Bloodletting at CBS 3 Eyewitness News on Wednesday. [62], In June 2008, 6 and 11 p.m. news anchor Larry Mendte, who was Alycia Lane's co-anchor until her firing five months earlier, was himself fired from the station after police conducted a raid of his home and seized his computers due to an investigation by both law enforcement authorities and CBS 3. NBC realized WRCV-TV's existing tower was inadequate for this enlarged market. Nakano made the announcement on social media Tuesday, saying, "I'm excited. Like other CBS-owned stations, KYW-TV offers a web-only newscast called CBS 3 At Your Desk, shown daily. Sade is the anchor for WABC-popular TV's Eyewitness News at 5:00 and 11:00 a.m. she joined the Eyewitness team in 2003 both as a reporter and anchor of Eyewitness News at Noon. ", "Philco drops off of ch. On February 2, 2009, KYW's news department began broadcasting a 10pm newscast on sister station WPSG. Williams took a brief two-year leave from television news but then joined WTNH-TV in New Haven, Connecticut where she was weekend anchor. In February 2022, his spot on weekends would be filled permanently by Souza while Peterson became a fill-in for any vacationing meteorologist. Jackie De Tore | Anchor/Consumer Investigative Reporter. In 1993, production was moved over to Hubbard Broadcasting's All News Channel, where they were produced until 2000. On September 3, 2018, Decades was replaced by Start TV. What many people don't know is that the character was loosely based on a member of the KYW-TV news team. 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. ", "Philadelphia circle is complete," and "Nine-year history of that trade in Philadelphia. 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. In September 2018, Jessica Dean announced that she would be leaving the station after five years to pursue another assignment. [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. Download Our Apps. The deal brought KYW-TV under common ownership with Philadelphia's UPN station, WPSG, which relocated to the KYW Building on Independence Mall. In 1957, channel 3 moved to a new 1,100-foot (335m) tower in Roxborough. from there. Contact Us. The Audacy-owned station announced former Director of News & Programming Steve Butler, longtime morning news anchor Harry Donahue, and longtime afternoon anchor Steve Nikazy as its newest members. Kennedy said Washington arrived quickly, but his usual co . Primo took the concept with him to New York City's WABC-TV in 1968, albeit an improved version that introduced the concept of chatter among the anchors ("happy talk"). Verizon FiOS carries KYW in Upper Freehold Township, while the rest of the county gets only New York City area stations on FiOS, except for portions of southern Howell Township, which get WPVI from the Ocean County feed. Around this same time, sister station KYW radio became one of the first all-news radio stations in the country. The revelation was uncovered as part of an independent investigation into the allegations that were leveled against former CBS Entertainment president Leslie Moonves from 2018. However, the station (and NBC) faltered in the late 1970s, and by 1980, KYW-TV was the lowest-rated network affiliate in Philadelphia. November 16, 2021 / 9:46 AM [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. 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. She's also a former Miss Ohio, starting her broadcasting career in her home state. Several more Black reporters would leave the station at this time including Justin Finch who is now a reporter for ABC,[74] and Steve Patterson who would leave and become a reporter for NBC. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- WKYC Channel 3 anchor and reporter Will Ujek said farewell to the station over the weekend. 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. While WJZ-TV and WBZ-TV switched to CBS in January 1995, the swap was delayed in Philadelphia when CBS discovered that an outright sale of channel 10 would have forced it to pay massive taxes on the proceeds from the deal. KYW-TV News Anchors and Reporters Coverage: Philadelphia Affiliation: CBS: Alycia Lane KYW-TV Anchor * Jericka Duncan KYW-TV Reporter * No longer with Network. She then started to work as a clerk for Judge Damon Keith of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Anchor Mort Crim was part of what was known in the 1970's as the "Dream Team." In 2009 the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphiainducted Chenault-Fattah into their Hall of Fame. Here's the list I was able to cobble together via various sources: KYW Newsradio 1060 has revamped its on-air lineup as it prepares to begin simulcasting on the FM dial later this month. In October 2016, just six months into her time at the station, Thomas was told in a meeting with Kennedy and Cronan that her contract with the station would not be renewed and she left at the end of the month. Our moderator will be Jay Lloyd, long-time KYW Newsman. Crim discussed attending the "Anchorman" premiere, his time in Philadelphia, and more with Eyewitness News anchor Jim Donovan. The Eyewitness News name was restored in early 1998. The deal officially took effect at 1:00a.m. on September 10, 1995. While this concept was at least a decade ahead of its time, it was not enough to stop the ratings slide. In a public statement, Mendte said that his actions were rooted in a feud that started after he ended a "flirtatious and improper" relationship with Lane. Additionally, during another meeting Dunn turned to Cronan and in front of several other staff members asked her "Are you a (expletive) idiot?" Talking about her media career, she joined the station in September of 1991. For most of the 1970s, KYW-TV traded first place with WFIL/WPVI. In 1972, KYW-TV hired Philadelphia-area native Jessica Savitch as a reporter, and later co-anchor alongside Leonard. Contents 1 Career 2 Lawsuit 3 Personal life 4 References Career [ edit] Williams majored in Social Sciences at Portland State University and began her career at KGW-TV|KGW as a reporter. 