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Her career began in Chicago as a reporter for WFLD-TV before joining MSNBC and NBC News in 2007. 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. In May 2022, weekend evening meteorologist Lauren Casey would also depart the station to work with Climate Central to focus on the science behind global climate change. Dunn, a former CBS3 general manager, was also alleged to have described Washington as "just a jive guy." The report triggered an outpouring of support for the popular anchor, who joined KYW in 1986 as a sports anchor, moving to news 10 years later. While this concept was at least a decade ahead of its time, it was not enough to stop the ratings slide. 11. Evening News Anchor. [64] Mendte did,, however, pled guilty to the charges regarding Lane. Talking about her media career, she joined the station in September of 1991. The channel 3 facility in Philadelphia is Pennsylvania's oldest television station. Shortly after NBC took control of channel 3, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) collapsed the Lehigh Valley, most of northern Delaware and southern New Jersey (including Atlantic City) into the Philadelphia market. A native of Minnesota, Mr. Leonard came to Philadelphia from Indianapolis in 1958 to anchor a 15-minute news program on Channel 3 when it was WRCV-TV, according to the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia. Former reporter and fill-in anchor at KYW-TV in Philadelphia and KRON-TV in San Francisco. CBS 3 (KYW-TV)'s meteorologist Katie Fehlinger announced that she will be leaving the station. Our moderator will be Jay Lloyd, long-time KYW Newsman. When the two stations broadcast a statewide office debate, such as Governor or U.S. Senate, they will pool resources and have anchors or reporters from both stations participate in the debate. The scathing report details improper. For most of the 1970s, KYW-TV traded first place with WFIL/WPVI. First published on November 16, 2021 / 9:46 AM. Mort Crim also joined as an anchor during that period, forming what native Philadelphians called the "Camelot of television news". KYW is not available to Cablevision customers in Lakewood, Seaside Heights and southern Monmouth County, even though Cablevision carries other Philadelphia stations on these systems. By the time Jones departed for WLS-TV in Chicago in 1979 and Leonard left for KPNX in Phoenix in 1980, Eyewitness News had crashed into last place. After being rebuffed by Westinghouse on several occasions, NBC threatened to drop its affiliation from WPTZ and Westinghouse's other NBC television affiliate, WBZ-TV in Boston, unless Westinghouse agreed to the trade. Birthplace: Webster, South Dakota, United States of America. 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. Also seen on the air during that time were future talk show host Tom Snyder and Marciarose Shestack. Anchor Mort Crim was part of what was known in the 1970s as the "Dream Team." 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). On October 21, 2014, CBS and Weigel Broadcasting announced the launch of a new digital subchannel service called Decades, scheduled to launch on all CBS-owned stations in 2015, including on KYW-TV on channel 3.2. KYW was removed from Storer systems in Middlesex County on September 1, 1993. In 1989, Williams rejoined KYW-TV as co-anchor of the 6 and 11pm newscasts with Steve Bell and KYW ran a "Beverly's Back" campaign in 1989. What many people don't know is that the character was loosely based on a. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Start free trial. The 4:00p.m. newscast moved back to the 5:00p.m. timeslot with The Oprah Winfrey Show ending in 2011 and WPVI starting its own hour-long 4:00p.m. newscast. On February 2, 2009, KYW began to produce a nightly prime time newscast at 10:00p.m. for sister station and CW network flagship WPSG, Eyewitness News at 10 on The CW Philly. The station tried to stop the decline by adopting a new format called "Direct Connection", with reporters assigned to "beats" such as medical, consumer, entertainment and gossip, among others. #6 of 50. Just a few weeks later, Dunn sent Friend to conduct a meeting with Cronan and within minutes of the meeting starting Dunn told her that the station needed to fire Thomas. Afternoon anchor Ian Bush will move to morning co-anchor, joining Carol. Later, she was hired as a reporter at KYW radio after graduating from college. In 1992, Beverly was demoted to weekend anchor while Bell was let go by the station. CBS was initially skeptical about including KYW-TV in the deal. [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. 