{"id":406809,"date":"2026-09-22T02:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406809\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T02:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:52:12","slug":"cmg-rebrands-its-orlando-indie-for-local-nba-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406809\/","title":{"rendered":"CMG Rebrands Its Orlando Indie For Local NBA Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MAgic27-e1790011693733.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"357\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MAgic27-e1790011693733.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"MAgic27\"\/><\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>For National Basketball Association fans in Central Florida, the Magic Kingdom expands beyond Walt Disney World, thanks to such individuals as Jalen Suggs and Franz Wagner.\u00a0Cox Media Group recognizes this, and thanks to its television partnership with the team is rebranding one of its two broadcast stations in the Orlando DMA in honor of the team.<\/p>\n<p>As of next week,\u00a0WRDQ-27 in Orlando\u00a0will officially become \u201cMagicTV 27,\u201d a move that CMG says \u201ctransforms\u201d the broadcast TV station \u201cinto a destination for live local sports, family-friendly entertainment,\u201d and a secondary home for WFTV\u2019s Channel 9 Eyewitness News.<\/p>\n<p>The rebranding of WRDQ coincides with a fresh multi-year agreement with the Orlando Magic that makes WRDQ and WFTV the team\u2019s exclusive broadcast partners \u2014 and it makes the Magic\u2019s regular-season games accessible to all.<\/p>\n<p>WFTV &amp; WRDQ Sr. VP\/General Manager\u00a0Darren Moore\u00a0comments,\u00a0\u201cMagicTV 27 represents much more than a new name. It reflects our commitment to delivering premium sports and entertainment programming that is accessible to everyone. By creating a brand closely aligned with one of Central Florida\u2019s most beloved franchises, we\u2019re building a destination that serves enthusiastic fans, viewers, and advertisers alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WRDQ will air some 77 Orlando Magic regular-season games across the forthcoming season, in addition to home games from the Osceola Magic, the franchise\u2019s NBA G League affiliate. The channel will also be the home of the ECHL minor league Orlando Solar Bears, an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitness News\u00a0broadcasts will be seen on WRDQ in the 10pm Eastern hour and between 4:30am-7am in simulcast with WFTV.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For National Basketball Association fans in Central Florida, the Magic Kingdom expands beyond Walt Disney World, thanks to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[161623,161624,2295,139,141,1239,140,68653,161625,161626],"class_list":["post-406809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-broadcast-tv","tag-magictv","tag-nba","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlando-news","tag-tv-cable-news","tag-tv3","tag-wrdq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}