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. She has got 5500 followers on Facebook. After the pattern was displayed on screen for a lengthy amount of time, the image cut to the CBS logo, with the text "Goodbye" below, before transmission ceased. GoGoMag.com & TVHeads.com are not affiliated with ABC, Al Jazeera America, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, ESPN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Sports, NBC, NFL Network, The Weather . Among the central figures cited as being victimized by Dunn and Friend are long-time anchor Ukee Washington, who is Black, morning anchor Jim Donovan, who is openly gay, and former KYW news director and vice president Margaret Cronan. For most of the next 20 years, KYW-TV was a very distant third behind WPVI-TV and WCAU-TV. By continuing with us, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. 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. It would be the station's coverage of Bill Cosby's rape trial in April 2018 that would be the most damning case of Dunn and Friend's inherent bias. By Kevin Eck on Feb. 29, 2016 - 1:57 PM. Abrams has been a staple in the newsroom from his arrival, and his experience spans even further. [67] Brewer left CBS 3 in June 2018 to spend more time with her family. Ukee Washington was already in position to go on air but his usual co-anchor at the time, Jessica Dean, was not available. As compensation for the loss of stations, NBC and CBS traded broadcasting facilities in Miami. There she served as a reporter and an anchor. Tracy Lehr . 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. Renee has a net worth of about $950,000, but her salary is kept a secret. In a case of especially bad timing, Crim left for WBBM-TV in Chicago in May 1977, and Savitch left for NBC News three months later. The couple together has a daughter named Chandler Fattah. [25] The final NBC program aired on KYW-TV was a rerun of Saturday Night Live, which began at 11:30p.m. on September 9, 1995, the day that channel 3 ended its 54-year affiliation with the network and became a CBS affiliate; NBC moved all of its programming locally to WCAU after the program ended. She is also called as Renee Y. Chenault. The email only came to light due to the revelation that the account it was sent to was one Eisen shares with his wife Suzy Shuster. Old men. This article is about the television station that used the WPTZ callsign from 1941 to 1956. Her husband Chaka is a politician in Pennsylvania. 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. On April 2, 2007, KYW-TV and WPSG moved to a new broadcast complex located at 1555 Hamilton Street near Center City Philadelphia, across from the Community College of Philadelphia[26] and near Fairmount Park. KYW-TV was the only Philadelphia market station participating in the "Analog Nightlight" program, and did so through July 12, 2009. Jessica Dean, who had joined CBS 3 just two years earlier and anchored alongside May, Orr and Reece, was the only member of their broadcast team to avoid being fired. ${paramValue} on Audacy: Listen to Free Radio Online | Music, Sports, News, Podcasts Cablevision (previously Harte-Hanks Cable and Monmouth Cablevision) in the Asbury Park area of Monmouth County carried KYW-TV until September 10, 1995, when WCAU replaced KYW on that system after the network switch. On September 26, 2022, Andrew Kozak would officially join the station to do the 4 p.m. newscast & take over Casey's position on weekend evening editions. 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[4] The WPTZ call letters are now used for the NBC affiliate in Plattsburgh, New York. [82][83][84] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 3. One month later in November 2021, former WMAQ sports anchor Siafa Lewis was named Brown's new co-anchor. 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". She got married to Chaka Fattah in the year 2001. In addition, Lauren has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million, identical to Tamika Hendrix, as the forecaster for the renowned news program. For over 20 years, Tamron Hall has worked as a broadcast journalist. "The CBS Enforcer Music Collection") also composed by Frank Gari. Within a few years, Group W's other television stations had adopted the format. 11. In the movie "Anchorman" actor Will Ferrell plays blow-dried airhead news anchor Ron Burgundy. ${paramValue} on Audacy: Listen to Free Radio Online | Music, Sports, News, Podcasts 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 Group W eventually struck an agreement to switch KYW-TV, WBZ-TV, and WJZ-TV to CBS (Westinghouse already had two CBS affiliates in its portfolio at the time, KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh and KPIX-TV in San Francisco). Over the years, NBC contracted independent stations WPHL-TV, WTAF-TV/WTXF-TV, WKBS-TV, and WGTW-TV to air programs preempted by channel 3; most of the preempted programs aired on WMGM-TV, which served as the NBC affiliate for Atlantic City until 2014. She also worked at KYW-TV where she served as co-anchor of Evening Magazine for two years until it was canceled. "I'm a Philly guy through and . Beverly Williams (born May 22, 1947) is a former news anchor from Philadelphia. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside CW affiliate WPSG (channel 57). It's studios are located @ 400 Market Street in Center City (downtown . It stayed in the ratings basement even when NBC rebounded to become the nation's most-watched network by 1985. KYW went with NeXt Weather due to competitor WCAU branding their forecasts First Alert Weather for several years. KYW-TV has been carried on Comcast in southern Middlesex and Monmouth counties in New Jersey since December 2007 on digital cable channel 256 in the Middlesex County municipalities of Plainsboro, South Brunswick, Monroe, Cranbury, Jamesburg, Helmetta, Spotswood, and East Brunswick as well as the Monmouth County borough of Roosevelt. 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