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• VOTD: Tell us about your STDs

  Annoying woman interrupts live shot, meets annoyed WKMG reporter who asks her an obvious question. So do not interrupt WKMG reporter Jessica Sanchez’ live shot, or you’ll become “that woman” from the Youtube video and probably not have a boyfriend for a long time! Though, we wonder if WKMG suits [...]

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• Julie Durda Will Do Weather at WPLG

  Mystery over. In a post on her Facebook page Julie Durda says she will “report your local weather forecast on WPLG Local 10 in April”. WPLG weekend meteorologist Michael Smith is leaving the station so she’s most likely taking over for him.

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• WPLG Reporter Jeff Weinsier Attacked by Car Repair Scammer

  While on assignment recently, WPLG reporter Jeff Weinsier was attacked by an angry car repair scammer. The man was not happy to see Weinsier with a camera in hand interrupting his scam in progress – rubbing shoe polish on a BMW to remove scratches! The agitated scammer can be seen [...]

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• Michael Smith Leaving WPLG; Julie Durda’s Job at 10 Not Defined?

  WPLG weekend meteorologist Michael Smith will be leaving the station. TVSpy metions the internal memo to staffers that went out this morning from WPLG news director Bill Pohovey announcing Smith’s departure and also confirmed the rumors that Julie Durda will be joining the TV station. Oddly, according to the announcement Durda’s job description at WPLG hasn’t been settled [...]

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• Julie Durda Lands at WPLG

  Julie Durda has landed a new gig at WPLG according to Newsblues. Durda left WSVN abruptly in October 2012 instead of December when her contract was set to expire. At the time I was told something had happened behind the scenes so when she asked management to let her go early they [...]

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• VOTD: A Goat Headbutt or an Orange?

  Belkys and Craig muse over the dangers of county fair reporting as WWSB reporter Linda Carson gets headbutted by a “very friendly” goat. Also, Belkys had a human throw an orange at her while she reported.

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• WPEC, Sun Sentinel Enter Sharing Agreement

  Tribune-owned Sun Sentinel and WPEC CBS12 in West Palm Beach have entered into an exclusive content sharing agreement. The two media companies are partnering on content development and will also share video, photo and other content with each other. Staffers from both outlets will appear accross media platforms – on-air, online and in the newspaper. Sun [...]

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• Sheldon Fox, New WSVN Reporter

  WSVN have added another reporter to their ranks. Sheldon Fox joins Team 7 from WGNO, the ABC affiliate in New Orleans where he has reported since 2006. A Miami native, Fox is no stranger to South Florida media. He was a traffic reporter for Metro Networks from 2002 to 2004 heard on WQAM, WIOD and the voice-over traffic reporter [...]

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• WXEL Wants to Renegotiate WTVJ Signal Conflict Settlement

  The new owners of PBS affiliate WXEL want to renegotiate their signal inteference settlement with WTVJ according to the Palm Beach Post. In 2002 NBC agreed to pay WXEL $6.4 million dollars spread out over 15 years because of WTVJ’s signal conflict. But in July 2012 WXEL got sold and the new owners had to borrow $1.5 [...]

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• WPTV Chopper Pilot Captain Julie Stevens Leaving

  WPTV helicopter pilot Captain Julie Stevens is leaving the station after 9 years. Unlike other stations in the area, Captain Julie was the only news helicopter pilot to be heard on the air daily, delivering traffic updates in the morning and when breaking news happens even though she flew with [...]

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