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Thomas-Laury started at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia on February 20, 1978, as noon co-anchor and reporter, beating out Oprah Winfrey for the position. In 1983, she was promoted to the 5 p.m. newscast, co-anchoring it until 2003 with now-retired news anchor Marc Howard. At the same time, she frequently substituted for Jim Gardner when he was unable ...
6ABC. In 1978, Roberts joined WPVI-TV in Philadelphia as a co-host for the morning television show AM Philadelphia. To avoid possible confusion with Lisa Thomas-Laury, he changed his stage name from David Thomas to Dave Roberts. After the death of Jim O'Brien on September 25, 1983, he began reporting the weather for WPVI's Action News.
Television news anchor. Marc Howard (born February 13, 1937) is a retired longtime Philadelphia news anchor. He last anchored at KYW-TV beginning in 2003 when he fronted the late newscasts, but soon only anchored the 4 p.m. news. Howard's television career began at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio. One of Howard's duties was hosting a late afternoon ...
Meteorologist Cecily Tynan, who joined Action News in 1995, praised O'Brien today in a Facebook post marking the 35 anniversary of his death in 2018: "35 years ago, the 6abc Action News family and ...
The crew members were killed after the news station helicopter, Chopper 6, crashed in a wooded part of Washington Township around 8 p.m., according to 6ABC. The names of the crew members have not ...
After Lisa Thomas-Laury went on medical leave, Tynan took over as co-host of several locally produced specials, including the 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade, the 4th of July Parade, Philly on Wheels, and the Philadelphia Flower Show. In 2009, after Dave Roberts retired, she replaced him on the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. weathercasts while ...
A ction News’ helicopter Chopper 6 crashed into a wooded area of Burlington County, New Jersey, on Tuesday night, killing the pilot and an on-board photographer from 6abc Action News, a ...
After the sudden death of O'Brien in 1983, WPVI's Lisa Thomas-Laury "took the reins" as Roberts's co-host. Together, Roberts and Thomas-Laury hosted the parade for nearly 20 years. When Thomas-Laury began to experience health problems in 2002, WPVI weather anchor Cecily Tynan replaced her. 2006 marked the program's first high-definition telecast.