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WCAU, channel 10, is the NBC owned-and-operated television station serving the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market, with studios on the border between Philadelphia and Bala Cynwyd, and transmitter in the Roxborough neighborhood. Its signal covers the Delaware Valley area including Philadelphia, parts of central and southern New Jersey, and Delaware. Image File history File links NBC10. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area - City 369. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing A brand is a collection of images and ideas representing an economic producer; more specifically, it refers to the concrete symbols such as a name, logo, slogan, and design scheme. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 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History

As a CBS station

In 1945, the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin secured a construction permit for WPEN-TV, named after the Bulletin's radio stations, WPEN (950 kHz.) and WPEN-FM (98.1 MHz., later WCAU-FM and now WOGL). The Evening Bulletin is the name of two Philadelphia, Pennsylvania newspapers. ... WPEN is an AM radio station broadcast on 950 khz. ... 98. ...

However, the picture changed dramatically in 1946, when The Philadelphia Record folded. The Bulletin inherited the Record's "goodwill," along with the rights to buy WCAU radio (1210 kHz., now WPHT) and the original WCAU-FM (at 102.9 MHz.) from their longtime owners, brothers Ike and Leon Levy. The Bulletin sold off the less-powerful WPEN and WCAU-FM, with the latter being renamed WPEN-FM (it is now WMGK). The Bulletin kept its FM station, renaming it WCAU-FM to match its new AM sister. The newspaper also kept its construction permit for channel 10, renaming it WCAU-TV. WPHT AM is a clear channel radio station located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania broadcasting on 1210 kHz. ... WMGK, known as Classic Rock 102. ...

WCAU-TV went on the air on May 23, 1948 as Philadelphia's third television station. It was able to secure an affiliation with CBS due to the influence of the Levy brothers, who continued to work for the newspaper as consultants. WCAU radio had been one of CBS' original 16 affiliates when the network premiered in 1927. A year later, the Levy brothers persuaded their brother-in-law, William Paley, to buy the struggling network. The Levy brothers had been shareholders and directors at CBS for many years. Under these circumstances, it was a foregone conclusion that WCAU-TV would take the CBS television affiliation from WFIL-TV (channel 6, now WPVI-TV). May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... CBS is derived from an abbreviation of Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of a company Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired in 1995. ... William Paley William Paley (July, 1743 â€“ May 25, 1805) was an English divine, Christian apologist, utilitarian, and philosopher. ... WPVI-TV, channel 6, is an owned-and-operated station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

Channel 10 was originally located at 1622 Chestnut Street in Center City along with its radio sisters. (The building now houses The Art Institute.) In 1952, the WCAU stations moved to a new facility in the Main Line suburb of Bala Cynwyd. The studio, located on Monument Road at City Line Avenue, was a state-of-the-art television center, and the first building in America constructed specifically for broadcasting. Channel 10 is still headquartered there today. In 1957, WCAU-TV moved from its original tower atop the PSFS building in Center City to a new 1200-foot tower in Roxborough, which added most of Delaware, the Jersey Shore and the Lehigh Valley to its city-grade coverage. Center City District, highlighted on a map of Philadelphia County. ... The Main Line is a collection of affluent towns in suburban Philadelphia as well as the city neighborhoods of Wynnefield Heights, Wynnefield, Overbrook Farms, and Overbrook Park named after the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad (currently Amtraks Keystone Corridor and SEPTAs R5 line). ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... PSFS, or the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, was the first savings bank in the United States. ... The Jersey Shore is a colloquial term used in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States to refer to the Atlantic Ocean-facing coast of New Jersey, together with the adjacent resort and residential communities. ... Counties comprising the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania The Lehigh Valley (also known simply as The Valley) is a region in eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. ...

