WSVN, channel 7, is a Fox-affiliated television station located in Miami, Florida, USA. WSVN is owned by Sunbeam Television, and has its studio facilities located in North Bay Village and transmitter based in north Miami-Dade County.

WSVN operates a Key West repeater, WKIZ-LP, on channel 49. WKIZ's calls are a play on the Florida Keys since the translator serves Key West.

History[link]

The station began broadcasting on July 29, 1956. It had the call letters WCKT and was a NBC affiliate owned by Biscayne Television Corporation. The station was a partnership of the Cox and Knight publishing families who owned Miami's two major newspapers: the Miami News and Miami Herald, respectively. The same partnership also owned WCKR radio (610 AM, now WIOD; and 97.3 FM, now WFLC). Before WCKT signed on, NBC had been carried on WFTL-TV (channel 23) in Fort Lauderdale (later known as WGBS-TV after it had been acquired by Storer Broadcasting) along with some DuMont programming. However, WFTL struggled because television sets were not required to have UHF tuning capability. When the Cox/Knight partnership won a construction permit and license for channel 7, NBC quickly agreed to move its affiliation to that channel since WCKR had long been the NBC Radio affiliate in Miami. Channel 23 became an independent station and eventually went dark, and later came back to the air in 1967 as WAJA-TV, eventually becoming Univision-owned WLTV.

WCKT and Biscayne Television lose license[link]

In 1962, the Cox/Knight partnership was stripped of its broadcast licenses because it violated Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensing rules and because of ethics violations. In hearings that began back in June 1960, it was found that some of the principals of Biscayne Television, as well as some of James M. Cox's personal friends, had made improper contact with FCC commissioner Richard Mack in order to influence the award of the construction permit and licenses. Biscayne was competing for the license with East Coast Television and South Florida TV. Mack had also been found guilty of taking payoffs and was forced to resign by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as well as the rest of the FCC commissioners.

Biscayne Television originally planned to appeal its license revocation but was advised that it would be turned down due to the gravity of the situation. Mack had also been found guilty of taking payoffs in the licensing process of another Miami station, WPST-TV (channel 10, now WPLG), to the broadcasting subsidiary of National Airlines. WPST had its license revoked and Biscayne then opted to put WCKT on the market. The owners of WPST were forced to sell the station only after they had to cease broadcasting.

Shortly afterward a new company called Sunbeam Television Corporation bought the station for $3.4 million and assumed ownership on December 19, 1962. Upon the change in ownership, Sunbeam retained the WCKT call letters and claimed the Cox/Knight station's history as its own. Sunbeam Television was a partnership between Sydney Ansin, a Miami Beach-based real estate developer, and his son Edmund ("Ed") Ansin. The younger Ansin succeeded his father as president of Sunbeam Television in 1971. On June 7, 1983, the station's call letters were changed to the current WSVN, after those call letters were purchased from a PBS station in Norton, Virginia. The station has used its own version of the circle 7 logo since the mid-1970s.

Sunbeam Television ownership[link]

As an NBC station, WCKT/WSVN aired a newscast in place of whatever NBC aired weekdays at Noon. It also, at some times of the year, preempted shows during the 10 or 11 a.m. hour (but ran at least one of these hours) and preempted an occasional primetime show. While NBC was traditionally far less tolerant of pre-emptions than the other networks, it did not mind this at first provided that NBC was able to contact alternate independent stations in the Miami area to air whatever programs that WSVN did not air. In addition, NBC programs that WSVN didn't air were cleared by WPTV (channel 5) in West Palm Beach. WPTV's signal provides city-grade coverage of Fort Lauderdale and was available on nearly every cable system in the area. However, in the early 1980s, WPTV fell off a few Miami cable systems to make room for new channels. Largely due to those preemptions, WCKT/WSVN was one of NBC's weaker affiliates. Though the independent stations NBC contacted continued to air programs not shown on WSVN, the network grew increasingly annoyed at having to resort to such an arrangement in what had grown into a major market. NBC eventually decided that it needed to own its own outlet in the growing South Florida market.

