Malcolm Poindexter (1967) Robin Mackintosh (9/1970) Beverly Williams (1975-81/89-) Marge Pala (1978) Carol Erickson (1978-84/91) Tom Lamaine (1979) Dick Standish (1979) Walt Hunter (1980) Having seen its quartet of top-rated anchors move on, KYW-TV attempted a reformat of its newscasts, hiring new talent from outside the Philadelphia market to take center stage. In April 2007, KYW-TV became the third Philadelphia television station to begin broadcasting its newscasts in high definition; the switch coincided with the station's move from its former Independence Mall studios to its new facility on Hamilton Street. Jackie De Tore | Anchor/Consumer Investigative Reporter. Preempted network programming was usually lower-rated daytime game shows, soap operas, or reruns of prime time programs with an average of two hours per day. [9][10] On September 22, 1959, the Justice Department issued a decision which, in part, forced NBC to divest WRCV-AM-TV by the end of 1962. Crim discussed attending the "Anchorman" premiere, his time in Philadelphia, and more with Eyewitness News anchor Jim Donovan. She's also a former Miss Ohio, starting her broadcasting career in her home state. Meet the WQAD News 8 Team Jon Diaz Jon Diaz joined the News 8 team over the summer of 2022 as an anchor for our 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. On May 28, 2002, Williams filed a lawsuit against KYW alleging discrimination based on her race, sex, and age. KYW-TV was effectively separated from its radio counterpart in November 2017, when CBS Radio merged into Entercom (now Audacy). To this day, KYW-TV insists that it "moved" to Cleveland in 1956 and "returned" to Philadelphia in 1965in fact, some staffers who worked at KYW-TV in Cleveland (talk show host Mike Douglas, meteorologist Dick Goddard, and news anchor Tom Snyder among them) moved to Philadelphia along with the call letters. It also abandoned the longstanding Eyewitness News branding after 26 years and experimented with giving each newscast a different title: the morning news became known as Newsday, the weekday 5:30 and 6:00p.m. news as Newsbeat, and the nightly 11:00 and weekend 6:00p.m. newscasts as The News (the former as The News Tonight; the latter broadcasts, respectively, as The News Saturday and The News Sunday). The day after her debut, Friend had called Cronan and verbally berated her, directing her to tell Thomas to "shut the (expletive) up", stop smiling so much and to not fake a Southern accent even though Thomas is originally from Oklahoma. Former WJLA Chief Meteorologist Bill Kelly would be hired by KYW to become the new Chief Meteorologist in January 2023 and Abreu would be leaving the station a month later after three years for a new assignment in Florida. A Journalists Search for Truth. a student radio station. It also started using a theme based on the five-note musical sounder of its radio sister, one of the top all-news stations in the country and the highest-rated radio station in Philadelphia for most of the last 40 years; indeed, their news director during this era was previously at KYW radio. [14] By October 1961, the purchase of KTVU, and the contingent sale of the WRC stations, had collapsed following objections from NBC's existing San Francisco affiliate, KRON-TV; the WRCV-WNAC trade itself was not affected, but the transactions involving NBC and RKO, along with other related applications by both companies, had been set for hearings by the FCC the preceding May. It significantly cut back operations after the U.S. entered World War II, but returned to a full schedule in 1945. She has got 5500 followers on Facebook. As part of a national round of layoffs, the local station located on Spring Garden Street shed about a dozen newsroom and production jobs, with a number of anchors and reporters included. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'marrieddivorce_com-box-4','ezslot_3',198,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-marrieddivorce_com-box-4-0'); Renee Chenault-Fattah is a married woman. Additionally, the two stations cooperate in the gathering of news in New Jersey where their markets overlap; sharing reporters, live trucks, and helicopters. Anchor Mort Crim was part of what was known in the 1970s as the "Dream Team." KYW-TV, along with sister station KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, are the only CBS-affiliated stations east of the Mississippi River with "K" call signs. [37], Morning meteorologist Katie Fehlinger left the station on September 17, 2019, after more than eight years in order