Central Florida News 13

Central Florida News 13
(Bright House cable only)

Orlando, Florida
Branding	Central Florida News 13
Slogan	All Local. All the time
Channels	Analog: cable 13 Digital: cable 13 (SD)/613 (En Español)/1013 (HD)
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 of 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]

[edit] Unique features

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CF 13 remote broadcast truck at the Kennedy Space Center prior to a launch

• 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 5am to 6pm, 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] Anchors/Reporters

[edit] News anchors

• Ybeth Bruzual, weeknights 5pm-5am
• Jackie Brockington, weekdays 12pm-6pm
• Marla Weech, weekdays 5am-12pm
• Adam Longo, weekends 4pm-7am
• Janelle Jordan, weekends 7am-4pm

[edit] Weather

• Jeff Day, chief meteorologist seen weekdays 5 am-noon (AMS/NWA)
• Dave Cocchiarella, weeknights 5 pm-5 am (AMS-CBM)
• Ali Turiano weekdays noon-6 pm (AMS)
• Danny Treanor, weekends 6 am-2 pm
• Peter Caggiano, weekends 2 pm-7 am (AMS/NWA)

[edit] Traffic

• Ted Noah, weekday morning traffic (5 am-9am)
• Joe Brennan, midday traffic (9 am-1 pm)
• Ed Torrance, weekday afternoon traffic (1 pm-6 pm)

[edit] Reporters

• Allison Walker, feature reporter and fill-in anchor
• Saul Saenz, Volusia Bureau reporter and fill-in anchor
• Greg Pallone, Brevard Bureau chief
• Margaret Kavanagh, Brevard Bureau reporter
• Heather Sorentrue, Lake County reporter
• Jason Wheeler, Volusia Bureau reporter
• Scott Fais, feature reporter
• Seshmi Robertson, Entertainment Reporter
• John Handiboe, Entertainment Reporter
• Mark Jenkins, general assignment reporter
• Jacqueline Fell, general assignment reporter
• Kelli Cook, general assignment reporter
• Stephanie Coueignoux, general assignment reporter
• Dave D'Marko, general assignment reporter
• Amanda Evans, general assignment reporter
• Christine Webb, feature reporter/fill-in anchor

[edit] Former staff

• Jessica Yellin, anchor/reporter (?-?) - now National Political Correspondent at CNN
• Lisa Bell- anchor
• Scott Harris, senior anchor (fill-in and special events) (deceased)

[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. ^[2]

[edit] News anchors/reporters

• 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, Sarasotta, FL Comcast news channel
• News 14 Carolina, Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable news channel

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Central Florida News 13