Central Florida News 13
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| Orlando, Florida | |
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| Branding | Central Florida News 13 |
| Slogan | All Local. All the time. |
| Affiliations | CNN (Cable News Network) |
| Owner | Bright House Networks |
| Founded | October 1997 |
| Website | www.cfnews13.com (Note: Renovated website similar to Bay News 9's is online as of June 2010) |
Central Florida News 13 is a cable news television station located in Orlando, Florida. It currently serves the greater Central Florida areas including Volusia County, Seminole County, Orange County, Osceola County, Lake County, Marion County, Flagler County, and Brevard County. Central Florida News 13 covers news in cities such as Orlando, Daytona Beach, Melbourne, and Kissimmee, as well as surrounding areas.
Marla Weech serves as the News 13 weekday morning anchor. Jackie Brockington is the weekday afternoon anchor, and Ybeth Bruzual is the weekday evening/overnight anchor. On the weekends, only two anchors fill the day, with Janelle Jordan taking the first half and Adam Longo handling the second half of the day.
The Weather Team is made up of Chief Meteorologist Jeff Day, Dave Cocchiarella, Danny Treanor, Peter Caggiano and Ali Turiano.
It airs twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, exclusively on a commercial cable TV company that serves the area, Bright House Networks. Bright House is the current carrier, previously Time Warner Cable.
On December 14, 2010, News 13 became available to Bright House's digital subscribers in the Tampa Bay area, on channel 1213; the channel is offered as an adjunct to their local news channel, Bay News 9.[1]
On November 1, 2011 News 13 began broadcasting their newscasts in high-definition. The station had a new master control system installed, and unveiled a slightly tweaked graphics package.[2]
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[edit] Unique features
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News 13 has several features that make it unique in the area:
- There is a weather report every ten minutes called "Weather on the 1's." During the Atlantic Hurricane Season, two of these reports each hour are dedicated to tropical activity.
- Also on the weekends, a segment called "Weather Pets" features the meteorologist speaking with local pet adoption representatives.
- Weekdays from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m., the traffic report (immediately after Weather on the 1's) called "Traffic Check".
- The channel covers each rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
[edit] News team
[edit] Current on-air staff[3]
Anchors
- Jackie Brockington - weekday afternoons (12 p.m.-6 p.m.)
- Ybeth Bruzual - weeknights (5 p.m.-5 a.m.)
- Janelle Jordan - weekend mornings and afternoons (7 a.m.-4 p.m.)
- Adam Longo - weekend afternoons, evenings and overnight loop (4 p.m.-7 a.m.)
- Marla Weech - weekday mornings (5 a.m.-12 p.m.)
Weather team
- Jeff Day (member, AMS; member, NWA Seals of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weekday afternoons (12 p.m.-6 p.m.)
- Peter Caggiano (member, AMS; member, NWA) - meteorologist; weekend afternoons, evenings and overnight loop (2 p.m.-7 a.m.)
- Dave Cocchiarella (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weeknights (5 p.m.-5 a.m.)
- Danny Treanor - meteorologist; weekend mornings and afternoons (6 a.m.-2 p.m.)
- Ali Turiano (AMS Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings (5 a.m.-12 p.m.)
Traffic
- Ted Noah - weekday mornings (5 a.m.-9 a.m.)
- Joe Brennan - weekday middays (9 a.m.-1 p.m.)
- Ed Torrence - weekday afternoons (1 p.m.-6 p.m.)
Reporters
- Kelli Cook - general assignment reporter
- Dave D'Marko - general assignment reporter
- Amanda Evans - general assignment reporter
- Scott Fais - feature reporter
- Jacqueline Fell - general assignment reporter
- John Handiboe - entertainment reporter
- Mark Jenkins - general assignment reporter
- Margaret Kavanagh - Brevard Bureau reporter
- Greg Pallone - Brevard Bureau chief
- Seshmi Robertson - entertainment reporter
- Saul Saenz - Volusia Bureau reporter and fill-in anchor
- Heather Sorentrue - Lake County reporter
- Allison Walker - feature reporter and fill-in anchor
- Christine Webb - feature reporter/fill-in anchor
- Jason Wheeler - Volusia Bureau reporter
[edit] Former on-air staff
- Lisa Bell - anchor
- Scott Harris - senior anchor (fill-in and special events; eceased)
- Jessica Yellin - anchor/reporter (?-?; now national political correspondent at CNN)
[edit] En Español staff
In March 2011, Bright House announced that the Spanish-language news channels of News 13 and Bay News 9 will merge into a new channel, InfoMas; the merged channel will begin broadcast in late Summer 2011.[4]
[edit] News team
[edit] Current on-air staff
- Sharon Miranda - anchor/reporter
- Idamis Toledo - anchor/reporter
- Christian De La Rosa - anchor/reporter
- Sarykarmen Rivera - anchor/reporter
[edit] See also
- Bay News 9, Tampa, FL Bright House news channel
- SNN Local News 6, Sarasota, FL Comcast news channel
- News 14 Carolina, Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable news channel
[edit] References
- ^ Bright House Networks ad in St. Petersburg Times, November 12, 2010.
- ^ [1] Central Florida News 13 goes HD…
- ^ Our People
- ^ St. Petersburg Times: "Bright House Networks to merge Tampa Bay and Orlando Spanish language newschannels into InfoMas", March 11, 2011.
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