Network affiliation switch[link]

NBC got its chance in the late 1980s when CBS affiliate WTVJ (then on channel 4, now on channel 6), Florida's oldest television station, went on the market. NBC's corporate parent General Electric purchased that station in 1987, but WTVJ's affiliation contract with CBS did not run out until the end of 1988. CBS was willing to let WTVJ out of its affiliation contract a year early. However, Ed Ansin was not interested in letting NBC out of its pact with WSVN, which also expired at the same time; Ansin even made an unsuccessful petition to the Federal Communications Commission to stop NBC's purchase of WTVJ.^[1] He wanted channel 7 to air NBC's strong fall 1988 lineup, which included the Major League Baseball World Series and the Summer Olympics. As a result, NBC was forced to run WTVJ as a CBS affiliate for more than a year, with all of the NBC shows preempted by WSVN airing to WTVJ (a situation that did not sit well with either network). When Ansin made an offer to take the CBS affiliation, CBS turned the offer down.^[2] Instead, CBS bought Miami's original Fox affiliate, WCIX (channel 6, now WFOR-TV on channel 4), even though that station had an inadequate signal in Broward County. In May 1988, Ed Ansin filed an antitrust lawsuit against NBC, CBS and General Electric, a week after he had claimed that CBS backed out of negotiations to affiliate with WSVN.^[3]

Fox affiliation[link]

Finally, on January 1, 1989, South Florida's first network affiliation switch occurred, with NBC moving to WTVJ full-time and WSVN taking the Fox affiliation. WSVN had far less programming to pre-empt as a result, as Fox only programmed weekends at the time and would not air a full week's worth of programming until 1993. As a result, for all intents and purposes WSVN was programmed essentially as an independent station. Until the network began airing weeknight programming, WSVN aired a film in primetime every weeknight at 8 p.m. The station also took on a news-intensive format after the affiliation switch, expanding its newscasts to eight hours on weekdays. WSVN's affiliation with Fox could also be seen as a major coup for the fledgling network, as WSVN had been the area's longtime NBC affiliate and Fox was pleased to gain affiliation with a station which had been with a "Big Three" network for years. At the time, WSVN was one of the largest heritage "Big Three" stations to join the upstart network. The combination of WSVN not following a similar pattern to other Fox affiliates at the time and WCIX becoming a "Big Three" affiliate also led then-struggling independent WDZL (channel 39, now CW affiliate WSFL-TV) to rise to prominence, as WDZL picked up many shows once on WCIX.

Instead of buying a lot of off-network sitcoms and running cartoons, WSVN opted to pour most of its resources into its news department.^[4] Because of this, the station had a higher local newscast output than the rest of Fox's stations did at the time of the switch; when WSVN became a Fox affiliate, only a small number of Fox stations ran local news, which were limited to late primetime slots (as of 2010, only about one-quarter of Fox's affiliates carry newscasts in either the midday, 4, 5 or 6 p.m. time periods, in addition to morning and/or primetime newscasts). It began to air a lot of first-run syndicated talk shows, court shows, off-network dramas, and eight hours of news a day; in its early years with the Fox network, local news on WSVN ran on weekdays from 6 to 9 a.m., 12 to 1 p.m., 5 to 7 p.m., and 10 to 11 p.m.

It also ran some cartoons on weekends as well; it originally aired Fox Kids programming in 1990, but by 1993 it moved to WDZL. WBFS-TV (channel 33) aired the 4Kids TV block until the block ended on December 28, 2008. In 1994, when New World Communications switched most of its stations' to Fox, the programming on them was very similar in format to WSVN except that their news format may have aimed at an older audience than WSVN. Also, many stations owned by New World passed on Fox Kids just as WSVN.

