Florida News Center

Our friends at NewsBlues.com add to our story below, that the new newscasts are expected to premiere between Sept 20 and Oct 25. WGFL will air news at 5:30pm, WNBW at 6:00pm and WMYG at 7:00pm. For the late show WMYG will air news at 10:00pm and WGFL/WNBW will air the same newscast at 11:00pm. Stay tuned…

A Florida News Center reader notified us today that Gainesville triopoly WGFL CBS 4, WNBW NBC 9 and WMYG MyTV 11 will start producing a newscast for the Gainesville/Ocala/Lake City market. Currently, WCJB ABC 20 is the only local station the provides news coverage for the market.

(from MyGTN.TV) – You asked and we listened.  Coming this Fall: Gainesville Television Network News! CBS4, NBC9 and MY11 will be bringing you the Gainesville area news that matters most.  

(from OrlandoSentinel.com) - WKMG and Jacqueline London both agree that her departure from the station was a money issue.

WKMG General Manager Skip Valet last week released a statement that cited the tough economy, which didn’t make it feasible for the station to employ three anchors for 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts.

In an interview, London told me that station management stressed that her removal had nothing to do with her performance and everything to do with the amount of her contract.

But London’s being an anchor was important to many people for reasons beyond money. She was just the third African-American — after Annetta Wilson and Jackie Brockington — to anchor a weeknight newscast on one of the major network affiliates here.

I heard from a reader who wondered why that was such a big deal these days. Well, viewers appreciate seeing people like them in those positions of responsibility….Cont….