Oak Lake 6 Theater
1801 Halstead Boulevard,
Tallahassee,
FL
32309
1801 Halstead Boulevard,
Tallahassee,
FL
32309
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Previously operated by: Eastern Federal Corporation
Functions: Television Studio
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Opened by Eastern Federal Theatres on February 10, 1989. After the Oak Lake 6 closed in August 1997, it was converted into television studios in November 1997.
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This opened on February 10th, 1989. Grand opening ad in photo section.
The Oak Lake 6 Theatres closed in August 1997 after the staff at Florida’s News Channel LLC bought the theater.
Three months later in November 1997, the entire theater was converted into a news department that originates the state of Florida’s third cable-only 24/7 news channel, known as Florida’s News Channel (sometimes called “Comcast News” locally) with help from Comcast, and launched on September 7, 1998.
Unfortunately during its final months in operation, the Florida News Channel went into a major downfall. The channel tried to focus more on colored audiences but it’s not just because of it. The other reason why is because of viewership decline and infomercials being aired from 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM prompted the decision to drop the channel. The channel was originally attempted to end its operations on December 31, 2003, but held on for a little longer until December 31, 2004.
During the first week of August 2005, WCTV Channel 6, the CBS station for the Tallahassee-Thomaston market, immediately received plans to relocate its station facilities due to the lost of lease over its original satellite office/studios on North Monroe Street. The relocate did happen and became the official home for WCTV.