Central Florida News 13

Central Florida News 13 is a cable-based news 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 & Brevard County. Central Florida News 13 covers news in cities such as Orlando, Daytona Beach, Melbourne & Kissimmee, as well as surrounding areas.

Lisa Bell serves as the News 13 weekday morning anchor. Jackie Brockington is the weekday afternoon anchor & Ybeth Bruzual is the weekday evening/overnight anchor. On the weekends, only 2 anchors fill the day, with Allison Walker taking the 1st half & Greg Pallone handling the 2nd half of the day.

The Weather Team is made up of Chief Meteorologist Jeff Day, Dave Cocchiarella, Danny Treanor, Peter Caggiano & Ali Turiano.

It airs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, exclusively on a commercial cable company that serves the area, Bright House Networks. Bright House is the current carrier, previously Time Warner Cable.

Unique features[]

News 13 has several features that make it unique in the area.

There is a weather report every 10 minutes called "Weather on the 1's." During the Atlantic Hurricane Season, 2 of these reports each hour are dedicated to tropical activity.

On the weekends, it airs a program called "For the Record," in which 2 personalities from the station speak with area leaders & other influential people about important regional topics.

Also on the weekends, a segment called "Weather Pets" features the meteorologist speaking with local pet adoption representatives.

Personalities[]

News Anchors[]

Ybeth Bruzual, weeknight evening anchor
Jackie Brockington, midday anchor
Greg Pallone, weekend evening anchor/reporter
Lisa Bell, morning anchor
Allison Walker, weekend morning anchor/reporter

Weather[]

Jeff Day, chief meteorologist weekday mornings (AMS/NWA)
Dave Cocchiarella, weeknight meteorologist (AMS-CBM)
Ali Turiano Midday Meteorologist
Danny Treanor, weekend morning meteorologist
Peter Caggiano, weekend evening meteorologist

Sports[]

Sean McDowell, sports director
David Baumann, weekend sports anchor
Jon Hirozawa, sports reporter

Reporters[]

Ben Baird, Brevard Bureau reporter
Stephanie Coueignoux, general assignment reporter
Scott Fais, Feature Reporter
Tiffany Greene, Feature Reporter
John Handiboe, general assignment reporter
Troy Kinsey, Capitol Bureau Reporter (also reporter for Bay News 9)
Ron Lee, general assignment reporter
Emily Lampa, general assignment reporter
Saul Saenz, Volusia Bureau reporter
Christine Webb, Feature Reporter, Anchor
Nick VinZant, general assignment reporter
Melissa Crabtree, general assignment reporter
Monica Rix, general assignment reporter
Jason Wheeler, general assignment reporter
Seshmi Robertson, Entertainment Reporter

Past Personalities[]

Laura Noland, morning anchor (?-?)
Wendy Allen, morning anchor (2004 - 2007) - now a journalism professor
Julie Broughton, meteorologist, reporter (2005-Apr. 2008)
Rod Johnson, anchor (1997-?)
Shannon Butler, anchor/reporter (?-?) - now a general assignment reporter @ WOFL
Silke Rible, reporter (?-?) - now an anchor @ WWSB
Bianca Barr, reporter (2002-2004) - now works in promotions for Penn State Public Broadcasting
Julie Kim, reporter (?-?) - now a general assignment reporter @ WTXF
Patrick Pegues, reporter (?-?) - now a general assignment reporter @ WOFL
Carolyn Scofield, health reporter/general assignment reporter (?-2007) - now a general assignment reporter @ WPTV in West Palm Beach
Nancy Gay, health reporter (?-2007)
Carolina Leid, reporter (2003-2005) - now general assignment reporter @ WABC-TV
Patrick Terpstra, Brevard Bureau reporter (?-2006) - now a general assignment reporter @ WVEC
Erin Whitney, reporter (?-?)
Christine Lehman, meteorologist/reporter (July 2000-May 2004) now a meteorologist WLTX
Jason Maderer, sports director (?-2005) - now works for Central Florida Sports Commission
Denise Cullen, sports anchor/reporter (?-2006) - now does PR for Orlando Predators
Matt O'Connor, sports anchor/reporter (?-2006)
Lauren Johnson, reporter (?-2007) - now reporter/anchor @ WHBQ in Memphis
Rob Eicher, meteorologist (2004-2007) - now meteorologist @ WKMG in Orlando
Jennifer Roberts, weekend evening anchor/Volusia County reporter (?-Nov. 2007)
Paul Milliken, general assignment reporter (?-Dec. 2007) - now weather forecaster @ WRIC-TV in Richmond
David Waters, Brevard County reporter (1997-Jan. 2008) Now works as space shuttle spokesperson at United Space Alliance

En Español Personalities[]

News Anchors/Reporters[]

Sharon Miranda, Anchor/Reporter
Victor Martinez, Anchor/Reporter
Eugene Ramirez, Anchor/Reporter
Christian De La Rosa, Anchor/Reporter

Similar stations[]

Bright House also has a sister station in Tampa known as Bay News 9

In the Sarasota area, another similar channel, called SNN Local News 6, can be seen on Comcast cable

Central Florida News 13 & Bay News 9 are both CNN affiliate stations

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