24994J 5269 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 My point is that new ownership of WPHL (be it Sinclair, Fox, or whoever) would likely spell the end of 6abc's production of it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Rick & Monica can do 6 & 11, Brian & Sharrie can pick up the 5 and nothing else will change! Or they could just blow all your minds ...and when you wake up you will have "2 Daddy's" or "2 Mommy's" anchoring. Maybe even toss in a new "Gender Fluid" sports person. How about some "blended" house pets? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 57 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Best wishes to reporter Nora Muchanic and photographer Andy Doane on their upcoming retirements. [MEDIA=twitter]913505943626948608[/MEDIA] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1046 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 My point is that new ownership of WPHL (be it Sinclair, Fox, or whoever) would likely spell the end of 6abc's production of it. No it won't. See: WPXI's 10PM News on WPGH. Sinclair, for all its faults, doesn't want to mess with a good thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 No it won't. See: WPXI's 10PM News on WPGH. Sinclair, for all its faults, doesn't want to mess with a good thing. I'm gonna side with TSSZNews here. Unless Sinclair offloads the station to Fox for some reason, they're not going to cancel it. It does too well for both parties here. And man on Nora Muchanic's retirement... all of the familiar faces of WPVI past are slowly going away, one by one... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1149 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 And man on Nora Muchanic's retirement... all of the familiar faces of WPVI past are slowly going away, one by one.. Oh my. Nora has been with Action News way more than the years I've been alive. As much as I'll miss her as their reporter (aka New Jersey Correspondent), I'm so proud of her as a local TV personality and as a human being, and I'm so happy for her as she's worked as hard and as long as anyone this long in the business and deserves her time to R&R (Retire and Rock-on). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent 7 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 She will be missed good luck to Nora and many years of happy retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 727 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Watching Action News at Noon. The show started off with Sarah Bloomquist anchoring solo. I looked away for a few seconds and when I looked back Sarah was MIA and Alicia Vitarelli was anchoring. Wonder what happened and if all is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioinactive 7 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Watching Action News at Noon. The show started off with Sarah Bloomquist anchoring solo. I looked away for a few seconds and when I looked back Sarah was MIA and Alicia Vitarelli was anchoring. Wonder what happened and if all is okay. I noticed the change also, highly unusual and no mention of why the change. It happened about 12 minutes into newscast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 727 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I noticed the change also, highly unusual and no mention of why the change. It happened about 12 minutes into newscast. Alicia is in for Rick and Sarah again today. Hope all is okay with Sarah. Poor Alicia pulling overtime as she was in for both Sharie and Monica too yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 I think I remember @Weeters posting a link either in here or in the shoutbox. The link was from one of those old broadcast engineering magazines that were manually scanned. The magazine discussed the different types of construction of the studios and facilities. The magazine had pieces about WPVI and I believe WCAU. It also had stuff about WBAL and WMAR (where I learned that the dome on their building is a raydome) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eadgcf 3 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Nora Muchanic retired today. Anyone catch her final segment? I thought it was spot on and must admit I got a little verklempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 57 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Nora Muchanic retired today. Anyone catch her final segment? I thought it was spot on and must admit I got a little verklempt. This one, about the little kid reporter? http://6abc.com/society/action-news-reporter-nora-muchanics-final-bow-with-kid-reporter/2593006/ They also showed a tribute video to Nora and Andy Doane, her photographer, who retired, too. http://6abc.com/community-events/action-news-says-goodbye-to-its-nj-team/2593488/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 727 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 So apparently Gray Hall was anchoring the Sunday noon show a few weeks ago and suffered a medical emergency while on air. He was rushed to the hospital and emergence surgery was performed to remove a cyst that had grown and was blocking blood flow. He's now recovering and hopes to return to the air soon. It appears he was anchoring solo that day. I wonder who took over for the remainder of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 So apparently Gray Hall was anchoring the Sunday noon show a few weeks ago and suffered a medical emergency while on air. He was rushed to the hospital and emergence surgery was performed to remove a cyst that had grown and was blocking blood flow. He's now recovering and hopes to return to the air soon. It appears he was anchoring solo that day. I wonder who took over for the remainder of the show. If there was nobody else around that was “on-air ready” except for the meteorologist, the weather person would have pulled double duty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 408 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Chris Sowers did do some double duty for a segment and then Alicia Vitareli finished the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 727 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Anybody catch who anchored the 4pm and 5pm today? