On January 1, 1955, WEAT-TV signed on at Channel 12 (after a struggle to obtain that frequency) from their brand new studios in West Palm Beach, Florida as South Florida’s ABC affiliate (WPLG had not yet signed on).
Read for full WPEC biography after the jump!
Happy New Year!
From our family to yours, we hope you have a very happy new year! The SFLTV.com staff thanks you for making this one of SFLTV.com’s most successful years. SFLTV has provided more exclusive content and expanded at a rate never seen before in this sites history. We thank our loyal readers who check in on the site nearly every day, and hope you’ll continue to in the following years to come.
On this day in 1989 WTVX, then in Fort Pierce, claimed victory in a suit filed against Walt Disney’s Buena Vista Television.
More after the jump.
Continue reading ‘On This Day in SFLTV History: WTVX wins against Disney’
Happy Holidays from SFLTV!
Happy Holidays everyone! Boy oh boy, where did 2009 go?! Please excuse the lack of posting in the recent week or so. The SFLTV.com staff is observing their respective holidays, maintaining our off-site careers, and catching up on some end of the year work. We’ll be back to posting soon with fresh content. Until then, have a safe and happy holiday — and for updates, follow us on Twitter: @SFLTV @SFLTVBossMan @AlexSFLTV.
Happy Holidays!
The new and updated WSVN.com went live this Monday morning, just as SFLTV.com told you it would in our “First Look.” Overall, I like the new site. I feel that it has a cleaner, more organized look to it. On the top navigation bar, there are handy links for the “7 Skyforce Tracker,” “News Team,” and “7 News Live” (which allows you to watch the show when streaming). As reported yesterday, there are very little differences between WSVN.com and WHDH.com. The main changes I spotted was obviously, the logo branding and affiliation. WSVN.com also placed an advertisement on the top header of the site near their logo, where as WHDH has a graphic of the Boston skyline. Additionally, WHDH.com is asking for feedback, posing the question of: “We want this website to be your website. Click here to give us some feedback.” From my searching, there is no request for feedback on the updated WSVN site.
Updated WSVN.com
Check out the new WSVN.com here. Compare it to the new WHDH site here.
Larry King at the Miami Dolphins vs Patriots game yesterday.
He joined former WPLG sports director Jimmy Cefalo and WTVJ NBC6 sports director Joe Rose for their radio broadcast on WQAM
King was a Dolphins radio analyst from 1969-1971 and in 1977
You’d have to be blind to not realize there’s a ton of ways you can contact the SFLTV.com. Here’s a quick guide to all the madness, as a refresher course.
First, lets review the methods (and new methods) of contacting us:
Basically, you no longer have an excuse! Here’s how everything works.
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In summery, there’s a whole lot of ways for you to get in touch with us… and we encourage it!
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SFLTV.com FunFact: Did you know there are actually 4 people that contribute to SFLTV.com?
Around this time in December 1982, WCIX found itself in quite a perplexing situation. The Channel 6 signal in South Florida also fell in the same spot as FM 88.5 on your radio dial…and in South Florida in the 1980s you could hear WCIX audio at that radio spot. Unfortunately for WCIX, the Boca Christian School had applied for a license to use 88.5 for its school radio station. Soon after they applied, the Broward School Board applied for the same frequency which Piper High School in Sunrise wanted to use.
More after the jump, and this months old video!
Continue reading ‘On this Day/Month in SFLTV: WCIX fights Boca Christian School’
...From everyone here at SFLTV.com.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
-SFLTV.com Staff
On this day in SFLTV: Cox’s own Larry King interviews WCKT-7’s Wayne Fariss for The Miami News
Mr. Fariss is long gone from Miami and a lot has changed (he moved to WZVN in Ft Myers and left TV for Real Estate in 1986). I think many of you will find his thoughts on the business in Miami and abroad, as well as the idea of tabloid in 1978 interesting. Little did he know these very things and a lot of the things he said he was proud of would force him out of his job two years later!
Take a look at the interview after the jump.
Continue reading ‘On this day in SFLTV: Cox’s own Larry King interviews WCKT-7’s Wayne Fariss for The Miami News’