Cesar Aldama Photo: CBS4.com
The Miami Herald has a story on WFOR’s new boss Cesar Aldama about what his life was like in one of the most infamous towns, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Aldama was born and raised on the US naval base there and lived at Guantanamo for 19 years before coming to the United States and becoming a naturalized citizen
WFOR anchor Erika von Tiehl is leaving the station for a morning anchoring job in Philly. Come August she will be waking up at 2am in the morning every weekday to co-anchor the morning newscasts on KYW, the CBS-owned affiliate in Philadelphia and their CW station.
Quite the change, considering Erika has anchored the 5:30pm news on CBS 4 as well as the 10pm newscast on sister station WBFS My33, for the last three years
Erika von Tiehl joined WFOR in October of 2007 from WKBW in Buffalo, New York where she anchored the morning and noon newscasts.
Interesting development when you consider that new WFOR boss Cesar Aldama just came from KYW to head the station when Adrienne Roark left for KTVT in Dallas where CBS owns a station
CBS ‘Early Show’ co-host and former WFOR anchor Maggie Rodriguez is a new mom. She gave birth to a baby boy this past Sunday. Micheal Tobin Jr entered the world at 6:20pm weighing over 7 pounds, 1 ounce. Maggie and husband Michael Tobin, a Telemundo exec, already have a daughter Daniella who’s 5.
Maggie Rodriguez left WFOR in June 2007 to co-host ‘The Saturday Early Show’ on CBS. In December of that year CBS promoted Rodriguez to co-host of ‘The Early Show’. She is also the substitute anchor for Katie Couric on ‘The CBS Evening News’
Brien Kennedy Photo: Freedom.com
WPEC executive VP and General Manager Brien Kennedy is making a move to CBS-owned WCCO in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. He will be holding the same position there as well.
Kennedy is no stranger to Viacom Television Stations, in 2005 he was promoted to President and General Manager of CBS-owend WFOR and WBFS from a VP/General manager of WTVX, the CW affiliate in West Palm Beach which at that time was also part of Viacom.
He joined Freedom Communications in 2007 and was appointed as WPEC VP and GM in March 2008.
WFOR Chief Engineer Bernie Wimmers. WFOR tower in the back brought down by Hurricane Andrew Photo: CBS4.com
Bernie Wimmers WFOR’s chief engineer until the year 2000 has passed away according to a tribute on CBS4.com. He joined WFOR around 1967 when the station had just launched as WCIX from WTVJ where he oversaw the coverage of launches from Cape Canaveral.
As a chief engineer, Bernie Wimmers brought stereo to then WCIX and put the station back on the air when the station’s transmitter collapsed during Hurricane Andrew. He also oversaw the channel switch in the mid 90s between WTVJ and WCIX, which then became WFOR.
Bernie Wimmers passed away on Sunday, at 75, and is survived by his wife of 55 years, 4 sons and grand children. Funeral services were today in Ocala, Fl
CBS4.com: South Florida TV Pioneer Bernie Wimmers Dies at 75
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