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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.
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.
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]
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.
Two years later, he began his television broadcast career at WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York. [5] He took the stage name Gardner because of antisemitism in the Buffalo community, and the thought that there were too many Jewish names on staff. [6] Gardner worked for WPVI in Philadelphia from June 1, 1976 to December 21, 2022. He started as a ...
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.
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.
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.