Beatriz Canals is leaving WFOR. Apparently she and CBS could not agree on a new contract. Her last day is Thursday no idea on what she may be doing next but hopefully it won’t include her going to other markets!
WFOR-CBS 4 anchor and reporter Beatriz Canals, whose contract expires Aug. 2, is leaving the station. She signs off Thursday — with the 6 p.m. newscast.
Canals, 39, turned down an offer to stay another three years. Tempting, she says, but son Andres, 5, is about to start kindergarten and she no longer wants to work nights.
Canals, married to insurance exec Fausto Alvarez, did three years at CBS4 , nine at WSVN-Fox 7 and one at Telemundo. She hopes to return to the biz. “I just don’t see this being the end. I love it too much.”
Rachel Aram new WFOR reporter. She comes from WCYB in Bristol, Virginia where she was anchor/reporter. She studied at the University of Chaing Mai in Thailand and University of London, Imperial College. International girl, cool.
Someone interviewed several reporters as a high school freshman and posted the video on YouTube. That must be from around 1997
No idea who the first interviewee is, probably a photog. The reporter with the red jacket is Lynn Gordon formerly of WSVN. Craig Stevens, Jeff Weinsier from WPLG and Martha Sugalski when she worked at WTVJ and is now in Orlando at WESH
Sunsentinel.com is getting a new look starting tonight. A much much needed new look too. The new site is less cluttered with tabs for the main sections.
Readers will also have the ability to rate stories and photos and also submit their own photos and videos.
Server change will be happening tonight around 10pm as such the blog will probably be offline for either a few minutes or hours depending. I’ve answered all emails so far but since the server will be completely offline anything you send me will bounce and will have to be resend.
Adrienne Roark assistant news director since January at WFOR is now CBS4’s new news director. She is replacing Shannon Bassalik who left the station recently
The Miami Herald is reporting Dade police director Robert Parker is ready to take on WFOR because of their ‘erroneous and reckless broadcast’ in which the station broke into regular programming and announced Parker’s son was arrested for armed robbery. Parker wants CBS4 to preserve all notes and documents relating to the October 2 2006 incident and according to a letter from his attorney he is considering a lawsuit for slander and defamation and seeking $500,000 to settle out of court.
Looks like he’s pretty determined, question remains will CBS4 pony up or risk what could be a very nasty public trial. And probably a lot of coverage from WPLG
WFOR sportscaster Jill Martin is leaving the station for a job in New York. She will be a sports and entertainment reporter for the Madison Square Garden Network (MSG-NY). Martin will co-anchor a 10pm sports entertainment program weeknights and do celeb interviews during Knicks games halftime.
Rachel Aram new WFOR reporter. She comes from WCYB in Bristol, Virginia where she was anchor/reporter. She studied at the University of Chaing Mai in Thailand and University of London, Imperial College. International girl, cool.
Server move and downtime around 10pm
Server change will be happening tonight around 10pm as such the blog will probably be offline for either a few minutes or hours depending. I’ve answered all emails so far but since the server will be completely offline anything you send me will bounce and will have to be resend.
Hopefully nothing breaks again!