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WESH 2,
La Prensa Announce Partnership
Orlando, FL--May
24, 2006--WESH 2 will provide weather content to La Prensa --
Central Florida’s oldest weekly newspaper serving the Latino
community – beginning June 1. The announcement was made
jointly by WESH 2 President and General Manager Bill Bauman and
La Prensa Editor/Publisher Dora Toro.
WESH 2 will provide
weekly weather predictions along with an “Ask Ivan”
question of the week directed to the Orlando NBC affiliate’s
newest meteorologist, Ivan Cabrera, who speaks English and Spanish
fluently. (His WESH 2 on-air debut is also June 1.) Cabrera, 33,
was most recently based in Boston, where he was a national Fox
News Channel meteorologist who also provided Hispanic weathercasts
for NYI News in New York City, Bay News 9 in Tampa and News 8
in Austin for WSI Corp.
WESH 2 Meteorologist
Amy Sweezey has also contributed an article in the newspaper’s
annual hurricane guide, which summarizes what she learned at the
recent National Hurricane Conference.
“Our La Prensa
partnership and the decision to add a top-notch, bilingual meteorologist
to our experienced WESH 2 Weather Plus Storm Center Team as we
enter the 2006 hurricane season are important steps in our efforts
to better serve the growing Latino community in Central Florida,”
said Bauman. “And they’re key elements of a larger
Hispanic initiative WESH 2 is launching this month.”
La Prensa quote
With the largest and
most experienced weather team in Central Florida and state-of-the-art
forecasting technologies, WESH 2 is committed to helping keep
residents safe and well informed throughout the upcoming storm
season. More precise, up-to-the-minute weather reports than ever
before will be available on-air (HD channel 2-2), online (http://www.WESH.com)
and on local digital cable (Bright House Networks channel 1021).
The digital network is devoted exclusively to 24/7 weather, with
live radar, local conditions and the latest forecasts.
ABOUT WESH TV
WESH is a digital multi-media
company providing content to WESH 2, WESH HD-Channel 11(channel
1020 on Bright House Networks), WESH 2 Weather Plus on the Internet,
WESH 2 Weather Plus on Bright House Networks channel 1021, and
http://www.WESH.com. WESH 2 produces more than 30 hours of local
news per week in Central Florida, and has won two of the most
prestigious broadcast journalism awards: the duPont Columbia and
the Peabody. WESH 2 Weather Plus provides the official weather
forecast for the Daytona International Speedway and Universal
Orlando.
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