The Sun Sentinel Celebrity Smackdown has come to an end. After weeks of weeding out local television and radio celebs only one has won. Or two as it may be in this case.
And this one was a radio vs TV. WTVJ’s Bob Mayer and Pam Giganti went head to head with Paul and Young Ron from Big 105.9FM. The radio guys won the six week long contest and were officially crowned yesterday morning as King and King of South Florida Media. They beat WTVJ’s Bob Mayer and Pam Giganti 56% to 44%
Another week another round of voting for SunSentinel’s South Florida Celebrity Smackdown to find out who newsrooms readers think is South Florida’s biggest media celeb.
Still left standing are:
Shannon Hori/Antonio Mora WFOR vs Lynn Martinez/Louis Aguirre WSVN
Pam Giganti/Bob Mayer WTVJ vs Joe Rose (!) WTVJ
Paul & YoungRon vs Jimmy Cefalo WIOD (formerly WPLG sports director)
Michael Yo vs Ryan Lieber WPTV
You have until Monday August 3rd to vote for your favorites
Who got canned in round 2? Jump and have a look
Continue reading ‘SunSentinel Celeb Smackdown Enters Round 3′
The Sun Sentinel South Florida Celebrity smackdown, pitting television anchors against radio hosts, has entered round two.
After newsroom employees SunSentinel.com visitors weeded out most contestants in round two, now they have to decide who moves on to round 3 which begins next Wednesday, July 29th.
Competing in Round 2 are:
Jimmy Cefalo WIOD vs Susan Wise 101.5FM
Claudia Shea/Ric Blackwell WFLX vs Joe Rose WTVJ/WQAM
Will Manso WPLG vs Ryan Lieber WPTV
Laurie Jennings/Charles Perez WPLG vs Shannon Hori/Antonio Mora WFOR
Kelly Dunn/Jim Sacket WPTV vs Lynn Martinez Louis Aguirre WSVN
Diana Diaz/Christine Cruz WSVN vs Pam Giganti/Bob Mayer WTVJ
After jump, who among the TV personalities got canned in round 1?
Continue reading ‘SunSentinel Celeb Smackdown Enters Round 2′
WTVJ’s Bob Mayer announcing it during South Florida Today along with a look back at WTVJ’s history
WPLG’s announcement
A clip from 1975 – WTVJ was the first station to broadcast a live report from the field. Bob Mayer had the honors reporting and Ralph Renick at the anchor desk
The Sentinel assembled a gallery slideshow with screen captures of some of South Florida’s past and present anchors
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