As a Fox affiliate, the station is branded "WSVN 7", rather than "Fox 7" under Fox's station standardization rule (Boston sister station WHDH does brand itself with its network name as "7 NBC", though NBC is not as strict with branding as Fox). However, Fox News Channel refers to the station as "Fox 7" when carrying WSVN's coverage of news from South Florida during breaking news emergencies. Also until a revamp of the website in late 2009, the Fox logo occasionally appeared in a rolling marquee on the top left hand corner of the website.

WSVN today[link]

WSVN tends to run a lot of lower budget first run syndicated shows that other stations pass on. Fox supplies the station with a primetime lineup and plenty of weekend sports. Even though other stations outbid WSVN for the best programming, the station has far higher ratings than WSFL and WBFS and often beats the other network affiliates in ratings, considering Fox's growing ratings, especially when Fox finished the 2007/2008 season as the #1 network in the nation for the first time in its 22-year history. In May 2006, WSVN was the market's highest-rated English-language station from sign-on to sign-off.^[5] WFOR has since surpassed WSVN as the number one English-language station in Miami, though WSVN has been a solid runner up and has tied with WPLG. Today, the station has expanded its news programming and added other local programs such as Deco Drive.

WSVN vs. DirecTV dispute[link]

At midnight on January 14, 2012, the signals of WSVN along with sister stations WHDH and WLVI in Boston were pulled from DirecTV after talks to increase the retransmission fees paid to Sunbeam Television by a reported 300% failed. This dispute affected an estimated 230,000 customers in the South Florida area. ^[6] In response to this outage, a page called "Boycott WSVN" was started on Facebook to pressure advertisers to pull their ads from the local station.^[7] However, WSVN did allow DirecTV customers access to the NFC championship game and an episode of American Idol which aired immediately after the game while negotiations were still ongoing. Sunbeam and DirecTV finally reached a deal on January 26, ending the lockout.^[8]

Digital Television[link]

On June 12, 2009, WSVN remained on channel 7 when the analog to digital conversion was completed.^[9] The station was one of four VHF digital stations granted a power increase later that month after stations experienced signal problems on VHF that did not occur with UHF.^[10]

News operation[link]

When the station gained the Fox affiliation, it became the second Fox affiliate to have a weekday morning newscast and was the first with weeknight 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts.

The station currently has an 11 p.m. newscast, in addition to its 10 p.m. newscast. The 11 p.m. newscast began in 1995 as a 15-minute O.J. Simpson murder case wrap-up, and did not expand to weekend evenings until September 26, 2009,^[11] (an 11 p.m. newscast previously existed before the 1989 switch to Fox). A half-hour 4 p.m. newscast was added to the schedule on September 11, 2006,^[12] which later expanded to an hour in 2007. On July 11, 2010 WSVN expanded its Saturday and Sunday 6 p.m. newscasts to one hour with the addition of half-hour newscasts at 6:30 p.m.^[13]

WSVN broadcasts 61 1/2 hours of local news each week, the most of any local television station in the United States, and the second most of any local television station in North America (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada independent station CHCH-TV broadcasts a total of 69 hours per week). The station currently airs 10½ hours of news on weekdays (5-10 a.m., noon-1 p.m., 4-7 p.m., 10-11:30 p.m.), six hours on Saturday and three hours on Sunday night; unlike other news-intensive Fox stations, WSVN carries weekend evening newscasts at 5, 6and 6:30 p.m. on both Saturdays and Sundays (others either air early evening weekend newscasts at different times on Saturdays and Sundays (i.e., Saturdays at 6 and Sundays at 5 p.m.), air them either at only 5 or 6 p.m. on both nights or do not carry early evening weekend newscasts at all); however as is standard with Fox stations that carry early evening weekend newscasts, WSVN's weekend 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts are subject to preemption and/or delay due to network sports coverage.

