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First"
News: WESH 2 News
Previous
News: NewsChannel 2, 2 News,
NewsCenter 2, Channel 2 News, The Big News,
Newscope.
Etc:
Had
first hour-long local news in the market starting
in September 1963. Canceled the 5:30 half-hour in
1981 when WFTV expanded to an hour and tried a
short-lived NewsCenter at 7 half hour. Restored
the hour-long block in 1988. First minicam ENG in
the market. Live Super Doppler (first in area).
First satellite truck in market. First
4:30 p.m. (then 4 p.m.) news in market - both
later canceled. Those 4 o'clock hour newscasts
were paired with an ill-fated but ambitious local
magazine show called Discover Orlando.
Station
History: WESH-Channel 2 went on the air in
1956 as an NBC affiliate. It was sold to Cowles
Communications Inc. in 1965. Other owners
included H&C Communications Inc. of Houston
and Pulitzer.
Originally based
in Daytona Beach, the station is now
headquartered in Winter Park along Interstate 4.
Its 1,700-foot
transmission analog broadcast tower is located in
Orange City, about 30 miles north of Orlando.
Digital tower is located on the local TV
"antenna farm" in Bithlo.
Digital
subchannel programming: WESH WeatherPlus, part of
NBC's Weather Plus sevice, runs 24 hours a day on
digital channel 11.2.
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