View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | Revolving Door Brian Taff to Succeed Jim Gardner at WPVI After He Retires By Kevin Eck on Dec. 6, 2022 - 2:45 PM Taff said it was the "professional honor of a lifetime" to be asked to succeed Gardner.
View Post ABC Affiliates | Law & Ethics | Politics | ShopTalk Jim Gardner Replies to Being Used in Senate Campaign Ad for Doctor Oz: ‘I’m Not Okay With It’ By Kevin Eck on Oct. 7, 2022 - 10:39 AM "To be clear, I’m totally uncomfortable with being in any political ad..."
View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | Revolving Door | ShopTalk Jim Gardner Anchors Last Nightside Newscast, Station Names Replacement By Kevin Eck on Jan. 12, 2022 - 10:30 AM Gardner will continue to anchor the 6 p.m. newscast until he retires at the end of the year. He has anchored at 6 and 11 p.m. for WPVI since May 11, 1977.
View Post ABC Affiliates | Top 10 | Univision Philadelphia Stations to Share News Content By Kevin Eck on Dec. 20, 2013 - 11:02 AM Philadelphia’s ABC owned station WPVI and Univision station WUVP have announced they’re partnering on news content integration. As part of the deal, WUVP will launch a live local 11:00p.m. news starting December 26. Th ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | Top 10 Rob Jennings to Retire After 36 Years at WPVI By Merrill Knox on May. 21, 2013 - 2:24 PM After 36 years at WPVI, Rob Jennings will retire from the Philadelphia ABC O&O in July. “Rob has played a huge role in the success of Action News and 6abc for decades,” WPVI president and general manager Bernie Pra ...
ABC Affiliates | MyNetworkTV | NBC Affiliates | Top 10 WPVI Takes Over 10pm Newscast On WPHL By Kevin Eck on Aug. 27, 2012 - 5:25 PM Philadelphia’s WPVI will soon begin producing the 10pm newscast for Tribune owned WPHL 17. WPHL, the MyNetworkTV affiliate, is currently in an agreement with NBC-owned station WCAU to produce their 10 pm news. Adam Joseph, m ...
ABC Affiliates | News Directors | Top 10 Tom Davis Promoted to News Director at WPVI By Andrew Gauthier on Dec. 2, 2011 - 10:22 AM Longtime assistant news director Tom Davis has been named vice president and news director at WPVI. Davis, who has been the ABC O&O’s assistant ND since 2004, takes over for Carla Carpenter. After 14 years leading the ...
ABC Affiliates | Top 10 WPVI Launching Newscast to Replace ‘Oprah’ By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 18, 2011 - 10:32 AM Philadelphia’s WPVI is filling Oprah’s soon-to-be-departed 4 p.m. timeslot with a new, one-hour newscast. “We’ve been building to this date for almost a year now, and we’re ready,” said Bernie P ...