They are listed by seniority. In September 2018, Jessica Dean announced that she would be leaving the station after five years to pursue another assignment. [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. 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 went to Channel 7 from WBAL-TV in Baltimore, where she led the morning and noon newscasts and produced a weekly community affairs show. 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. This format has the reporters actually presenting their stories instead of having an anchor read them. 888 votes. However, after Westinghouse offered to sell CBS a minority stake in KYW-TV, CBS agreed to move its affiliation to channel 3 and put channel 10 up for sale. 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. A previous incident in May 2007 saw Lane be penalized after it was learned that she had sent a photo of herself in a bikini via the station's email to her friend, NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen. Born on 18 November 1970, she is 46 years of age but hasn't shown any sign of aging till now. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside CW affiliate WPSG (channel 57). From 1948 to 1989, through NBC's broadcast contract with Major League Baseball, select Philadelphia Phillies contests were aired on channel 3, which included their victory in the 1980 World Series. For over 20 years, Tamron Hall has worked as a broadcast journalist. In New Jersey, KYW (and the majority of Philadelphia stations) were carried in more places in central and northern New Jersey during the CATV era of the 1970s and 1980s. In September of the same year Don Bell would return to CBS3 to take over Reese's former position as Sports Director and weeknight sports anchor, leaving Fox Sports 1 after previously having been a weekend sports anchor at CBS3 from 2005 to 2010. Jobs Near Me - Jobs at abc27. In May 2020, Brown and Hoff were removed from the 4 p.m. anchor positions and Washington took over as anchor alongside Jessica Kartalija until October 2021 when Brown returned as the sole anchor. It continued to heavily preempt NBC programming, much to the network's chagrin. KYW Newsradio Inducts Three New Members Into Its Hall of Fame | Barrett Media She got married to Chaka Fattah in the year 2001. [67] Brewer left CBS 3 in June 2018 to spend more time with her family. 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. Anchors. [88] However, New York local channels are available on DirecTV and Dish Network in Plumsted and all of Ocean County. On August 6, 2018 the station relaunched a new 4:00p.m. newscast called CBS3@4 anchored by Natasha Brown and Alexandria Hoff with lead anchor Ukee Washington appearing in the opening segment, moving Dr. Phil to 3:00p.m. which was occupied by reruns of Family Feud (which airs on sister station WPSG) until August 3, 2018. KYW was removed from Storer systems in Middlesex County on September 1, 1993. The lawsuit was ultimately settled in October 2016, though no specific details of the settlement were revealed to the public. She also studied at the University of Missouri which is in Columbia, Missouri and from there she earned a masters degree in journalism. [21] This deal, which was spurred by an affiliation agreement between Fox and New World Communications, did not sit well with Westinghouse, who felt betrayed by ABC after nearly half a century of loyalty. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- WKYC Channel 3 anchor and reporter Will Ujek said farewell to the station over the weekend. In 1941, it began sharing programs with W2XBS (later WNBT and now WNBC) in New York City, becoming NBC's second television affiliate, and creating a link between the station and the network that would last for 54 years. [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. You can also catch her investigative "FOX43 Finds Out" consumer reports. She left the station in November 1981. Williams majored in Social Sciences at Portland State University and began her career at KGW-TV|KGW as a reporter. To this day, KYW-TV insists that it "moved" to Cleveland in 1956 and "returned" to Philadelphia in 1965in fact, some staffers who worked at KYW-TV in Cleveland (talk show host Mike Douglas, meteorologist Dick Goddard, and news anchor Tom Snyder among them) moved to Philadelphia along with the call letters. There, he anchored the noon report. 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. Lake joined Chenault in 2003 as co-anchor at 4 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m. She had spent eight years co-anchoring newscasts at 11 and 6, with Larry Mendte and Ken Matz. 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"). 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. Jackie De Tore | Anchor/Consumer Investigative Reporter. Like most affiliates that preempt underperforming network programs, KYW-TV used the preemptions in order to gain an increase in local advertising rates which potentially come with ratings increases. ", "NBC-Westinghouse swap approved; FCC stirs Justice Dept. It's studios are located @ 400 Market Street in Center City (downtown . 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. Russell left the station on December 26, 2008. In February 2022, his spot on weekends would be filled permanently by Souza while Peterson became a fill-in for any vacationing meteorologist. The day after her debut, Friend had called Cronan and verbally berated her, directing her to tell Thomas to "shut the (expletive) up", stop smiling so much and to not fake a Southern accent even though Thomas is originally from Oklahoma. On October 29, 2018, Dean's position as Ukee Washington's co-anchor was filled by Jessica Kartalija who came from KYW's sister station, WJZ-TV in Baltimore. She is also called as Renee Y. Chenault. May 28, 2020. [89], In Maryland, KYW is carried in Cecil County and portions of the upper Eastern Shore along the US 301 corridor. 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. [37], Morning meteorologist Katie Fehlinger left the station on September 17, 2019, after more than eight years in order to spend more time with her family and pursue other professional ventures. The next day, on July 1, it was announced that Ukee Washington would be moved from mornings to weeknights to co-anchor with Dean (marking the second time that Washington would be shifted to anchoring weeknights as he had previously anchored the 5 p.m. newscast with Dawn Stensland), while Kate Bilo would take over Orr's slots and become the station's Chief Meteorologist, with morning meteorologist Katie Fehlinger also reporting for the noon newscast, replacing Bilo. Watch abc27 News Online. Reporter Lauren Casey Salary 2022 Update. KYW-TV was the only Philadelphia market station participating in the "Analog Nightlight" program, and did so through July 12, 2009. 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. The 4 p.m. newscast has since been co-anchored by 6 p.m. co-anchor Susan Barnett. ${paramValue} on Audacy: Listen to Free Radio Online | Music, Sports, News, Podcasts Within a few years, Group W's other television stations had adopted the format. Malcolm Poindexter (1967) Robin Mackintosh (9/1970) Beverly Williams (1975-81/89-) Marge Pala (1978) Carol Erickson (1978-84/91) Tom Lamaine (1979) Dick Standish (1979) Walt Hunter (1980) In January 2021, two high ranking executives within CBS 3's parent company Paramount Global (which at the time was known as ViacomCBS) were placed on administrative leave after an investigation was opened due to an article in the Los Angeles Times revealing that CBS Television Stations president Peter Dunn and senior vice president David Friend (who was also the news director at WCBS-TV) were accused of creating a hostile work environment for other news managers and anchors/reporters at other CBS O&O stations by making several racist, sexist and homophobic remarks and purposefully using unfair tactics to prevent Black journalists from being hired or promoted. In the movie "Anchorman" actor Will Ferrell plays blow-dried airhead news anchor Ron Burgundy. Renee has a net worth of about $950,000, but her salary is kept a secret. This article is about the television station that used the WPTZ callsign from 1941 to 1956. CBS 3 (KYW-TV)'s meteorologist Katie Fehlinger announced that she will be leaving the station. The program is currently anchored by Natasha Brown[46] and airs in a unique format: the first half hour is aired from 9 to 9:30 a.m. on KYW, the station's website and the CBS News Philadelphia streaming service while the entire hour airs on the website and streaming service exclusively. 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. 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As the test pattern was displayed in silence, it briefly cut to a still from a commercial for Zappos, an online clothing retailer, before cutting back to the pattern. 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. 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. [39] Bilo announced via social media in December 2022 that she would step down as Chief Meteorologist and scale back her schedule to be able to spend more time with her family. Then, in May 1960, Philco filed an application with the FCC to build a new station on channel 3. And operated by the network 's CBS News and Stations division alongside CW affiliate WPSG channel. 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