WPTV must be preparing for Jim Sackett’s departure because this week they changed their anchor lineup.
The station is introducing Michael Williams to viewers by pairing him with Kelley Dunn at 5:30pm, leaving Shannon Cake and Jay Cashmere as anchors of the 5pm newscast on WPTV and the 10pm on WFLX. Dunn will continue [...]
One of our readers sent us this video of last night’s inaugural weekday 10pm newscast on WFLX produced by WPTV and anchored weeknights by Shannon Cake and Jay Cashmere.
At first glance not bad actually, looks and feels fresh. Not a WSVN-ified version by any stretch of the imagination even though WPTV bossman Steve [...]
WPTV owner Scripps has announced who will anchor the newscasts on FOX affiliate WFLX starting January 1, 2011 when its 5-year partnership with Raycom Media begins. It’s nothing surprising, simply WPTV news anchors will handle the WFLX newscasts.
Once done with the news on WPTV from 4:30am to 7am, John Favole and Roxanne Stein will [...]
WPTV’s lead man has agreed to stay another year reports Page2Live. Apparently Jim Sackett, who’s been the main co-anchor at WPTV for many years, got convinced by station management to put off retiring and put in another year at the anchor desk. Wit some caveats. The station’s management allegedly wanted him for two more years [...]
TCPalm has a story on now former WPTV anchor Jamie Holmes and why he left the station so abruptly.
Holmes says he started planning his departure “…six or seven months ago” and that there was no ill will between him and WPTV.
“I realized it was time to get out of the business,” [...]
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