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. Eddie Kadhim is a general assignment reporter and anchor for FOX 29 News. Signup for our Hollywood and pop culture newsletter. Old men. By Kevin Eck on Feb. 29, 2016 - 1:57 PM. It then became one of three stations (along with WNBT and Schenectady, New York's WRGB, now a fellow CBS affiliate) that premiered NBC's regular television service in 1946, although all three stations did share occasional programs just before and during the war. KYW had to scramble to get its news anchors on the air. Westinghouse had moved the KYW call letters to Cleveland after the swap, and channel 3 became KYW-TV upon the company regaining control of the Philadelphia outlets. Kennedy stated to Dunn that he was not in agreement with the sentiment expressed by Dunn. Paul anchors KY3 News @ 5 p.m., KY3 News @ 9 p.m. on the Ozarks CW, and KY3 News @ 10 p.m. Maria Neider Anchor Maria anchors KY3 News @ 9 p.m. on the Ozarks CW, and KY3. [35] On June 26, 2015, TalkPhilly aired its final broadcast due to declining ratings and was reverted to a traditional noon newscast the following Monday. NBC realized WRCV-TV's existing tower was inadequate for this enlarged market. Abrams has been a staple in the newsroom from his arrival, and his experience spans even further. If a situation arises to where CBS programming is preempted by local news coverage, the programs can be shifted to sister station WPSG. [83], KYW-TV and WPSG both shifted their frequencies on August 1, 2019 as part of the FCC's 5G network spectrum reallocation, with KYW-TV shifting from channel 26 to channel 30, and experiencing technical issues with over-the-air reception due to the repack. However, the station (and NBC) faltered in the late 1970s, and by 1980, KYW-TV was the lowest-rated network affiliate in Philadelphia. The change proved successful, as KYW moved ahead of WCAU at 11:00 and came within a point of knocking off WPVI in the time slot. [40][41], On July 18, 2022, the weather forecasting was officially branded as NeXt Weather in accordance with a branding plan for O&O weather forecasts to either be branded as NeXt Weather or First Alert Weather. [15], In August 1964, the FCC renewed NBC's licenses for WRCV-AM-TV againbut this time, only on the condition that the 1956 station swap with Westinghouse be reversed. Shortly after Westinghouse regained control of KYW-TV in 1965, news director Al Primo popularized the Eyewitness News format and branding. In 1972, KYW-TV hired Philadelphia-area native Jessica Savitch as a reporter, and later co-anchor alongside Leonard. In 1993, production was moved over to Hubbard Broadcasting's All News Channel, where they were produced until 2000. Jackie anchors FOX43 Morning News every weekday from 7 to 10 am. They told him to make up a story as why he was being let go from the station but he vehemently refused to do so. Her last day on air will be Tuesday, September 17. The Eyewitness News name was restored in early 1998. KYW is also available to Comcast cable customers in Ocean County on channel 256, being moved there from channel 3 in early 2008. [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. As compensation for the loss of stations, NBC and CBS traded broadcasting facilities in Miami. After NBC assumed the broadcast contract to what had become the American Football Conference of the NFL in 1970, the station also aired all Philadelphia Eagles games in which they played host to an AFC team, doing so until 1995; they resumed broadcasting Eagles games (again, usually when the team plays against the AFC team at home) after the station joined CBS when the network acquired the AFC package from NBC in the 1998 season. The previous summer, it persuaded WPVI-TV's longtime 5:00p.m. anchor, Marc Howard, to jump ship to anchor its 11:00 news. She is also active in using social networking sites like facebook and twitter. 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. Before Harris Faulkner was breaking barriers as the only African American woman to host a daily news show, she got her start as a news delivery - writing for the LA Weekly. What many people don't know is that the character was loosely based on a member of the KYW-TV news team. 