Best of Orlando 2016: People & Media
Readers name their favorite people and media personalities in Orlando.
Community Leader
1 Buddy Dyer
Orlando Mayor
cityoforlando.net
2 Phil Rawlins
President
Orlando City Soccer Club
orlandosc.com
3 Joshua Vickery
Central Florida Community Arts: Executive Director
cfcarts.com
Pastor
1 Byron Bledsoe
Senior Pastor at C3 Church
Avalon Park
c3church.cc
2 Joel Hunter
Senior Pastor at Northland, A Church Distributed
Longwood
northlandchurch.net
3 David Uth
Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church of Orlando
firstorlando.com
Central Florida Community Arts, College Park, cfcarts.com (HOLLY WHELDEN PHOTOGRAPHY)
Local Performing Arts Group
1 Central Florida Community Arts
College Park
cfcarts.com
2 Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Loch Haven Park
orlandoshakes.org
3 Orlando Ballet
Ivanhoe Village
orlandoballet.org
Athlete
1 Kaká
Orlando City Soccer Club
orlandocitysc.com
2 Victor Oladipo
Orlando Magic (traded in June)
orlandomagic.com
3 Aaron Gordon
Orlando Magic
orlandomagic.com
Local Blogger
1 Kristen Manieri
Orlando Date Night Guide
orlandodatenightguide.com
2 Christina Thomas
Go Epicurista
goepicurista.com
3 Brendan O’Connor
Bungalower
bungalower.com
Music Radio Station
1 XL 106.7 FM
xl1067.com
2 Z88.3 FM
zradio.org
3 K92.3 FM
k923orlando.com
Johnny’s House, XL 106.7 FM, xl1067.iheart.com (ROBERTO GONZALEZ)
Local Radio Show
1 Johnny’s House
XL 106.7 FM
xl1067.iheart.com
2 The Philips Phile
Real Radio 104.1 FM
realradio.iheart.com
3 Monsters in the Morning
Real Radio 104.1 FM
realradio.iheart.com
Jim Payne and Meredith McDonough, WESH-Channel 2, wesh.com (NATHAN DOBBINS)
Television News Team
1 Jim Payne and Meredith McDonough
WESH-Channel 2
wesh.com
2 John Brown and Amy Kaufeldt
Fox 35 (Brown left the station in June)
myfoxorlando.com
3 Bob Opsahl and Martha Sugalski
WFTV-Channel 9 (Opsahl retired in June)
wftv.com
Television Weather Forecaster
1 Tom Terry
WFTV-Channel 9
wftv.com
2 Amy Sweezey
WESH-Channel 2
wesh.com
3 Tom Sorrels
WKMG-Local 6
clickorlando.com
Television Sportscaster
1 Pat Clarke
WESH-Channel 2
wesh.com
2 David Pingalore
WKMG-Local 6
clickorlando.com
3 Christian Bruey
WFTV-Channel 9
wftv.com
