>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS WITH OUR
BOOMTOWN SERIES.
IT IS NOT JUST GROWTH IS BEING
IMPACTED BUT ALSO THE CULTURE
AND THE VIBRATED.
>> NEWS 6 EVOLVED OVER THE PAST
FEW DECADES.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WOMEN
FACED A LOT MORE CHALLENGES
WORKING IN TV THAN THEY DO NOW.
THERE IS ONE WOMAN WHO KNOWS
THOSE CHALLENGES SO WELL.
>> SHE BECAME A TRAILBLAZER IN
ORLANDO NEWS.
NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO.
WHILE THE FORMER TV ANCHOR AND
TALKSHOW HOST DELIVERED MANY
NEW STORIES SHE’S READY TO
SHARE HER OWN IN HER MEMOIR
HUGS THAT IS WHY WERE SO
EXCITED TO HAVE FORMER TV
ANCHOR AND RADIO HOST CAROL
NOXON WITH US.
WE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THIS
INTERVIEW ALL MORNING.
>> I BEEN EXCITED ABOUT COMING
BACK HERE.
IT HAS BEEN 35 YEARS AND WOW, I
LOOK AT THE STUDIO AND I THINK
YOU KNOW, THAT DOES NOT LOOK AT
ALL LIKE IT DID BACK THEN.
IT’S SO GOOD TO BE FAIR.
IT REALLY IS.
>> YOU’RE WORKING IN A MEMOIR
AND YOU WANT TO TELL A LOT OF
STORIES AND YOU SAW SO MUCH
DURING YOUR CAREER IN NEWS.
>> AND PART OF IT IS THE
WOMAN’S MOVEMENT NOW WHICH IS
JUST GETTING STRONGER.
IT IS LIKE A VIRUS.
IT IS GETTING BIGGER AND
BIGGER.
AND YET THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
BACK IN THE 70S WAS VERY
DIFFERENT.
IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT
CHALLENGES.
WE WANTED A PLACE AT THE TABLE
AND THERE WAS NO WOMEN ALLOWED.
I WENT TO SO MANY PLACES WHERE
THAT WAS TRUE.
I GOT KICKED OUT OF THE
UNIVERSITY CLUB WHEN I WAS A
RADIO REPORTER.
BECAUSE IT WAS A MEN’S CLUB AND
NO WOMEN WERE ALLOWED.
BUT I WENT THROUGH IT ANYWAY
AND ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED THE
GUYS THROWING ME OUT AND IT
MADE NATIONAL NEWS.
WOMEN REPORTERS THROWN OUT OF A
MEN’S CLUB.
THE 6:00 WAS THE BIG THING IN
ORLANDO.
AND MEN WITH THE PEOPLE WHO AT
THE CREDIBILITY TO GET THE NEWS
AT 6:00.
THE SET OF CAROL NELSON, DO THE
NOON SHOW AND OLD PEOPLE AND
WOMEN WATCHER.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO 6:00 --
>> I HAD A FIGHT FOR THAT AND
WALK OUT BECAUSE THEY KEPT
SAYING WE’RE DOING SO WELL.
WE WILL PUT YOU ON THE 6:00.
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS A DEBUT
FOR DANNY TRAYNOR AND A NEW
SPORTS CAR.
IT WAS THE MUSIC AND THEY OPEN
EVERYTHING WAS NEW.
I WAS GOING TO COANCHOR.
THE LAST MINUTES THE
CONSULTANTS AND EVERYBODY GOT
TOGETHER AND SAID HERE’S WHAT
WE’RE GOING TO DO.
WE WILL PUT YOU ON AT THE END
OF THE SHOW AND WE WILL HAVE AN
EYE OVER YOUR SHOULDER.
AND I AM FLORIDA AND ALL THOSE
OUTLYING AREAS.
I KNEW WOULD NEVER GET TO A
NEWSCAST THEY WERE RUNNING
OVERTIME ALL THE TIME.
WHERE WILL MY ID. SO NOW YOU
PROMISED ME THIS AND I WALKED
OUT.
>> THAT MUST’VE BEEN A TOUGH
DECISION.
>> I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THREE
KIDS.
THAT WAS IT I WAS THE ONLY
BREAD WINNER.
I WAS JUST SO ANGRY AND I SAID
NO, I’M NOT TAKING THIS.
BOB JORDAN CALLED, THE NEW
STRYKER AND ANCHOR SUBALTERN
WINTER THE STATION MANAGER
WANTS TO TAKE US TO LUNCH
TOMORROW.
THEY SAID WHAT IS THIS FOR, A
NICE GOODBYE FOR ME OR
SOMETHING.
