[3], He retired from anchoring on November 30, 2007, ending a broadcasting career that began at WPIC 790 am in his hometown of Sharon, Pennsylvania. KYW's Vince Leonard had been the Delaware Valley's #1 anchor since 1958. Jennifer Ward (KYW in the 90s) Bruce Hamilton (KYW in the 90s) Deborah Knapp (WCAU in the 80s) Steve Bell (ABC Network then KYW in the late 80s and/or early 90s) Alan Frio (WCAU in the 80s, I believe) Terry Merryman (KYW in the 80s, I believe) Chris Wagner (WPVI in the 80s) Lee McCarthy (the first WTAF/WTXF anchor) Ron Hunter, 70, former TV news anchor Ron Hunter, 70, a television news anchor in Chicago, in New Orleans, and at KYW-TV (now CBS3) in Philadelphia for three years, was found dead Tuesday at his home in Henderson, Nev., near Las Vegas. Pat Ciarrocchi(3/1982) Stephanie Stahl(1992) Mark Joyella has been a news anchor and reporter in Miami, Orlando, Tampa and New York City. Donovan is the station’s consumer reporter. The relationship between Lane and Mendte, former co-anchors for the Philadelphia CBS affiliate KYW, was exposed in a public he-said-she-said battle where their stories never gelled. Rahel Solomon is leaving CBS3 after 3 1/2 with the station to join CNBC. After this incident, Chenault-Fattah left the station on February 24, 2016. Jim Donovan is a Sports and News Anchor … Trudy Haynes, former KYW-TV News Anchor/Street Reporter Jerry Klein, Moderator, President of Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Melony Roy, KYW Newsradio's Social Media Editor Dick Sheeran, former KYW-TV Anchor and Street Reporter Dick Standish, former KYW Newsradio & KYW-TV Reporter. It’s alleged CBS executive David Friend was angry about the hiring of KYW morning anchor Brooke Thomas. In 1966, KYW was now securely the Delaware Valley's #1 news, shaking off the challenge of John Facenda and WCAU. KYW Newsradio 1060 has revamped its on-air lineup as it prepares to begin simulcastingon the FM dial later this month. Steve Bucci(5/1997) Primo decided to field a whole lineup of personalities, rather than focusing on a single person. Feb 14, 2012 - The men and women of KY3 News. In the beginning, TV anchorman read news gatherd by reporters in the field, reporters who never appeared on camera. Tom Lamaine(1979) [4], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marc_Howard_(news_anchor)&oldid=960035495, Articles with dead external links from June 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 31 May 2020, at 20:16. He stayed until 1991. In September 2015, she rejoined KYW as vice president for news, overseeing a staff of nearly 100. According to a former KYW news … Larry Mendte(6/2003) CBS3 disclosed the new team a day after the station's general manager, Brien Kennedy, fired three of his top TV news personalities: nighttime anchor Chris May, meteorologist Kathy Orr, and sports anchor Beasley Reece. Since the late 70's KYW has been in the ratings basement. Stream, read and download KYW 1060 AM from any device on RADIO.com Amy Caples(1994) Marc Howard(1/2003) All news, and all that matters to you in the Philadelphia region, plus 24-hour traffic updates, weather & Philly sports stories. Jamie Smith(1/2004) Marc Howard (born February 13, 1937) is a retired longtime Philadelphia news anchor. Carol Erickson(1978-84/91) Shaina Humphries is the co-anchor of the FOX 29 News at 5, 6, 10 and 11. The others include WPVI-TV Action News anchor Lisa Thomas-Laury and former KYW TV Eyewitness News anchors Alycia Lane and Beverly Williams. Tom Negovan(4/2002) By November of 1974, Eyewitness News was once again the Delaware Valley's #1 news, toppling WPVI's Action News. Ahead of its addition of an FM simulcast on 103.9 WPHI-FM Jenkintown on November 23, Entercom News 1060 KYW Philadelphia has announced a new daily anchor lineup.. Valerie Levesque(3/2003) Natasha Brown(12/2002) Alycia Lane(7/2003) Renee was fired from the station for seven months following her husband's indictment. In addition to his anchoring duties, Howard also hosted the locally produced public affairs program Newsmakers, which focuses on a variety of political issues, both local and national, and airs on KYW-TV on Sunday mornings. Howard would work at Action News alongside the late Jim O'Brien and later forming a long-running partnership with Lisa Thomas-Laury beginning in 1983. In 1968, Al Primo left for WABC-TV in New York and there the Eyewitness News format evolved and became even more successfull. Philadelphia CBS-owned station KYW says it’s relaunching its morning newscast with anchors Jim Donovan and Brooke Thomas in early April. He moved to New York City in 1967 as one of the original members of WNEW-TV's Ten O'Clock News team. As host, Howard did not appear as a horror host character but as himself. Anne-Marie Green(10/2004), Any questions, comments or contributions? Former CBS Philly news executive Brien Kennedy sued the company, saying he was fired for cooperating in an internal investigation about Dunn’s attitudes. Howard's television career began at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio. He is also known for being a sports anchor in the ‘WBBH-TV’ in Fort Myers, Florida and at ‘WSB-TV’ in Atlanta. They are: Lesley Van Arsdall(2000) Bell later went on to teach journalism at Ball State University. As part of one of the longest-running anchor teams ever, Gentzler has been delivering the news on WRC Channel 4 in Washington D.C. alongside co-anchor … After a brief reporting stint at