The Channel 6 Action News Thread

[HanSolo 154]

I happened to like having it on then based on my personal schedule. Sure it got truncated or bumped for sports semi-regularly, but it was a convenient time for some of us.

 

There is ABC sports starting at 12:30 the next few weeks, but rather than the 1/2 hour version they used to run ahead of NBA Countdown, it’s informercials on the schedule. Oh well. 

[FJ2000 6]

I'm more surprised that they dumped the Sunday noon show. I mainly thought that show was there so they could have live countdown-to-kickoff coverage of Eagles game days. They used to have Sports Director Gary Papa live at the Linc and other tailgating coverage, but that was back in the day.

 

For those not up to see the weekday morning shows since the schedule change, Action News Mornings has started at 4am for special coverage a few times, and Matt Pellman anchors the weather segment for the 4:30am half hour. Karen Rogers (or Payton Domschke when she fills in) does not come on until 5am.

Edited March 4 by FJ2000

[HanSolo 154]

My schedule means the 4:30 is the portion I watch, and Pellman does fine with that weather segment. Seems a good way to handle it.

 

 

[wofchristian 45]

On 3/3/2025 at 8:57 PM, FJ2000 said:

I'm more surprised that they dumped the Sunday noon show. I mainly thought that show was there so they could have live countdown-to-kickoff coverage of Eagles game days. They used to have Sports Director Gary Papa live at the Linc and other tailgating coverage, but that was back in the day.

 

For those not up to see the weekday morning shows since the schedule change, Action News Mornings has started at 4am for special coverage a few times, and Matt Pellman anchors the weather segment for the 4:30am half hour. Karen Rogers (or Payton Domschke when she fills in) does not come on until 5am.

They didn’t dump the noon Sunday show. Im currently watching it.

[HanSolo 154]

They definitely didn’t. After populating the advance schedule with specific infomercials—by name, not just paid programming — for multiple weeks, it reverted back. Good for them. 

[Flyer78 66]

Did they change the open to "Philadelphia's Leading News Program" -- not sure if this changed with the new Spring intro, but definitely something I noticed yesterday, at least at 5PM.

[HanSolo 154]

I don't think it was with the spring intro a week or so ago. It noticed it on the 5 am news today, but didn't watch yesterday in the evening or night. The VO sounded ever so slightly different with the "Action News..." beginning - just a rerecording with the Philadelphia vs Delaware Valley. Eh, whatever. 

[24994J 5568]

It's definitely odd to hear.

 

 

[Action Newsroom 1277]

It's the definition of "acquired taste", that's for certain.

It's really gonna take getting used to.

[susquvalleywgal 517]

45 minutes ago, 24994J said:

It's definitely odd to hear.

 

 

 

April Fools????

 

-- matt

[Flyer78 66]

For April Fools I would have expected the "Mix of 96" to make an appearance 

Edited April 2 by Flyer78

[wofchristian 45]

Why did they change it?

[HanSolo 154]

Because they wanted to? 
 

Maybe they feel Philadelphia has a stronger name ID. It’s entirely reasonable to reevaluate longtime practices and make changes in some cases, and stay stays quo in others. The visual in the open includes Philadelphia, so there’s some consistency there, along with other stations going with the city as a reference point.

[Flyer78 66]

The other change that seemed to go with this are "full" intros at the 6 and 11. 

 

In the grand scheme of things, certainly not the biggest of deals. Really, was more of a "oh weird" when hearing it in the background. At least the classic intro style is still in place.

[HanSolo 154]

Did they stop the full intro at 6 previously? Huh. Didn’t realize that. I knew the 11 was long a super short version, but could have sworn that they did everyone’s name with the full intro at 6. 6:30 is a short one on the streaming side. 

[Flyer78 66]

For some reason I thought the 6 had the same short loop, but perhaps that was just a memory from a one-off before on a busy day. I don't usually catch the opens -- and it was in the background when I first heard the switch to Philadelphia; so you may be right.

[24994J 5568]

Last Friday's 6 had the full open, before the script change. I really think only the 11 had been shortened, of those two shows.

[bmasters1 403]

On 4/1/2025 at 6:03 PM, 24994J said:

It's definitely odd to hear.

 

 

 

It is indeed-- it would also be like if KTRK Eyewitness News in Houston had suddenly changed from "#1 in Texas" to "#1 in Houston" in the 80s (hypothetical of course).