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Bryan Norcross Joins Weather Channel

Published by admin on 8/17/2010 in Local Media.

It’s not a comeback to TV per se but former WFOR hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross has joined The Weather Channel, with the same job description, for this year’s hurricane season. Norcross will work with the channel’s “hurricane expert” Dr. Rick Knabb

Bryan Norcross left WFOR in 2008 after an investor company bought his emergency communication company ‘America’s Emergency Network’. WPLG hurricane specialist and former Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield is the Sernior VP of Governmental Relations for AEN

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WFOR Debuting New Graphics Today

Published by admin on 8/9/2010 in Local Media.

WFOR is debuting a new graphics package at 5pm today. I’m told it will be the new O&O package other CBS-owned stations like KCBS in Los Angelis and WBBM in Chicago received this year. Videos after the jump

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CBS Launches New Online Platform

Published by admin on 8/6/2010 in Local Media.

CBS just rolled out a new website for its New York  television and radio stations that combines all their websites into one. They also took a page out of NBC’s online strategy and named it CBSNewYork.com although the domain just forwards to newyork.cbslocal.com

Also just like NBC, CBS wants CBSNewYork.com to be the online “hub” for New Yorkers that has everything from local news, fluff, shopping discounts and local events. Interestingly, the new site is powered by the very popular free content management system WordPress! Actually it’s the premium version found on WordPress.com also known as WordPress VIP. CNN, Time.com, the BBC and others use it for their blogs. The network’s boss Leslie Moonves says the new platform will be rolled out to other CBS markets.

Even though in Miami CBS doesn’t own any radio stations, it does own WFOR and WBFS My33 and the two stations have a shared website, so they should see the new design and name change in the very near future.

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WFOR Photog Arrested at Miami City Hall

Published by admin on 8/2/2010 in Local Media.

Details are scarce but a tipster tells us a WFOR photog was arrested in a scuffle at Miami City Hall on 7/30.

He was charged on two counts, one for obstruction and one for a battery on an officer. The first charge is a misdemeanor and the second is a felony. He was released on a $5,000 bond and a prehearing date is set for 8/27.

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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

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