The Bulletin bought CBS affiliate WGBI-TV (channel 22) in Scranton in 1957, changing the calls of that station to WDAU-TV (it is now WYOU). Soon after, the Federal Communications Commission told the Bulletin that it couldn't keep both stations due to a large signal overlap which constituted a duopoly under FCC rules of the time. The Bulletin could not afford to get a waiver to keep both stations, so it opted to keep the smaller WDAU-TV and sell the WCAU stations to CBS. Ironically, CBS had to seek a waiver to buy the WCAU stations, as the signals of both WCAU radio and channel 10 overlapped with those of WCBS radio and WCBS-TV in New York City. (In the case of the radio outlets, both were clear channel stations; the FCC at the time usually did not allow common ownership of clear channel stations with overlapping nighttime coverage areas.) The FCC readily granted the waiver, and CBS took control in 1958. The City of Scranton is the county seat of Lackawanna CountyGR6 in Northeastern Pennsylvania, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 76,415 (2003 estimate: 74,320). ... WYOU is the CBS affiliate for the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton DMA. It shares a downtown Wilkes-Barre newsroom with WBRE, under a shared-services agreement, and has a separate Scranton office. ... The FCCs official seal. ... A true duopoly is a form of oligopoly where only two producers exist in a market. ... WCBS (880 kHz. ... WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship television station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area - City 1,214. ... Clear channel stations are AM radio stations that are designated as such so that only one or two 50,000 watt powerhouses operate at night on each designated frequency, covering a wide area via sky wave propagation. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

For a 21-year period (1965 to 1986), WCAU-TV was the only network-owned station in Philadelphia. As such, it was the only station in the city that did not heavily pre-empt network programming. The only significant exception occurred during the 1960s and 1970s, when channel 10 pre-empted an hour of Saturday morning cartoons in favor of the locally-produced children's program, The Gene London Show, which ended in 1977. During its run, the pre-empted hour of cartoons was aired on Sunday mornings instead. Gene London (born 1931) was a childrens television host in Philadelphia. ...

The switch from CBS to NBC

In 1994, CBS entered into a long-term affiliaton agreement with Westinghouse (Group W) Broadcasting, the owners of Philadelphia's longtime NBC affiliate, KYW-TV (channel 3). Westinghouse converted three of its stations, KYW-TV among them, into CBS affiliates. KYW-TV had been a very distant third in the Philadelphia ratings for more than a decade, while WCAU was a solid runner-up to WPVI. Nonetheless, CBS decided to affiliate with KYW-TV and sell WCAU, ending a 47-year relationship (including 37 years of ownership) with the station. The Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was a division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. ...

NBC and New World Communications then emerged as the leading bidders for WCAU. NBC's motivation was obvious -- though they were losing KYW-TV, the network also saw a chance to get an owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia, the largest market where it didn't own a television station. Meanwhile, New World had recently partnered with Fox and planned on turning WCAU into a Fox affiliate, as it was doing with most of its other stations. New World found the opportunity to win its new partner a VHF station in the nation's fourth-largest market too much to resist. New World Pictures logo from the late 1980s; New Worlds other divisions used similar logos New World Communications was a major television production company and television station owner in the United States from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. ... For the animal, see Fox. ...

Even before CBS put WCAU on the market, rumors abounded that Fox was about to lose its original Philadelphia affiliate, Viacom/Paramount-owned WTXF-TV (channel 29), to the new United Paramount Network. Fox announced, and later cancelled its plans to buy WGBS-TV (channel 57, now WPSG) and entered the WCAU bidding in case New World's bid fell through. Fox and New World each had different plans for the station, but either way WCAU would have retained its status as the "home" station of the Philadelphia Eagles. The station had carried most Eagles games since CBS won rights to National Football League games in 1956, but CBS had recently lost the rights to the National Football Conference (where the Eagles played) to Fox. In the end, Viacom/Paramount opted to sell WTXF to Fox and buy WGBS, leaving NBC as the de-facto buyer of channel 10. Viacom (pronounced with a long i as in eye) began life as CBS Films, the television syndication division of CBS. In 1971, the division was renamed VIACOM (Video & Audio Communications), and in 1973 it was spun off, amid new FCC rules forbidding television networks from owning syndication companies (the rules... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... WTXF-TV, channel 29, is an owned-and-operated station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... WPSG, channel 57, is the CW-affiliated television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Team colors Midnight Green, Black, White, and Silver Head Coach Andy Reid Owner Jeffrey Lurie General manager Tom Heckert Fight song Fly, Eagles Fly Mascot Swoop League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1933â€“present) Eastern Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950-1952) Eastern Conference (1953-1969) Capitol... For other uses of National Football League, see National Football League (disambiguation). ... The National Football Conference is one of the two conferences of the National Football League. ...