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. [19] Group W, as Westinghouse's broadcasting division was known by this time, took over a transmitter facility far superior to the one it relinquished in 1956. In May 1981, she began co-anchoring the 6 and 11pm newscasts on weeknights alongside Patrick Emory. On February 10, 2020, Abreu was officially announced as taking Fehlinger's position at KYW; however, she unofficially started at the station a day earlier due to Peterson taking a day off as he had been working earlier that week. 3 merry-go-round. Channel 3 had been broadcasting from Independence Mall East since July 1972. [67] Brewer left CBS 3 in June 2018 to spend more time with her family. Comcast added KYW's HD feed to its lineups in Ocean and southern Middlesex counties, as well as the borough of Roosevelt, and its Lambertville area system in Hunterdon County on August 22, 2012 on Channel 903.[87]. In 1982 Pat joined CBS3 Eyewitness News on KYW-TV where Pat hosted weekday newscast alongside Ukee Washington. KYW to Relaunch AM Newscast, Announces Anchor Departure. The others include WPVI-TV Action News anchor Lisa Thomas-Laury and former KYW TV Eyewitness News anchors Alycia Lane and Beverly Williams if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'marrieddivorce_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_5',601,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-marrieddivorce_com-medrectangle-4-0'); Renee was fired from the station for seven months following her husband's indictment. Renee Chenault-Fattahis a former co-anchor of the WCAUNBC 10 Newsweeknights in Philadelphia at 4 and 6 p.m. She was born on October 12 of 1957, in Littleton, Colorado in the United States. [71] Among those laid off were general assignment reporter Crystal Cranmore, South Jersey Bureau reporter Cleve Bryan, and general assignment reporter/fill-in anchor Chantee Lans. [4], Williams has one adult daughter named Amani. Chung came into the limelight as the first woman to co-anchor "CBS. When she joined The Today Show . 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 . Lauren Casey, who works as a meteorologist for WCCO-TV, is said to make a salary of $75000 per year. [11] Several months later in early 1960, NBC announced it would trade the WRCV stations to RKO General in exchange for its Boston outlets, WNAC-AM-FM-TV. For over 20 years, Tamron Hall has worked as a broadcast journalist. What many people don't know is that the character was loosely based on a member of the KYW-TV news team. Linda Swinford Linda is News 8's newest. Trudy Haynes, former KYW-TV, Eyewitness News reporter Larry Kane, Former CBS 3 News Anchor & the Dean of Philly News Al Primo, the Creator of the Eyewitness News & former News Director Marciarose Shestack, former Eyewitness News, Channel 3 News Anchor Ukee Washington, CBS 3 News Anchor for "Eyewitness News" She has got 5500 followers on Facebook. The station signed on for the first time on September 1, becoming the first licensed television station in Pennsylvania. Submit A News Tip. The network's morning show, CBS This Morning, aired a story about the suspensions, and reported that the third party investigationto be carried out by CBS parent company Viacom VIAB 0.0% . Then in March 1995, she was promoted to the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news. They are listed by seniority. Channel 3's newscasts, anchored by Vince Leonard starting in 1958 (during its stint as NBC-owned WRCV-TV), had long been second behind WCAU-TV, but the new format catapulted KYW-TV to first place. Meet the Team. Chris May, a Little Rock native and a versatile, experienced journalist, anchors the most-watched newscasts in the state of Arkansas: Channel 7 News at 5:00, 6:00 and 10:00 on . Kathy Orr, weekend weathercaster at WCAU, also moved to channel 3. Renee has a net worth of about $950,000, but her salary is kept a secret. / CBS Philadelphia. Channel 3 dominated the ratings for the rest of the 1960s, but faced a new challenger after WFIL-TV introduced Action News to Philadelphia. [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. The show was cancelled in 2006. It was announced in the fall of 2009 that the noon news on KYW would be ditched in favor of a talk show, "TalkPhilly". The investigation revealed that he had hacked Lane's email account at the station and had not only been secretly reading thousands of Lane's emails from her account during and after her employment at the station on multiple occasions, but also passing them on to gossip columnists. You can also catch her investigative "FOX43 Finds Out" consumer reports. 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. 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. 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