WPRI-TV in Providence, Rhode Island, Howard returned to New York as a reporter for WPIX in 1968, staying there until 1970 when he took a job as press secretary to Howard J. Samuels during his unsuccessful run for Governor of New York;[1] he later returned to WPIX as a political reporter. WCAU's news, anchored by John Facenda, used the same format and was nipping at KYW's heals in the ratings department. In the spring of 1977, Crim left for Detroit, Meltzer for Chicago and Savitch for NBC, the "Dream Team was no more. KYW lost it's #1 spot in 1971 when Action News, after a year on the air, redefined television news and surged past Eyewitness News in the ratings. KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia will be adding an FM signal on November 23, and on Thursday Entercom announced the station has revamped its lineup of news anchors. KYW was stunned by the fast rise of WPVI and plotted a come back, it would take a "Dream Team" to do it. Marc Howard (born February 13, 1937) is a retired longtime Philadelphia news anchor. On the spot he appointed as many as possible to report the news, assigning them as as much as possible according to their own experience and interests, a beat system. Paul Deanno(10/2001) ... KYW had to scramble to get its news anchors on the air. Stephanie Abrams Primo began KYW's transformation by first beefing up the reporting staff, he noticed that the union contracts of all newsroom employees, regardless of job title, allowed them to cover stories with no extra compensation. They are getting close. One of his most famous hires was Tom Snyder from Los Angeles, he would co-anchor the first Eyewitness News in August of 1965 with Maricarose Shestack, the first woman to anchor news in Philadelphia. The plan was for the audience to watch and root for a team of reporters, a group of people who could cover stories and show their human emotions too. Dick Sheeran, former reporter and anchor for KYW-TV, CBS 3 Rick Williams, co-anchor of the noon and 5 pm for Action News, 6ABC John Zacherle, the cool ghoul, host of WCAU-TV's "Shock Theater" Rick Williams Previously unreleased photo . Ian Bush will move from afternoons to mornings to co-anchor alongside Carol MacKenzie. Well, if you happen to be two of the three people who anchor the news for NBC 9 in Denver, then you know exactly how embarrassing that could be. Leonard, Crim and Savitch were joined at the anchor desk in 1976 by native Philadelphian Jack Jones, who at WCAU-TV had become the city's first African-American news anchor. While the program initially followed a mainstream movie format, during the Monster Craze of the 1960s, the program almost exclusively featured horror and sci-fi movies Monday through Friday. ... other Black former CBS anchors … Solomon is seen above with Jim Donovan, her co-anchor on 'Eyewitness News This Morning' and 'Eyewitness News at Noon.' Patrice King Brown - anchor and former Pittsburgh 2Day host (1978–2011); retired on January 28, 2011. Maria LaRosa(6/2004) Primo said in later interviews that the difference between the stations was personality, Facenda had a warm and inviting presence, Leonard was straight and business-like. Contact me at tvnews1@oocities.com Howard moved to Hartford, Connecticut to work for WFSB as a reporter and weekend anchor, and then arrived in Philadelphia in 1977 to become the 5:30 p.m. co-anchor of WPVI's Action News;[2] the newscast would expand to an hour in 1981. Dick Standish(1979) Calvin Hughes(10/2003) WCAU's news, anchored by John Facenda, used the same format and … One of Howard's duties was hosting a late afternoon movie program called Showtime. Marge Pala(1978) Meteorologist Carol Erickson … The following is a list of the members of KYW's "CBS-3 Eyewitness News" team. Former KYW anchor Jessica Dean, who left in 2018 to join CNN as a Washington correspondent, will now serve as the network’s congressional correspondent. Former anchor Steve Bell died Friday. Former KYW employees described the mood in the station that day as electric. Falkers anchors KGW News at Sunrise on weekends, and is a news reporter on weekdays. Beverly Williams(1975-81/89-) He's also been a U.S. contributing correspondent for Australian TV and worked in cable news at CNN and Fox. Bob Kelly(2001) Soon the Eyewitness News format was in place at all five Westinghouse(now CBS) stations. Eyewitness News became a trademark for ABC stations across the country. They would also supplement their filmed reports by appearing live in the studio or in the field during the broadcast and talking to the anchor about the stories they had covered that day, in an informal manner, happy-talk or bantering was created. Bruce Williams, KGW Content Editor R. Bruce Williams has been with KGW News … They were to serve as surrogates for viewers or "eyewitnesses" and their status was to be almost equal to that of the anchor. KYW lost the #1 spot to WPVI, Custer left in 1978, Leonard left for Phoenix in 1980. Leonard, whose real name was Homer Venske, actually started in Philadelphia on channel 3 in 1958, and was the main anchor when Eyewitness News was born in 1965. Then in late 2002, he suddenly left after it was announced that he was being hired at KYW-TV to replace Larry Kane on the 11 P.M. newscast for a rumored $800,000 a year. He last anchored at KYW-TV beginning in 2003 when he fronted the late newscasts, but soon only anchored the 4 p.m. news. 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