
View Post ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Rusty McCranie Joins WFTV By Merrill Knox on Nov. 7, 2013 - 4:39 PM Meteorologist Rusty McCranie is joining WFTV in Orlando. McCrainie most recently worked at KOCO in Oklahoma City, where he was the weekend evening meteorologist. “I will be joining WFTV in Orlando as the 7-9am Mon-Fri Meteor ...
View Post Reporting | ShopTalk Julie Salomone Joins WFTV From WFTX By Merrill Knox on Sep. 9, 2013 - 10:59 AM Julie Salomone is joining Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV, the Orlando Sentinel‘s Hal Boedeker reports. Salomone, a Florida native, starts October 1 as a general assignment reporter at WFTV. She comes from WFTX in Fort Myers, whe ...
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 ...