Coincidentally, this video was uploaded on the 54th anniversary of the launch of Action News, which happened on April 6, 1970.
@realbrown3723
3 ай бұрын
WPVI 6 is iconic. I love that the station has retained its 6 logo like FOREVER. The numeral 6 is large and bold like Philadelphia, reminding me of KPIX, WJZ, and the old logos for KDKA and WBZ. One of the strongest ABC affiliates in the country.
@realbrown3723
3 ай бұрын
Forgot to note how much WPVI's branding resembled KYW 3 old logo and branding, or vice versa. Fierce competition and odd moves for two major stations in the same market.
@troykearney9516
3 ай бұрын
This opening is so iconic that is why there is very little variation even with the different graphics changes over the years. It really didn't decide to follow in line with the ABC O&O graphics packages until the current package and even then it was a full YEAR before they adapted it. Another thing is that a lot of people did feel a bit weird about the current package still keeping footage of Chopper 6 in it considering it went down a few days before Christmas 2023 and killed the pilot & photographer aboard. The station has recently mentioned some stories being covered by a "Chopper 6" so the assumption is that the station has a new Chopper 6 in play now.
@NYCKNP
2 ай бұрын
I like that WPVI still kept the traditional opener even though all of the ABC Owned Stations now use a centralized graphics package
@troykearney9516
Ай бұрын
They found a way to stick with the traditional opening shots yet they have added their twist on the new Owned Stations graphics package. You knew that was absolutely no way they were going to lose MCTYW as part of it.
@spclanghorne4494
2 ай бұрын
I wonder why they went back and forth from using the remaster version and the original version of MCTYW in the mid 90s. You can clearly see this with the remastered being used in the last clip with the 1990 era graphics, but right after it goes back to the original version with the newer 1995 graphics.
@spclanghorne4494
2 ай бұрын
Where did you get the intro at 3:59 from? I’ve never heard that wording of the voiceover!
@roperpau
Ай бұрын
That might've been a live VO after Jim O'Brien's passing.
@stevenwalsh7705
3 ай бұрын
Notable announcers: Jeff Kaye, Charlie Van Dyke, Paul Turner, Roger Thompson, and current announcer Gabe Kunda.
@120footballcatnap
3 ай бұрын
I miss this Voiceover Now it’s a new one
@troykearney9516
Ай бұрын
Gabriel "Gabe" Kunda is the new voiceover for all Action News broadcasts. They have him replacing Charlie Van Dyke due to what appears to be his voice degrading over the years due to age, despite the fact that sister flagship O&O WABC still uses Van Dyke for their Eyewitness News openings.
@gavinproduction7433
3 ай бұрын
Next WTVD!
@troykearney9516
Ай бұрын
I was going to say that would be good to have all the O&Os for each network done, especially here in Philly for WCAU and KYW pre- and post- "Big Switch" as the 30th Anniversary of that is next year.
@SigmaRho2922
3 ай бұрын
The theme that WPVI used in the fall of 1996 for a brief period should have been retained for election coverage.
@troykearney9516
3 ай бұрын
If you mean the orchestral version of Move Closer to Your World, there is a BIG reason why it wasn't kept. The viewers HATED it so much that the station reverted to the original version 5 days after the change. The song is considered to be Philly's National Anthem and messing with that song was considered sacrilege to the viewers
@SigmaRho2922
3 ай бұрын
@@troykearney9516 The potential for this theme was way too short...
@cameronyoshittv7146
3 ай бұрын
@@troykearney9516 Many Action News viewers don't like the 1996 orchestral version when it was switched in September 1996, but 6abc reverted back to the old 1990-91 version three days later, and they eventually change back to late 1994 rearranged version of the theme, which is better than the 1996 theme. WPVI currently using the December 1994 version of the theme in low tone since September 2002. WPVI-TV had recently switch to a new ABC O&O graphics on March 12, 2024, and it still retains the 1994 theme intact.
@troykearney9516
Ай бұрын
@@SigmaRho2922 You might feel that way but there is a bit of an unwritten rule at the station of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and them pulling that move with MCTYW was a prime example of why this rule exists.
@DisneyStudioNetwork
15 күн бұрын
WLS and KTRK plz
@SMIVTheMediaArchivist
15 күн бұрын
@@DisneyStudioNetwork S BEN already did that. :)
@DisneyStudioNetwork
15 күн бұрын
@@SMIVTheMediaArchivist my bad!
@spclanghorne4494
2 ай бұрын
Who was the VO at 4:12?
@SMIVTheMediaArchivist
2 ай бұрын
Idk.
@troykearney9516
Ай бұрын
@@SMIVTheMediaArchivist That was Paul Morton who was a longtime announcer at the station and the host of their public affairs program, Perspective.
@PIXPromosMore
3 ай бұрын
So, who replaced Charlie Van Dyke?
@SMIVTheMediaArchivist
3 ай бұрын
Gabe Kunda
@chimaamanambu6067
Ай бұрын
The 1996 theme did not play well with the viewers.
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