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Action News is a local television newscast format originating in the United States.First conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it is characterized by a tight format with strict time limits on set packages, a focus on surrounding suburbs, and a focus on young talent.
WPVI-TV (channel 6), branded 6 ABC, is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the market's ABC outlet. Owned and operated by the network's 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.
Journalists are trained, experienced in and prepared to deliver news of tragedy. But what happens when that tragic story hits home? Members of 6ABC Philadelphia's Action News team were faced with ...
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.
A pilot and a photographer were killed when Action News' helicopter Chopper 6 crashed Tuesday night in a densely ... the American Eurocopter AS-350-A-STAR left Northeast Philadelphia Airport at 7: ...
Action News’ helicopter Chopper 6, ... New Jersey, on Tuesday night, killing the pilot and an on-board photographer from 6abc Action News, a television station in Philadelphia, Pa.
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] 2003 - Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame [13] 2022 - John Cardinal Foley Award for Excellence in Communication [14]
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.