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WFTV is losing top sports anchor Dan Hellie to NBC O&O WRC in Washington, D.C. Hellie, who came to Channel 9 from WPTV in Palm Beach three years ago, is from the D.C. area and had an out-clause in his contract that allowed him to leave O-Town for a job back home. Hellie will replace longtime WRC sports anchor Wally Bruckner. Back in Orlando, WFTV No. 2 sports guy Zach Klein might move up to Hellie's No. 1 spot. ...

WESH's newest meteorologist is Ivan Cabrera, who formerly was with WSI Corp., a national weather provider to outlets such as Fox News Channel. Cabrera was part of Channel 2's hurricane season town hall meeting. And the bilingual Cabrera will be playing a big role as the station reaches out to Hispanic viewers. WESH announced a deal with La Prensa, Central Florida's oldest weekly Latino newspaper, to provide weekly forecasts and an "Ask Ivan" feature. ...

Former WESH morning anchors Marc Middleton and Claire Metz are teaming up again -- this time in print. Hometown News, a weekly newspaper delivered along the coast, is featuring columns by Middleton and Metz. Here's a link to Middleton's column, and here's a link to Metz's. WESH has a content deal with the newspaper, which explains Metz's column. But WESH cut loose Middleton, who opened a consulting business with former Channel 2 anchor Andrea Coudriet.