There is a promo runnin on WPLG, with Don Noe almost knee deep in water and he says someone at channel 10 also has a secret like he did back in November! Come Monday we’ll know who’s taking their shorts and galoshes and heading down to join Don and his boat in the Keys!
Who will it be? Could it be……?!
… someone who used to have mustache not so long ago?
Dwight Lauderdale.
Hehe, nice balloons XD
Dwight Lauderdale? HAHA!
tony segreto maybe…not dwight…some cross channel promo would be nice shocker
This is obvious…
It is either Diane Magnum or Rad Berky who have already mentioned that they are leaving WPLG in the next month.
If it is Dwight, I hope they promote the right person to the main anchor position next to Laurie…and that is not Calvin. How about Charles Perez?
I would be shocked to find out it was a legend like Dwight with absolutely NO rumors circulating beforehand. It is probably someone like Diane or Rad who bloggers know are gone, but the average viewer may not yet have heard about.
However, I WAS thinking who would be the in-house replacement IF it was Dwight. And I’m thinking Charles Perez is the only option. Calvin is definitely not main anchor material, and there really is no one else on staff to do the job, unless they bring in a Miami veteran from outside of Local 10.
We’ve heard about Dwight retiring for almost a year now. He’s been telling people for a while that he was going to step down when his current contract expires. And that’s at the end of May. Adios, Dwight. What’s Local 10 going to do now? Most people tune to 10 for him anyway.
Dwight Lauderdale’s mustache is officially retiring… even though it hasen’t been seen in many years.
Oh yea… I do hear rumors of Jacey Birch and Megan Glaros leaving… But I dont think they would be joining Don in the Keys.
Diane Magnum will be moving to a new station soon….could be WFOR
it’s 100 percent dwight. perez is taking over.
Dwight’s contract is up and he will be leaving after the May sweeps. Official end date has been picked but not announced. Local 10 wouldn’t make a big deal about it unless it was one of their main anchors.
Magnum is no surprise, and Berky is just a reporter. A good one, but not a ‘star’
It is time for a change
it is dwight
and it is charlez perez replacing him
look at how they promote charlez in promos…same way they did with trent aric 🙂
Perez taking over? Channel 6, here I come.
Oh, no. Not Charles Perez. Not THAT guy! I can’t believe it. Can you imagine if you were Dwight and had put in a long, successful and respected career and then to looked over your shoulder to see they replaced you with a Riki Lake/Jerry Springer protegee? There would have to be people at 10 that would hang their heads in shame if they make him the on air leader of the news organization.
That’s going to be a big piece of red meat for critics. Where’s the steak sauce?
PLG did an amazing job on the don noe/trent aric transition. they are doing the same with dwight. not 100percent sold on perez.
Dwight will be gone soon.
His leaving, along with others, is an indication of what things are like at WPLG. They may have the numbers, but they are not happy campers.
Lots will happen when Dwight leaves and none of it is good for channel 10.
I disagree with Ben. I have been very pleasantly surprised at how good and polished Charles Perez has become. While so many of the anchors are merely news readers, Perez shows he has clearly reviewed the material before reading it, even items he doesn’t read. He will be an outstanding replacement for Dwight.
Also – he has terrific chemistry with Laurie Jennings – when they have anchored together, they have been outstanding.
Now if we could only get the writers to stop making silly mistakes like talking about apes getting their annual checkup every 6 months….
Love you Dwight!
From today’s Herald:
By JOAN FLEISCHMAN
jfleischman@MiamiHerald.com
End of an era: Longtime WPLG-ABC 10 anchor Dwight Lauderdale, a fixture on South Florida TV since 1974, is expected to announce his retirement Monday on the 11 p.m. news. His contract expires June 1, and talk is he’ll leave in late May.
Lauderdale, 56, joined WPLG in 1976 after two years of reporting at WCKT-TV, now WSVN. He became a main anchor in ’86, sharing the spotlight with Ann Bishop until her 1995 retirement. She died in ’97. He co-anchors at 6 and 11 p.m. with Laurie Jennings.
WPLG is airing a teaser featuring retired meteorologist Don Noe, who left in November after 27 years. It shows Noe on a cellphone — wading, with fishing pole in hand — singing the praises of the leisure life.
Noe: “I get up whenever I want, spend the whole day fishing. I don’t have to wear makeup anymore. It’s just great. . . . Come on buddy, you’re not getting any younger, you know.”
Who will be Jennings’ new co-anchor? Tune in: Lauderdale will announce his replacement. Odds are on weekend anchor Charles Perez.
Lauderdale makes in the high six figures. Wife Minnie, 58, is a real estate agent with Esslinger Wooten Maxwell.
As for fishing? Not his thing.
ben is right!?
charles? what news background does he have? remember how AWFUL he was when he started at 7… laughable… he may be able to read better now… but he’s not the guy for that job… no matter what their PR machine wants to you think
Charles P polished? It’s a sham. Why would you allow yourself to get information from a guy who used to do a sleazy talk show with topics like “I am a pre-teen sex addict” and hosted a show with guests who use phrases like, “that’s my baby’s, daddy’s, momma’s poppa,”. How could you possibly trust this guy to give you information about your community? What in his past could possibly lead you to believe he cares anything about news or facts?
I know there has to be people who care about news and that news is their career that would do well in the job. And they are probably working in their building.
Two questions for anyone at ch10. After he lost his loser talk show and got into news did he ever go and study basic journalism, did any station that hired him require him to fast study the craft? Or, did they send him off to news camp to learn how to look and act like a newsperson? He always looks like he is over his head and he is. Please don’t tell me he looks good or polished. He’s a complete metro. Ch10 should replace a newsMAN with another newsMAN, not a failed talk show hack.
Dwight needs to hang tight until they find that person. Poor Dwight. All those years, hard work and success and in the end Charles Perez is assigned to take your place.
that’s just how the business is going. You won’t find many young hardcore news people anymore. Dwight is part of a dying breed. It could take PLG years to find the proper successor if they went that route. But look at the market…. Tony Segreto was a sports guy and Lynn Martinez splits her on air time between a joke tabloid show and regular news
sorry to say… but ben nailed it.
Charlez Perez main anchor? I find it laughable! he couldn’t even make it at WABC in New York.
What’s next, Jerry Springer hired as the new anchor for NBC6??
I think Charles Perez is the right pick to take the place of Dwight. HE’S HOT!!!!!!