The station's weather radar is called "Storm Tracker 7". All newscasts, including entertainment show Deco Drive, can be viewed live on WSVN's website. On January 11, 2009, starting with their 5 p.m. newscast, WSVN became the second station in Miami (behind WTVJ) to broadcast its local newscasts in high definition. With the switch to HD came a new updated newsplex that premiered on December 29, 2008 and new HD graphics. On August 22, 2011, WSVN expanded Today in Florida, with the addition of a fifth hour from 9-10 a.m.; this increased WSVN's weekly news output to 63 hours a week, surpassing KRON-TV in San Francisco as the station with the highest local news output in the United States, and the second highest news output of any North American television station.^[14]

News/station presentation[link]

Newscast titles[link]

• WCKT-TV News (1956–1962)
• The World Today / The World Tonight (1962–1973; later used by WTVJ)
• TV-7 News (1973–1975, presented on air simply as News)
• Channel 7 News (1975–1980 and 1988–1993; presented on air as 7 News, which is currently used)
• NewsCenter 7 (1980–1988)^[15]
• Today in Florida (morning newscast, 1988–present;^[16] WTVJ previously used similar title, Today in South Florida for its morning newscast until 2011, based on WSVN's former and WTVJ's current morning lead-in, Today)
• 7 News (1993–present)^[17]

Station slogans[link]

• Bringing It Home to You (1975–1979; slogan which jingle was the base for The News Image, music package used by WSVN from 1979 to 1984)
• 7, We're Proud! (local version of NBC slogan)
• South Florida's 7
• The Team to Watch (1982–1984; news slogan)
• WSVN, the New Channel 7 (1983; provisional slogan to promote its new call sign)
• The Hometown Station (1984–1988; one version included a promo sung by Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine)
• South Florida's News Station (1988–1998)^[18]
• The News Station (1998–present)

[edit] News team^[19]

Current anchors

• Blake Burman - weekends at 5, 6, 6:30, 10 and 11 p.m.
• Christine Cruz - weekday mornings Today in Florida (5-10 a.m.) and noon
• Diana Diaz - weekday mornings Today in Florida (5-10 a.m.) and noon; also health reporter
• Jeff Lennox - Saturday mornings Today in Florida
• Lynn Martinez - weekdays at 4 and 4:30, and weeknights at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.
• Mike Marza - weekdays at 4 and 4:30, and weeknights at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.
• Belkys Nerey - weeknights at 5, 6, 10 and 11 p.m.
• Alexis Rivera - weekday mornings Today in Florida (5-10 a.m.)
• Robbin Simmons - weekends at 5, 6, 6:30, 10 and 11 p.m.
• Craig Stevens - weeknights at 5, 6, 10 and 11 p.m.

7 Weather

• Phil Ferro (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weekdays at 4 and 4:30, and weeknights at 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30, 10 and 11 p.m.
• Brent Cameron (NWA Member) - meteorologist; weekends at 5, 6, 6:30, 10 and 11 p.m., also weeknight fill-in
• Julie Durda (AMS Seal of Approval; NWA Member) - meteorologist; weekday mornings Today in Florida (5-10 a.m.) and noon
• Vivian Gonzalez (AMS Seal of Approval; NWA Member) - meteorologist; Saturday mornings Today in Florida

Sports team (entire team is seen on Sunday Sports Xtra)

• Steve Shapiro - sports director; weeknights at 6, 6:30, 10 and 11 p.m.
• Mike DiPasquale - sports anchor; weekends at 6, 10 and 11 p.m.; also sports reporter
• Donovan Campbell - sports reporter

Traffic

• Stephen J. Grey - weekday mornings Today in Florida (5-10 a.m.); also "7 Skyforce" photographer
• Lauren Lane - weekday mornings Today in Florida (5-10 a.m.)

