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WPVI-TV (channel 6) is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ... Action News Sports Sunday airs Sunday nights at 11:45 after the 11 p.m. newscast.
WOWT-TV: NBC No Known as Channel 6 Action News from the mid-'70s to 1991, then changed to Channel 6 News. Known as WOWT 6 News since 2012. Springfield, Missouri: KYTV: NBC No Used from 1974 to 1993, as KY3 Action News; has identified as KY3 News since 1997 Lewiston, Idaho: KLEW-TV: CBS No Has identified as KLEW Action News from 2008 to 2012.
In 1978, Roberts joined WPVI-TV in Philadelphia as a co-host for the morning television show AM Philadelphia. To avoid possible confusion with Lisa Thomas-Laury, he changed his stage name from David Thomas to Dave Roberts. After the death of Jim O'Brien on September 25, 1983, he began reporting the weather for WPVI's Action News.
James Franklin Oldham, better known as Jim O'Brien (November 20, 1939 – September 25, 1983), was an American newscaster. He was a member of the WPVI-TV Channel 6 Action News team, which became the highest-rated television news team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley region during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Jim Gardner Way, the 4100 block of Monument Road outside the WPVI studios, was dedicated in 2022 in his honor. [12] Additionally the studio from which all Action News broadcasts emanate from is now officially known as the Jim Gardner Studio. 1996 - Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Person of the Year [13]
[1] [2] The newscast became the most viewed local morning news show in the country. [2] Dave was a prominent and popular personality at the station. On February 26, 2025, 6abc aired a segment on Dave Frankel’s career at Action News. In 1997 he moved onto KYW-TV CBS-3 where he anchored the 6pm news with the late Siani Lee. [1]
Cecily Joan Tynan (born March 19, 1969) is an American television meteorologist who has been with WPVI-TV since 1995. As of 2024, she is the 5, 6, and 11 pm weathercaster and chief meteorologist for Action News and is also the weathercaster for a streaming-exclusive edition that airs at 6:30 pm.
Monica Malpass (born April 28, 1961 in High Point, North Carolina [1]) is an American journalist and former television anchor for WPVI Action News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [2] She co-anchored the WPVI 5 p.m. weekday newscast and hosted the station's political talk show, Inside Story. [2] Malpass was born on April 28, 1961.