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All Kimmel, all the time
In an unprecedented move, KYW Newsradio (1060-AM) will broadcast the opening night show, marking the first time in the station's 35-year history that it will interrupt its all-news format.
By LAURA NACHMAN And in an unprecedented move, KYW Newsradio (1060-AM) will broadcast the
show, marking the first time in the station's 35-year history that it will
interrupt its all-news format.
The following evening, WHYY-TV (91 FM) and whyy.org will carry live the
inaugural performance of the Philadelphia Orchestra from the Kimmel at 7 p.m.
The program will include a world premiere composition from Bensalem Township
High School graduate Aaron Jay Kernis.
Channel 6 ABC will broadcast the
opening night festivities from the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
tomorrow night beginning at 7 hosted by Jim Gardner. Elton John, mezzo-sopranos
Denyce Graves and Federica von Stade, pianist Andre Watts and members of the
Philadelphia Orchestra will perform.
WB17 News examines the problem of drinking and driving - especially during the holiday season - in "Under the Influence" Saturday at 7 p.m. Steve Highsmith hosts and Brad Sattin and Tina Kim report. Bucks County prosecutor David Zellis is among those interviewed in the special.
Former Fox-Philadelphia weather anchor Frank Cariello will be relocating to Raleigh, N.C., for a full-time weather position in January. Cariello has been working part-time at KYW-AM and CN8 since leaving Fox almost a year ago. According to a station insider, Cariello was turned down for the Channel 3 weekday weather vacancy. Meanwhile, Carol Erickson is in her fourth month of filling in for John Stehlin, who was fired in September ... Former KYW-3 news director Melissa Klinzing, who left the station in May, spent the fall semester teaching a journalism class at Temple University.
Now that Michael Smerconish is off the radio, the best talk show in town is "It's Your Call With Lynn Doyle," weeknights at 9 on CN8. Since the arrival of producer Janet Tegley from Channel 6, the show has cultivated its own group of experts to discuss the hot topic of the day.
The popularity of "The Weakest Link" is weakening. About 75 people turned up for auditions last week for the syndicated version of the show that will debut in January. At least three times as many people attended auditions here in May.
KYW-3's 12th annual Joy of Sharing toy collection campaign continues through Dec. 21. Last year, this effort collected more than 50,000 toys ... See some of Philadelphia's holiday traditions in "The Great Philadelphia Christmas Present" on WHYY-TV on Tuesday at 9 p.m.
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Thursday, December 13, 2001