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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.
WPVI-TV (channel 6), branded 6 ABC, is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned and operated by the ABC television network through its ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios on City Avenue in the Wynnefield Heights section of Philadelphia, and a transmitter in the city's Roxborough neighborhood.
The current hosting team is Tynan and WPVI news anchor Rick Williams, [9] who replaced Roberts. In 2024, the parade will simul-stream nationally on ABC News Live, Disney Plus, and Hulu. [10] WPVI also broadcasts annual live coverage of Philadelphia's Pulaski, Columbus, and Puerto Rican parades. [6]
1996 - Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Person of the Year [13] 2003 - Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame [13] 2022 - John Cardinal Foley Award for Excellence in Communication [14] 2022 - The Walt Disney Company honored Gardner with their Mousecar award for his long service to that company, which owns WPVI-TV.
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.
Wally Kennedy (1948 – October 30, 2024) was an American television and radio announcer in Philadelphia. He hosted AM Philadelphia (later AM Live ), Philly After Midnight , and Inside Story on WPVI-TV over a twenty-year period.
Lighthouse TV Philadelphia: 3 30 KYW-TV: CBS: Start TV on 3.2 Dabl on 3.3 Fave TV on 3.4 6 6 WPVI-TV: ABC: Localish on 6.2, Laff on 6.3 10 28 WCAU: NBC: Cozi TV on 10.2, LX on 10.3 17 17 WPHL-TV: CW: Antenna TV/MyNet on 17.2, Court TV on 17.3, Comet on 17.4 29 31 WTXF-TV: Fox: Movies! on 29.2, TheGrio on 29.3, Buzzr on 29.4 Philadelphia: Willow ...
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.