Reporters

• Carmel Cafiero - investigative reporter
• Dianne Fernandez - general assignment reporter
• Howard Finkelstein - legal analyst
• Patrick Fraser - investigative and political reporter
• Eugene Ramirez - general assignment reporter
• Derek Hayward - general assignment reporter
• Liz Nagy - general assignment reporter
• Brandon Beyer - general assignment reporter
• Kevin Ozebek - general assignment reporter
• Alex Diprato - general assignment reporter
• Adrianna Hopkins - general assignment reporter
• Nicole Linsalata - general assignment reporter
• Rosh Lowe - general assignment reporter
• Vanessa Medina - general assignment reporter
• Ralph Rayburn - "7 Skyforce" photographer

Deco Drive

• Louis Aguirre - co-host; also entertainment reporter
• Lynn Martinez - co-host
• Shireen Sandoval - Deco Drive and entertainment reporter

Station alumni[link]

• Jessica Aguirre (now at KNTV in San Francisco)
• Brian Andrews - weekend anchor/reporter (now at RCN TV in Bogota, Colombia)
• Ann Bishop - script writer (moved to WPLG and became a legendary anchor, died November 14, 1997)
• Penny Daniels (retired)
• Donna Hanover (ex-wife of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani)
• Jackie Johnson - now at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles
• Clennon King - reporter (later at WTLV-TV in Jacksonville, a freelance field producer at NBC News and ABC News, now a fundraiser in Vermont)
• Alycia Lane (later at KYW-TV in Philadelphia, now morning anchor with KNBC-TV in Los Angeles)
• Rick Leventhal (now at Fox News Channel)
• Elita Loresca (now at KNBC in Los Angeles)
• Robin Meade (now at HLN)
• Charles Perez (later at WABC-TV in New York City, then at WPLG; retired)
• Jillian Warry (Reynolds) (now at KTTV and Fox NFL Sunday)
• Shaun Robinson (now weekend anchor/correspondent for syndicated entertainment newsmagazine Access Hollywood)
• Ducis Rodgers - sports anchor (left for WCBS-TV in New York, now at ESPNews)
• Rick Sanchez (later at MSNBC and then CNN; was fired from CNN in 2010 for anti-Semitic remarks)
• Shepard Smith (now at Fox News Channel)
• Linda Stouffer - now at CNN Headline News (went by Cinnamon Stouffer during her stint at WSVN)
• Michelle Tuzee (now anchor at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)
• Lee Webb - sports anchor (late 1970s, now news anchor for The 700 Club)

Other notes[link]

• WSVN's newscasts were featured in at least two movies, The Mean Season (1985) and Flight of the Navigator (1986). The opening sequence of Flight of the Navigator, with the dogs catching Frisbees, was filmed in a grass field alongside WSVN's studios.

References[link]

External links[link]

• WSVN website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WSVN
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WKIZ-LP

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10 Years is an American alternative metal band, formed in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1999.

History[link]

[edit] Early Years, Into the Half Moon (1999–2001)

10 Years was initially formed in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1999 with singer Mike Underdown, drummer Brian Vodinh, bassist Lewis Cosby, and guitarists Ryan "Tater" Johnson (also of The American Plague) and Matt Wantland. In 2001, Cosby left and the band recruited Andy Parks on bass. They independently recorded Into the Half Moon the same year.

[edit] Killing All That Holds You, The Autumn Effect (2002–2006)

Lead vocalist Mike Underdown left the band to pursue a career in acting and start up a new band 'Courage, You Bastards' in Los Angeles, Ca. 10 Years soon recruited current vocalist Jesse Hasek from another local band. In 2002, Parks decided to leave the band and Cosby returned. The band then released their independent album Killing All That Holds You in 2004.

10 Years was then signed to Universal Records in 2005 and released their major label debut, The Autumn Effect on August 16, 2005 with the songs "Wasteland" and "Through the Iris" picking up regional radio play. Their first single, "Wasteland" spent over 12 months on the rock charts, finally reaching #1 at active rock radio in December 2005.

That same summer, the band toured with Disturbed and Ill Niño. In the fall of 2005, they toured with Breaking Benjamin and Smile Empty Soul, then followed up with the Masters of Horror tour with Mudvayne and Sevendust. They opened for Korn and Mudvayne on Korn's See You on the Other Side tour. They also toured with Korn and Deftones on the Family Values Tour, which started in late July 2006.