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Anybody catch who anchored the 4pm and 5pm today? Find their YouTube page (I don't have it in front of me). It's so much easier to rifle through those and you should get an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 57 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Anybody catch who anchored the 4pm and 5pm today? Sharrie & Brian did the 4PM. I didn't see the 5PM, but it looks like Monica & Brian did that show. [MEDIA=twitter]933819813432086530[/MEDIA] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent 7 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 From what I read in the tv listings, Action News is launching a 5pm Saturday newscast this Saturday, which was expected after the college football season(technically not over - conference championship week counts as regular season games). Are they going to have Walter and Sarah co anchor(as they have for Sunday newscasts since Rob Jennings retired 4 years ago after 36 years as weekend anchor) or is Walter anchoring solo, or are they going to have some else co anchor with Walter? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1844 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 From what I read in the tv listings, Action News is launching a 5pm Saturday newscast this Saturday, which was expected after the college football season(technically not over - conference championship week counts as regular season games). Are they going to have Walter and Sarah co anchor(as they have for Sunday newscasts since Rob Jennings retired 4 years ago after 36 years as weekend anchor) or is Walter anchoring solo, or are they going to have some else co anchor with Walter? I don't need to report on this on my blog because this was expected. I said that once the college football season is over, WPVI will have 5pm news on Saturdays as well. Alas, 5pm weekend news has arrived in the Delaware Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent 7 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Is it necessary to have 5pm weekend news ? Isnt this overkill? Also is Sarah co anchoring with Walter on the new Saturday news? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 727 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 From what I read in the tv listings, Action News is launching a 5pm Saturday newscast this Saturday, which was expected after the college football season(technically not over - conference championship week counts as regular season games). Are they going to have Walter and Sarah co anchor(as they have for Sunday newscasts since Rob Jennings retired 4 years ago after 36 years as weekend anchor) or is Walter anchoring solo, or are they going to have some else co anchor with Walter? Is it necessary to have 5pm weekend news ? Isnt this overkill? Also is Sarah co anchoring with Walter on the new Saturday news? I have a feeling Walter will go at it solo. He does the 10pm solo on Saturdays. I guess they could theoretically have Nydia (who co-anchors weekend mornings) stick around too. But they should just put Sarah on full time on weekend evenings. So it's not seen as a demotion, she should be the main fill-in for Monica and Sharrie when one is off. For the time being, Monica can add the noon show to her co-anchor duties. If Fox does purchase WPHL, I believe that Action News at 10 on PHL17 is not for long, and would free up Sharrie, Brian, and Adam for noon as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1844 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Is it necessary to have 5pm weekend news ? Isnt this overkill? WSVN and WPLG do it. WOFL and WOGX do it. Stations on the west coast do it. Even WABC, WCVB and WMUR do it. So... yeah, considering how much busier lives are all getting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cna247 173 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 From what I read in the tv listings, Action News is launching a 5pm Saturday newscast this Saturday, which was expected after the college football season(technically not over - conference championship week counts as regular season games). Are they going to have Walter and Sarah co anchor(as they have for Sunday newscasts since Rob Jennings retired 4 years ago after 36 years as weekend anchor) or is Walter anchoring solo, or are they going to have some else co anchor with Walter? Not sure where you saw this but not only did they not debut a 5pm Saturday newscast this past Saturday, but they have other programming the next two Saturdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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