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CHANNEL SURFING As permanent midnight approaches for 6ABC's "Philly After Midnight," the question becomes what will happen to host Wally Kennedy? By LAURA NACHMAN As permanent midnight approaches for 6ABC's "Philly After
Midnight," the question becomes what will happen to host
Wally Kennedy?
When the five-day-a-week show ends tomorrow, Kennedy's role at
6ABC is reduced to the weekly "Sunday Live" and
occasional special events and parades until his contract expires
in October. 6ABC president and general manager Dave Davis said the
station has expressed interest in keeping Kennedy but also said
there wasn't a place in the news department for the popular and
respected talk show host, who has been with Channel 6 since 1984.
Kennedy is exploring all options, his agent, Lloyd Remick,
said. One option not available for Kennedy right now is a return
to his old radio station, 1210-AM. WPHT program director Grace
Blazer said there are no available spots at this time.
According to a Fox-Philadelphia newsroom insider, incoming news director Scott Matthews has a reputation for "cleaning house" and that many newsroom employees should be "sleeping with one eye open." Matthews, 32, joins Philly from the Fox affiliate in Boston ... Todd Quinones is the new reporter for KYW's "Eyewitness News." The 1996 graduate of Albright College in Reading and native of Canadensis, Pa., jumps from Bakersfield, Calif., the 130th largest market in the country, to Philadelphia, the fourth largest market ... The rest of the country will get to see CN8's Robyn Stevens and her miniskirts as she'll provide The Weather Channel with on-location reports when severe weather hits the Delaware Valley as part of a new partnership between CN8 and the Weather Channel. Also, Weather Channel reporters will appear on CN8 for big weather stories. Mary Fay, formerly of the now defunct Philly TV News is providing business reports for CN8. WB17's Eagles pre-season schedule kicks off Monday against Super Bowl champions the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens will get plenty of national exposure as the subject of an HBO series, "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Baltimore Ravens," which airs at 11 p.m. Wednesdays. It repeats tonight at 8. The Eagles then play the Buffalo Bills on Aug. 18 and will play host to the New York Jets Aug. 30. All games start at 7:30. Kenny Albert, son of Marv Albert, will provide the play-by-play for all games. Ron Jaworski will provide color commentary Monday and Aug. 30, and Mike Mayock handles the analyst position on Aug. 18. Mayock is the brother of "Good Day Philadelphia's" Molly Mayock. New Flyer Jeremy Roenick and Philadelphia comics Dom Irrerra and David Brenner appeared on "Arliss" July 29. Havertown's Mike Tollin is an executive producer of the show ... Jerry Springer will be sprung from Channel 10 when the show moves to Channel 17 in the fall. Springer's ratings have dropped the last two ratings periods ... WHYY-TV airs some original programming Aug. 19. "Let Your Light Shine" focuses on the lives of Philadelphia teen-agers who have avoided the pitfalls of violence, gangs, drugs and teen pregnancy at 1:30 p.m. Then, "Prison Dialogues" shows Graterford prison inmates telling their stories to try to dissuade kids from ending up in jail at 2 p.m.
Thursday, August 9, 2001 |
