WESH Orlando

Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WESH Orlando, Fla., (DMA 18), is adding Adrian Whitsett to its weekend anchor team. Whitsett will co-anchor weekend evenings and late-night newscasts alongside Summer Knowles. Whitsett will […]

Hearst’s Orlando NBC affiliate will explore how hurricane forecasting has improved in the 10 years since Charley, Frances and Jeanne battered the region.

Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WESH Orlando, Fla. (DMA 18), has named Stewart Moore anchor of its WESH 2 News on co-owned CW affil WKCF from 7 to 9 a.m. beginning Monday, […]

Hearst Television-owned NBC affiliate WESH Orlando, Fla. (DMA 18) announced that Michelle Imperato will be joining its anchor team on June 2. She will be co-anchoring WESH 2 News Sunrise […]

Wolff, who had been assistant news director at the NBC Orlando affiliate for seven years, assumes the new job immediately. She had been leading the newsroom since news director Bob Longo departed last month for a similar job at WTEV-WAWSJacksonville, Fla.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 911 dispatcher is charged with aggravated assault after allegedly pointing a gun at a TV reporter. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that 28-year-old Shauna […]

Hearst Television WESH (NBC) and WKCF (CW) Orlando, Fla. (DMA 19), are focusing attention on relief efforts for the victims of Monday’s Oklahoma tornado. The stations and their subchannels are […]

Rentrak Corp. has signed a StationView Essentials contract with Hearst Television Inc. for four of its stations — WESH (NBC) and WKCF (CW) Orlando, Fla.; WLKY (CBS) Louisville, Ky.; and […]

Growing morning commutes and earlier newscasts have given traffic reporting a new importance, not only on-air. And as traffic information from alternative sources grows, TV stations are working to remain the top destination for traffic news. They are developing new ways of tracking traffic in real time and are also delivering the information to commuters through email, social media and mobile devices. This is the third of four articles that will appear this week and that collectively constitute a TVNewsCheck Special Report on Traffic Reporting.

Fox, Tribune, Cox and Post-Newsweek all have media outlets in busy, tourist-enlivened Orlando, Fla., where the sensational Casey Anthony trial offered opportunity for a hotbed of related apps, streaming video and social media experimentation.

Hearst’s Orlando, Fla. (DMA 19), duopoly of WESH (NBC)â€ÂWKCF (CW) has promoted Steve Rifkin to creative services director of all the Hearst Orlando platforms that include, WESH, WKCF, MeTV, ThisTV, […]