It’s been more than six months since José Fajardo departed WMFE in a cloud of toothy charm and firm handshakes – and at least three pledge drives – but the staff of our local NPR affiliate has carried on, grown and excelled, despite lacking an official leader. Now the station announces their candidate search...
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We just got an email from WMFE CEO José Fajardo announcing his departure from WMFE, effective Dec. 1. The press release from WMFE Board Chair Bob Showalter is below. You can read it while we try to pick our chins up off the floor. And hope they keep us on the air with...
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So, while we were foaming at the mouth on WMFE yesterday – and foaming at the fingers in Happytown this week – about Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll (who?) coming out claiming that black women who look like her don’t have lesbian relationships, it appears that somebody in the Carroll camp finally crept out of...
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Now this makes sense. Way more sense than that weird deal that almost happened that would have put Channel 24 into the hands of an out-of-state Christian broadcasting company. WMFE announced this evening that WUCF, which took over as the region’s flagship PBS station a year ago, is purchasing the license for Channel 24....
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Hal Boedeker at the Sentinel is reporting today that WMFE has announced that its controversial plan to sell WMFE TV to Community Educators of Orlando Inc., an arm of Dallas-based Christian broadcasting company Daystar Communications, is off the table. In January, we reported that WMFE was still hoping for a “quick resolution” on the...
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Crank up your radios, NPR news junkies. “Talk of the Nation” broadcasts live from the WMFE studios in Orlando tomorrow (Wed., Jan. 25) at 2 p.m. Listen in as hosts Neal Conan and Ken Rudin tackle America’s true pastime – politics – with insight and good humor live on 90.7 FM. If you miss them...
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Hal Boedeker at the Sentinel reported yesterday afternoon that WDSC, Daytona’s PBS member station is planning to drop its PBS programming effective July 1, citing financial strain due to Gov. Rick Scott’s veto of funding for public broadcasting last month. In May things were so tight for the station that it told the Daytona...
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You’ve probably heard by now that UCF voted on May 26 to become the region’s flagship PBS-member station, in light of WMFE’s decision to sell its TV license to Christian broadcasting company Daystar Television Networks. WUCF has wasted no time in setting up a web presence to get people acquainted with their new PBS...
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This afternoon, the UCF Board of Trustees voted in favor of taking on the responsibility of becoming Central Florida’s newest flagship PBS station. The school’s WUCF TV would pick up broadcasting PBS programming beginning July 1, immediately after WMFE, the current PBS station in the region, passes its license on to Christian broadcasting company...
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Just because no one from WMFE was on the list of attendees for the PBS annual meeting taking place at the Orlando World Center Marriott this week doesn’t mean their presence (or perhaps lack of presence?) wasn’t felt. In her opening remarks this morning, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger mentioned that “the sunny...
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