As an NBC-owned station

On September 10, 1995, KYW-TV and WCAU-TV swapped network affiliations, part of a more complex affiliation/ownership deal involving NBC and a new Group W/CBS partnership. CBS traded its full ownership of WCAU for a minority share of KYW-TV, while NBC-owned stations in Denver and Salt Lake City became CBS stations, with Group W assuming majority ownership. This portion of the deal was necessary because NBC's purchase of WCAU left it one station over the FCC's ownership limit of the time. NBC and Group W/CBS also traded broadcasting facilities in Miami. Group W's parent, the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, purchased CBS in 1996, making CBS's Philadelphia radio stations sisters to WCAU-AM/WPHT's longtime rival, KYW radio. September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... KCNC-TV is the CBS owned-and-operated television station (O&O) in Denver, Colorado. ... KUTV is the CBS owned and operated station serving the greater Salt Lake City, Utah metro area. ... WTVJ is an NBC-owned-and-operated station (O&O) licensed to Miami, Florida. ... WFOR-TV, channel four, is the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Miami, Florida. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. ...

NBC had wanted to own a station in Philadelphia for many years. It briefly succeeded in 1956, when it used extortion to force Westinghouse into exchanging channel three (then called WPTZ-TV) and KYW radio for NBC's Cleveland stations, WTAM-AM-FM and WNBK television. However, the FCC and the U.S. Justice Department forced the reversal of the swap in 1965. (See KYW (AM) or KYW-TV for further details.) Ironically, CBS cited NBC's then-ownership of WRCV-TV and WRCA-TV in New York City in its successful effort to obtain an FCC waiver, clearing the way for CBS to purchase channel 10 in 1958. Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, or other goods and/or services from another by wrongfully threatening or inflicting harm to this person, reputation, or property. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... WTAM is an AM radio station in Cleveland, Ohio broadcasting on 1100 kHz with 50,000 watts. ... WMJI is a commercial FM radio station in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, broadcasting at 105. ... WKYC-TV, Channel 3 is Clevelands affiliate for NBC and is owned by Gannett. ... The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. ... KYW is a class A AM radio station on 1060 kHz licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... KYW-TV, channel 3, is the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... WNBC, channel four, is the flagship station of the NBC television network. ...

Although the radio stations had dropped the WCAU calls some years before, NBC dropped the -TV suffix from channel 10's callsign soon after it assumed control.

Logos and idents

News operation

WCAU's news operation was the ratings leader in Philadelphia for most of the time from the 1950s through the 1960s. Charles Shaw, who had worked with Edward R. Murrow as a CBS correspondent in London during World War II, was the station's news director from 1948 until he left the station in the early 1960s. John Facenda, who later gained fame as the voice of NFL Films, was the station's main anchorman from shortly after it signed on until 1973. WCAU-TV weathercaster Glenn Schwartz leading off a newscast in 2004. ... WCAU-TV weathercaster Glenn Schwartz leading off a newscast in 2004. ... . This is a list of news anchors for WCAU-TV, which is owned by NBC and is located in Philadelphia. ... Image File history File links WCAU_Backyard_Weather_June_15,_2006. ... Image File history File links WCAU_Backyard_Weather_June_15,_2006. ... Doug Kammerer on NewsChannel 4 at 6 in 2005. ... Image File history File links WCAU_Backyard_Weather_2006. ... Image File history File links WCAU_Backyard_Weather_2006. ... Image File history File links WCAU_Weather_Plus_2006. ... Image File history File links WCAU_Weather_Plus_2006. ... Image File history File links WCAU_10!_2006. ... Image File history File links WCAU_10!_2006. ... Charles Shaw (June 25, 1911â€”14 December 1987), was an American journalist who worked with Edward R. Murrow during World War II and then went on to be News Director and broadcast journalist at WCAU-TV, the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia. ... April 8, 1956: CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow talking to reporters during a stop in Wiesbaden, Germany. ... John Facenda (August 8, 1913 â€“ September 26, 1984) was a broadcaster and sports announcer. ... NFL Films is a Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based company devoted to producing commercials, television programs, feature films, and documentaries on the National Football League, as well as other unrelated major events and awards shows. ...