to spend more time with her family and pursue other professional ventures. Tracy Lehr . ", "Philco drops off of ch. In New Jersey, KYW (and the majority of Philadelphia stations) were carried in more places in central and northern New Jersey during the CATV era of the 1970s and 1980s. In 2019, Kennedy was fired by Dunn and Friend for what they claimed to be poor performance in his job at the station. He grew up in West Philadelphia and traveled the world as a member of the Philadelphia Boys Choir. This proved to be a very profitable decision at first, as KYW-TV was either first or second in the Philadelphia television ratings for most of the 1960s and 1970s. After the affiliation and ownership swap on September 10, 1995, WNBC did not object to their now NBC co-owned sister station WCAU continuing to be carried in southern Middlesex County on Comcast (then Channel 39), though Comcast did not restore the now CBS-owned KYW to the system for another twelve years. The new broadcast's format is a hybrid consisting of local live news and weather reports from the Eyewitness News team and national news stories anchored on weekdays by Tom Hanson and on weekends by Traxson Griggs from a virtual set.[33][34]. Additionally, during another meeting Dunn turned to Cronan and in front of several other staff members asked her "Are you a (expletive) idiot?" PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- In the movie "Anchorman" actor Will Ferrell plays blow-dried airhead news anchor Ron Burgundy. Around this same time, sister station KYW radio became one of the first all-news radio stations in the country. Madden works at KYW where he works alongside other famous KYW anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including; Steve Tawa Suzanne Monaghan Jay Scott Smith Jeff Asch Paul Kurtz Larry Kane Kristen Johanson Kimberly Adams Greg Orlandini Denise Nakano Dave Uram Brandon Brooks Carol MacKenzie David Madden Twitter By continuing with us, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. 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She also studied at the University of Missouri which is in Columbia, Missouri and from there she earned a masters degree in journalism. Fox 29) leads in prime time programming. The deal officially took effect at 1:00a.m. on September 10, 1995. The 4 p.m. newscast has since been co-anchored by 6 p.m. co-anchor Susan Barnett. Tom Brokaw. KYW went with NeXt Weather due to competitor WCAU branding their forecasts First Alert Weather for several years. She is also called as Renee Y. Chenault. In 1993, production was moved over to Hubbard Broadcasting's All News Channel, where they were produced until 2000. NBC traded KCNC-TV in Denver and KUTV in Salt Lake City (which NBC had acquired earlier that year) to CBS in return for WCAU, which for legal reasons would be an even trade. Abrams has been a staple in the newsroom from his arrival, and his experience spans even further. [5], Last edited on 16 November 2021, at 05:20, "KYW news gets ready to air its new identity", "Beverly Williams sues KYW-TV alleging discrimination", "Former television anchor settles lawsuit Beverly Williams had accused KYW-TV (Channel 3) and its corporate owners of age, sex and race discrimination", "Beverly Williams: Award Winning Journalist", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beverly_Williams&oldid=1055493248, This page was last edited on 16 November 2021, at 05:20. Also seen on the air during that time were future talk show host Tom Snyder and Marciarose Shestack. Anchors Natasha Brown Janelle Burrell Jan Carabeo Jim Donovan Siafa Lewis Joe Holden Jessica Kartalija Ukee Washington Health Stephanie Stahl Meteorologists Bill Kelly Kate Bilo Llarisa Abreu. In a situation similar to the infamous 1996 "Massacre" that had occurred at its sister O&O flagship station WCBS-TV in New York, May and Reece learned of their firings nearly three hours before they were scheduled to go on the air at 5 p.m. while Orr (who had been the Chief Meteorologist since 2003) was on vacation at the time she was notified of her firing. A former KYW anchor, who left in 2018 to join CNN as a Washington correspondent, will now serve as the network's congressional correspondent.. Jessica Dean will transition into the new role . Signup for our Hollywood and pop culture newsletter. It began in 1932 as W3XE, an experimental station owned by Philadelphia's Philco Corporation, at the time and for some decades to come one of the world's largest manufacturers of radio and television sets. [48] In January 2022, the