AND WE WENT TO LUNCH AND THE
TOPIC NEVER CAME UP.
I MADE A LIST OF ALL THE
THINGS.
I DO THIS AND THIS AND THAT IS
WHY SHOULD BE THERE AND THEN
NOTHING WAS SAID IN THE NEXT
DAY THE PRESS RELEASE WENT OUT
AND IT WAS A HEADLINE IN THE
ORLANDO SENTINEL THAT I WAS
GONNA COANCHOR WITH THE NEWS.
THE FIRST IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
AND THE SECOND IN THE STATE.
SO THAT LADIES, THAT IS HOW
MUCH OF A CHALLENGE IT WAS TO
DO THAT.
>> YOU WERE THANKFUL FOR YOUR
VOICE AND I HAVE TO ASK YOU
COVERING THE BIG STORIES AND
WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT
NOW.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRESS AND
FREE PRESS.
>> IT IS.
AND IT IS SOMETHING TO FIGHT
FOR BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT THIS BIG
PUSH AGAINST THE MEDIA.
JUST QUESTIONING THE ENTIRE
CREDIBILITY OF THE MEDIA.
IT IS ONE THING TO SAY THIS TV
CHANNEL OR THAT NEWSPAPER OR
THIS IS NOT GIVING YOU THE
CORRECT NEWS.
YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE OUTLETS
AND THEY ARE ALL WRONG AND THEY
ARE ALL DOING FAKE NEWS, I
DON’T THINK SO.
SO IT IS A PUSHBACK.
>> HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR PEERS
TO REACT TO THE NOISE AND HOW
TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM AND HOW
TO FIND THE TRUTH?
>> AND REPORTING HUMAN?
>> YES AND COVERAGE.
>> AND COVERAGE I THINK IT IS
CRUCIAL TO BE DISPASSIONATE
ABOUT IT.
IT IS SO EASY TO TAKE ASIDE BUT
THIS IS THE TRUTH.
WE’VE GOT TO REPORT THAT.
BUT IT CAN SOUND BIASED AND I
DO LIKE TO WATCH PROGRAMS LIKE
CNN AND MSNBC BUT YOU’VE GOT TO
LOOK FOR THE DISPASSIONATE
OBJECTIVE WHERE YOU DON’T
BECOME BETWEEN YOU AND IT.
AND IT’S VERY EASY WITH PEOPLE
ON AIR FOR INSTANCE TO HAVE
ADDED CREDIBILITY.
YOU WERE THERE EVERY DAY SO YOU
HAVE TO BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL
OF NOT SOUNDING BIAS EVEN
THOUGH YOU CAN SIT THERE AND
SAY I CANNOT BELIEVE SOME OF
THE STUFF THAT IS OUT THERE.
USE THAT ANGER AS A REPORTER.
YOU’RE THE OBJECTIVE VOICE AND
YOU’RE THE ONE THEY WILL ALL
REFER TO.
THAT IS MY ADVICE.
>> WE CANNOT WAIT TO LISTEN TO
YOUR STORIES IN THIS MEMOIR WE
ARE AIMING FOR A FEW MORE
MONTHS TO GET IT FINISHED.
>> YES, AND THERE’S A LOT OF
BACK STORIES TO IT BECAUSE FOR
ME GROWING UP IN THE 40S AND
50S I WAS THE WOMAN WHO NEVER
EVER WANTED A CAREER.
I WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND THE
MOTHER AND SUDDENLY MY HUSBAND
DUMPED ME AND IT WAS LIKE AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD IT
STARTED OUT IN A LITTLE CABLE
SHOW IN SANFORD THAT WAS JUST
GOING TO BE A HOBBY.
AND THEN I WENT FROM THERE AND
THERE WAS THIS AND THIS AND I
JUST KEPT GOING.
AND EVERY TIME SOMEBODY SAID
NO, I THOUGHT YES.
I AM DOING IT, GET OUT OF MY
WAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR TRAILBLAZING
THAT GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY
AND TO BE HERE.
I IMAGINE WATCHING TV NOW YOU
SEE ALL THESE WOMEN ON YOUR
SCREEN DELIVERING THE NEWS HAS
TO BE SUCH A JOYOUS FEELING.
>> IT IS.
AND I’D STARTED SOMETHING
CALLED BROAD-BROADCASTING WHEN
I WAS A CHANNEL 6.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE WOMEN
I TOOK THEM TO LUNCH AND SAID
OKAY, THERE’S A LOT OF
POSITIONS, NOT JUST ANCHORING
BUT EXECUTIVE POSITIONS NOT
BEING FILLED.
DON’T WAIT FOR PERMISSION.
>> CAROL, WE COULD TALK FOR IT