In mid February 2006, "Wasteland" reached #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. "Wasteland" has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

In mid-2006, the band toured Australia in a lineup which included Hatebreed, Disturbed and Korn.

Their first music video, "Wasteland", addresses the social problem of human rights as well as addiction around the world. The video received a nomination for Best Direction and Best Art Direction at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, but did not win either.

On March 27, 2006, an EP was released on iTunes containing acoustic versions of "Wasteland" and other tracks from The Autumn Effect.

[edit] Division (2006–2008)

On November 19, 2006, 10 Years unveiled and confirmed the title Division for their second album.^[1] The band would begin recording Division in late June 2007 after spending the better part of a year writing.

Lewis told in an interview that the album is "so different from the first one [The Autumn Effect], but it's still 10 Years," and, "It just sounds like [the songs] would be from a totally different album, which was, you know, the goal."^[2] It was also revealed that the track titled "Focus" was co-written with Stone Temple Pilots and former Army of Anyone guitarist Dean DeLeo.^[1]

On May 21, 2007 a demo song titled "All Your Lies" from Division was released onto their MySpace along with a post stating the band had chosen producer Rick Parasher to produce the new album.^[3] On September 7, the band announced on their MySpace that the album was finished and would be released in 2008, following a tour with Dir En Grey, Sevendust, Operator, Thousand Foot Krutch and Chevelle.

On January 29, 2008, "Beautiful," the new single from Division, was released to iTunes and a snippet was also posted on the band's MySpace page. Division was released on May 13, 2008 after being pushed back due to finalization of the album's artwork.^[4]

10 Years was featured on the Revolution Stage of Linkin Park's Summer Projekt Revolution 2008 tour with Atreyu, Hawthorne Heights and Armor For Sleep.

They went on tour with Mudvayne until mid December 2008.

[edit] Feeding the Wolves (2009–2011)

10 Years announced that their upcoming third major label album would be entitled Feeding the Wolves. The album was produced by Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson and mixed by Chris "Lord" Alge. The band has mentioned the album is of their heaviest material to date and "very similar to some of their early songs."

Throughout the first half of 2010, the band went back and forth between putting on live shows and working in the studio. Before the album was released, the band debuted new songs at live performances such as "Dead in the Water", "Now is the Time", and the new album's first single ""Shoot It Out" ". ^[5][6]

On June 12, 2010, ""Shoot It Out" " was featured on Sirius/XM Radio. The track was released to radio later that month,^[7] and was made available for download on iTunes July 6.^[8] Feeding the Wolves was released on August 31, 2010.

To promote the album's release, the band opened Shinedown's 2010 Carnival of Madness summer tour alongside Chevelle, Puddle of Mudd, and Sevendust.^[9] In the fall they joined Sevendust again on the Hard Drive Live tour with support from Since October and Anew Revolution.

In December, the band went on a mini-headline tour,^[10] where they played some older songs that they had not played in some time. February 2011, their new single "Fix Me" releases to radio while they headline a spring tour with Hollywood Undead.

On June 17 and 18 the band shot a music video for "Fix Me" in Columbus, Ohio with production company Thunder Down Country.^[11] The video was released via YouTube on August 9, 2011.^[12]

[edit] Minus The Machine Palehorse Records (2012-present)

On twitter the band has shown pictures of Brian Vodinh's home basement turned studio for future workings on their next album.

On April 2nd, 2012, the band announced on Facebook that their upcoming record, Minus The Machine, is to be released on July 30th on their own independent label, Palehorse Records, which the band stated is a part of Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. They also announced a 4-week headlining tour to support the record, which begins on June 27th in New Orleans.

On May 11th, the band unveiled the cover art of the album and it was announced that the album's release has been pushed back to July 31st.^{[citation needed]} 10 Years will release their first single "Backlash" on radio and iTunes on June 21st.