streaming channel name was changed to CBS News Philly and later to CBS News Philadelphia in conjunction with a similar rebranding of the national service. In September 2003, Williams independently produced a half-hour-long weekend public affairs show called Eye on Philadelphia which aired on KYW. In February 2023, the station began to slowly phase out the Eyewitness News name again to follow a rebranding affecting all CBS O&Os as all newscasts incorporated CBS News Philadelphia as their identity moving forward. Additionally, it was revealed that Dunn had sent several messages to Kennedy with just a one-word message regarding Thomas: "Unwatchable". According to former station manager Brien Kennedy, although Dunn had approved of Washington's promotion to lead anchor (as Dunn had been there as station manager from 2002 to 2004) there were several instances when Dunn would speak harshly about the longtime station personality through e-mails saying, "All he does is dancedancing, dancing" and in a 2016 budget meeting incident (which was related by Kennedy and former news director Margaret Cronan) Dunn said of Washington: "He's not doing that 'jive talking' anymore? It is currently second in most timeslots, while WPVI continues to dominate with its newscasts despite having its digital signal on interference-prone channel 6. Former news open seen nightly at 11. Today, KYW-TV is in second place in most time slots while WPVI-TV (a.k.a. Shortly after Westinghouse regained control of KYW-TV in 1965, news director Al Primo popularized the Eyewitness News format and branding. She is also active in using social networking sites like facebook and twitter. Meade is the lead news anchor for her self-titled show, the Morning Express with Robin Meade. Birthplace: Webster, South Dakota, United States of America. For over 20 years, Tamron Hall has worked as a broadcast journalist. interest. It was this modified format that was emulated throughout the United States. Both stations share studios on Hamilton Street north of Center City, Philadelphia, while KYW-TV's transmitter is located in the city's Roxborough section. The weather guy was a TV personality. Submit A News Tip. Under the terms of Westinghouse's deal with CBS, KYW-TV began carrying the entire CBS schedule in pattern with no preemptions except for extended breaking news or severe weather coverage. KYW-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the market's CBS outlet. The production arm of Westinghouse Broadcasting was partially responsible for the preemptions, as channel 3 (along with its sister stations in the Group W chain) aired shows produced and syndicated by Group W, such as The Mike Douglas Show (whose production moved from Cleveland to the Walnut Street studio in Philadelphia in 1965, and then taped at Independence Mall East until 1978), The David Frost Show and the Westinghouse franchise Evening Magazine (with was broadcast on non-Westinghouse owned stations airing their own versions of the latter show as PM Magazine). Here's the list I was able to cobble together via various sources: However, almost immediately after the trade was finalized, Westinghouse complained to the FCC and the United States Department of Justice about NBC's alleged coercion and a lengthy investigation was launched. Pricing; API; Companies; . The 9:3010 a.m. slot on CBS3 is occupied by The Drew Barrymore Show, whose format has been modified for its current third season to allow stations to air the show as two half-hour episodes which can be broadcast separately or back-to-back. However, after Westinghouse offered to sell CBS a minority stake in KYW-TV, CBS agreed to move its affiliation to channel 3 and put channel 10 up for sale. It's studios are located @ 400 Market Street in Center City (downtown . The suit was settled out of court in May 2003. While this concept was at least a decade ahead of its time, it was not enough to stop the ratings slide. Harris is scoring a yearly salary of $400,000. KYW had to scramble to get its news anchors on the air. The following is a list of the members of KYW's "CBS-3 Eyewitness News" team. Her replacement Rahel Solomon also found herself in Dunn and Friend's crosshairs when they stated in messages and meetings with Kennedy that she too needed to be let go for bizarre reasons, including that they "didn't like her face". Northern and portions of central Middlesex County, with the exception of South Plainfield never received any other Philadelphia station except WKBS, WPHL, and WTAF (now WTXF), which have been removed since the late 1980s.