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Move Closer to Your World. Move Closer to Your World ( MCTYW) is a television news music package composed in 1970 by Walt Liss [1] and released by jingle writer Al Ham under his Mayoham Music label. Since the 1970s, it was considered an anthem for local television news, notably of WPVI-TV in Philadelphia for its Action News broadcasts. [2]
Jim O'Brien (reporter) James Franklin Oldham, better known as Jim O'Brien (November 20, 1939 – September 25, 1983), was an American newscaster. He was a member of the WPVI-TV Channel 6 Action News team, which became the highest-rated television news team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley region during the late 1970s and ...
Alicia Vitarelli. Alicia Vitarelli (born November 13, 1978) is a news anchor for 6 ABC Action News in Philadelphia. She joined the Action News team in October 2010. Alicia co anchored Action News at 4 until October 2019 with Brian Taff and Sharrie Williams. She currently is a co anchor of Action News at 5 along with Rick Williams and Sharrie ...
Walter Perez is an Argentinian-American weekend evening anchor, journalist and a weekday reporter for WPVI, the ABC network affiliate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He joined WPVI in September 2003 and continues to report for Action News, primarily assigned to the Lehigh Valley region. Raised in Edison, New Jersey, as "Walter Percy", he played ...
KYW-TV (channel 3), branded CBS Philadelphia, is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the market's CBS outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent station WPSG (channel 57). The two stations share studios on Hamilton Street north of Center City ...
Action in the Afternoon is an American Western television series that aired live on CBS from February 2, 1953, to January 29, 1954. The series originated from the studios and back lot of WCAU, Channel 10 in Philadelphia, and was broadcast Monday through Friday regardless of the weather. The half-hour series aired variously at 3:30 pm or 4:00 pm ...
Tamala Monique Edwards (born April 7, 1971) is an American television news anchor and reporter. She began her journalism career as a correspondent for Time magazine in 1993, eventually working in the Washington, D.C., bureau. In August 2001, she came to work for ABC News as a White House correspondent, later moving on to be a Washington, D.C ...
"Action News" was introduced in 1970 by WPVI-TV in Philadelphia to compete against the "Eyewitness News" format at rival station KYW-TV. This format features short stories, high story counts, and a strong focus on spot news. It was called "Action News" because it produced a fast-paced style of newscast.