WCAU remained unchallenged until the 1960s, when KYW-TV passed it. The station remained a strong second until the 1970s, when WPVI passed it. WCAU struggled through the late 1970s while most of its CBS sisters dominated the ratings, but has since recovered and has been runner-up to longtime leader WPVI for over a quarter century. WCAU did manage to pass WPVI in the 5 p.m. time slot for a time in the early 1980s with its original "Live at 5," anchored by Larry Kane and Deborah Knapp (now at KENS-TV in San Antonio). In 2001, WCAU made national news when its 11 pm news (anchored by Larry Mendte and Renee Chenault-Fattah) knocked WPVI from the top slot for the first time in decades. Since 2003, after Mendte was hired away by KYW-TV, WCAU has had to fend off a spirited challenge from a resurgent KYW for second place in the Philadelphia ratings. Larry Kane on KYW-TV in 1995. ... KENS-TV, KENS 5 is the CBS television affiliate in San Antonio, Texas, owned by Belo Corporation. ... San Antonio (the Spanish name of Saint Anthony) is a common toponym in parts of the world where the Spanish language is or was spoken: Argentina San Antonio, Jujuy province Belize San Antonio, Cayo District Chile San Antonio Mexico San Antonio, San Luis Potosí Philippines San Antonio, Quezon San Antonio... Larry Mendte, was the first male host of Access Hollywood. ... . ...

Shortly after CBS agreed to sell the station to NBC, WCAU dropped its longtime moniker of Channel 10 News in favor of NewsCenter 10. After the sale closed, NBC changed the newscast name to News 10. It became NBC10 News in 2000.

WCAU used music based on "Channel 2 News," written for WBBM-TV in Chicago (the de facto official music for CBS' owned-and-operated stations) and variations on it from 1982 to shortly after NBC bought the station. It used the original 1975 version from 1982 to 1985, a synthesized version written by a local composer during the 1985-86 season, and the Palmer News Package from 1986 to 1995. Ironically, KYW-TV has used variants on this theme in recent years. WBBM-TV, officially branded as CBS2 Chicago, is a United States television station in Chicago, Illinois owned and operated by the Columbia Broadcasting System and present-day CBS. Broadcasting from 630 North McClurg Court in downtown Chicago near The Loop, WBBM-TV transmits from the John Hancock Center. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 - Mayor... The Palmer News Package (commonly abbreviated as PNP) is a television news music package created for WCBS-TV New York in 1985 by Shelly Palmer. ...

However, in the past few years the newscasts have been becoming what some media watchers call "tabloid television"; adopting a newscast with some of the same features as many Fox affiliates. Critics say that such newscasts incorporate flashy graphics with sensationalistic stories, some with little or no local relevance. Additionally, the station places great emphasis on weather and has a very dramatic presentation, which to some observers almost borders on self parody. A WNYW-TV full screen segment intro from 2005. ...

Chris Blackman, the current news director, took over the job from the well-liked Steve Schwaid, who got the station to come closer to WPVI than it ever had in a long time. Blackman does not seem to have the favor among this employees as his predecessor - the fact that his name was used alongside a picture of The Grinch during a Christmas newscast seems to support this (other staffers were simply pictured among objects such as holly). This article is about the book and animated special. ... Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday that marks the traditional birthdate of Jesus of Nazareth. ...

By the beginning of next year the evening newscasts are expected to be overhauled. Tracy Davidson anchors a consumer related program called "All That and More". Vince DeMentri will take over the current Live at 5 timeslot with an issues-oriented show. The 6pm newscast will be anchored solo by Tim Lake. The 11pm newscast will be anchored solo by Renee Chenault-Fattah.

The station's weather radar is called "Doppler 10,000" and is located in the Warminster neighborhood.

Local programs and newscasts

This is a listing of local programs and newscasts for WCAU. NBC 10 News Today - 5:00-7:00 a. ...

Key Personalities

Trivia

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CN8 - Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia - MCTV 26 (Mercer Co., NJ) Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... The Comcast Network (also known as CN8) is a cable television station that is transmitted from Maine to Virginia on Comcast cable systems. ... Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of four regional sports networks. ... Mercer County Television (MCTV) channel 26, is a cable television station in West Windsor, New Jersey, owned & operated by Mercer County Community College (MCCC). ... {{Infobox U.S. CoiirjhtfnEGEYWnfv state = New Jersey \| seal = Mc-m f seal. ...
See also Broadcast television in the New York City, Scranton/Wilkes Barre and Susquehanna Valley markets

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