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WFOR Anchor Eliott Rodriguez Nominated for Imagen Award

Published by admin on 7/26/2010 in Local Media.

WFOR anchor Eliott Rodriguez has been nominated for an Imagen Award for his report on Cuban journalist Ricardo Gonzalez (watch) who was jailed by Cuba’s government and is serving a 20-year sentence for reporting on the 2003 crackdown on Cuban dissidents. When Rodriguez traveled to Cuba in 2002 for a WFOR CBS4 assignment he spoke to Gonzalez who was arrested 7 months later.

The award is given out by the Imagen Foundation, an organization dedicated to “encouraging and recognizing the positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment industry” and since its establishment tin 1985 has become one of the most prestigious awards in the entertainment industry. Past recipients include actors Andy Garcia, Antonio Banderas and even Admiral Adama himself – known in the real world as Edward James Olmos. So if the Admiral got one of these you know it’s an awesome award!

The award ceremony will take place in LA on August 15

7 Comments Tags: cbs, eliott rodriguez, ricardo gonzalez, WFOR.

Is WPBF Turning HD On Soon?

Published by admin on 7/26/2010 in Local Media.

Reader GBPalmBeach87 is telling me WPBF is running the station image promos in HD.

So perhaps that means the Palm Beach ABC affiliate will at long last turn the HD on for their newscasts, they are the last of the main television stations in the area to not broadcast their news in HD. Maybe they finally got some hardware thanks to parent company Hearst and we’ll get to see that fancy new set in something other than 4:3.

Victor Blackwell and Tiffany Kenney in HD? We’d watch

0 Comments Tags: abc, hd, HD Transition, tiffany kenney, victor blackwell, wpbf.

Jennifer Herrera: WPLG Anchor And Soccer Player

Published by admin on 7/25/2010 in Local Media.

Some moms are soccer moms just because they drive a minivan full of kids and seats covered in fries but WPLG anchor Jennifer Herrera really is a soccer mom.

Turns out Jen started kicking the football at just 6 years old and aspired to compete in the women’s World Cup. The Herald has a blurb about her in the sports section of MiamiHerald.com and how her internship at WPLG made her choose TV news as a career

2 Comments Tags: abc, it's football, jennifer herrera, WPLG.

WPEC Joins The App Fray; Bribes You For a Download

Published by admin on 7/22/2010 in Local Media.

Palm Beach CBS affiliate WPEC joined the news app fray as well this week. The station released its free news apps for the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows smartphone platforms all in one go. And apparently they’re also going to have an app for Palm’s webOS very soon!

Also, anyone who texts CBS12APP to 56654 or go to CBS12.com/mobile and downloads the app will get a chance at winning a Bahamas Cruise on Celebration Cruise Line from Palm Beach!

1 Comment Tags: android app, app, cbs, iphone app, wpec.

Brian Andrews Leaves Colombia Due to Security Issue

Published by admin on 7/16/2010 in Local Media.

Brian Andrews has left Colombia abruptly after the US Embassy warned him about a “security issues”.

Even though the Colombian press is buzzing about his departure, in a post on his blog Brian says he hasn’t given interviews and that the Colombian tabloids are making up the stories surrounding his sudden departure from the country. ElTiempo.com is one of the rags who claim to have talked to Brian and that militant organization FARC is behind the security issue.

Brian says Colombia News in English is not ceasing, he’s still reporting daily for them from Miami

I have nothing but great things to say about the country and about the organization for which I work. Continue to check out my reports each day at http://www.colombianews.tv.

He ends his post with “My heart is in Colombia. I’ll be back”

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