Band members[link]

Current

• Jesse Hasek – Vocals (2002–present)
• Ryan "Tater" Johnson – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals (1999–present)
• Lewis "Big Lew" Cosby – Bass (1999–2001, 2002-present)
• Brian Vodinh – Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals (2009–present) Drums (1999–present)

Live

• Matt Brown – Drums (2010-present)
• Sam Anderson – Drums (2010)
• Kyle Mayer – Drums (2010)
• Brandon Estelle - Drums (2010-2011) and select dates.

Former

• Mike Underdown – Vocals (1999–2001)
• Andy Parks - Bass (2001–2002)
• Matt Wantland – Guitar (1999–2009)

Timeline[link]

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Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Extended plays[link]

• 2006: Acoustic EP

Singles[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Site
• 10 Years on Myspace

Frank Vogel (born June 21, 1973^[1]) is head coach for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. Vogel previously served as a scout for both the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards, and was an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics.

Early years[link]

Vogel grew up in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. During his eighth grade year, he was featured in an episode of Late Night with David Letterman during the Stupid Human Tricks segment, in which he spun a basketball on a toothbrush while brushing his teeth.^[2] For high school, he attended Wildwood High School.^[3] Vogel went to college at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA, where he was a starter for the Division III basketball team. Vogel transferred after three years to the University of Kentucky to become a student manager, and play for the junior varsity team.^[1]

Coaching career[link]

Vogel began his career as the head video coordinator for the Boston Celtics under head coach Rick Pitino. He retained that position for five years before being promoted to assistant coach.^[1] After coaching with Boston, Vogel went on to become an assistant for the Philadelphia 76ers. Vogel left the 76ers to become an advance scout for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2005–2006 and the Washington Wizards from 2006-2007.^[3] Vogel then became an assistant for the Indiana Pacers under former Celtics colleague Jim O'Brien. In 2011, after O'Brien was fired from his head coaching position, Vogel was named interim coach.^[4] As interim coach, Vogel led the Pacers to the playoffs for the first time since 2006. Vogel was officially named as the Pacers' head coach on July 6, 2011.

Shortly before the Indiana Pacers were to take on the Miami Heat in the 2012 Eastern Conference semifinals, Vogel criticized his opponents for alleged flopping: "They are the biggest flopping team in the NBA. It'll be very interesting (to see) how the referees officiate the series and how much flopping they reward... Every drive to the basket, they have guys not making a play on the ball, but sliding in front of drivers. Oftentimes they're falling down even before contact is even being made. It'll be interesting to see how the series is officiated."^[5] He was fined $15,000 by the league for these remarks.^[6]

Coaching record[link]

References[link]

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Julie Durda is a former cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers, contestant on "The Bachelor", now a weather anchor for WSVN. Before Julie joined the San Francisco 49ers, she was a featured member of the Comedy Central television show "BattleBots" and as a model for the EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA 2003 video game in the role of Val "Sunshine" Summers. Durda was also cast on a nationally televised Coors Light commercial. She began her career in Sacramento as an intern, before ultimately grabbing the title of traffic reporter without even graduating from college. She moved to Phoenix's KPHO as a traffic reporter and fill-in weather reporter.

After less than a year she ditched traffic to pursue a career full-time in weather. She graduated in 2009 with a degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University, and is working in Miami at WSVN as the full time morning weather anchor. In 2009 Julie received her AMS (American Meteorological Society) Seal of Approval. She replaced former weather reporter Elita Loresca who joined KNBC in Los Angeles. Julie is engaged to David Radliff and they will be married in the fall of 2012

Order of markets worked:

Sacramento KXTV, San Francisco KRON, Phoenix KPHO, Miami WSVN (current)

External links[link]

• Julie Durda on tvjobs.com
• Julie Durda is indeed replacing Elita Loresca
• Julie Durda debuts on WSVN Fox 7 Miami

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