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Herb Denenberg Has Died!

Herb Denenberg passed away on Thursday, March 18th apparently from a heart attck. Herb was the comsumer reporter for many years on Channel 10 and before that was the Insurance Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Details from the NBC 10 Website!

Watch a 1991 Channel 10 promo featuring Herb Denenberg!

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40 Years of ACTION NEWS!
Wednesday, March 17th!
It Was a Wonderful Luncheon!

(Left to right) Broadcast Pioneers members Steve Levy and Marc Howard
Broadcast Pioneers Luncheon
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Photo by Jon Falk

And the luncheons kept on coming. Hit after Hit! Smash after smash! Blockbuster after Blockbuster. And Wednesday, March 17th was no exception. Our topic was "40 Years of Action News." WPVI-TV will celebrate the beginning of their 41st year only a couple weeks after this event. It all took place at the beautiful Bala Golf Club, 2200 Belmont Avenue in Philadelphia! Just minutes away from Channels 6, 10 and 17 plus the radio stations in Bala Cynwyd.

Our moderator was Broadcast Pioneers member Larry Kane, who anchored the very first Channel 6, Action News broadcast.

Our panel included:

Mike Davis, the genius behind those promos like "There Goes That News Van"
Marc Howard, Action News anchor for a quarter of a century
Lew Klein, longtime Channel 6 Executive/co-owner of Gateway Communications
Steve Levy, Anchor and Sports Reporter for Action News, 1975 to 1981
Monica Malpass, current 5 pm WPVI-TV "Action News" Anchor
Matt O'Donnell, current weekday morning Anchor for "Action News"
Joe Pellegrino, former Sports Director for the station, 1976 to 1982
Don Tollefson, former Sports Director and anchor for 15 years at WPVI-TV

Our Board Member Bob Kravitz, photojournalist for Action News for decades made sepcial, introductory remarks. Plus, live on the telephone from his home in South Carolina was"Action News' First Meteorlogist," Dr. Francis Davis.

Meet and greet (networking) started at 12 noon with a full-course lunch including salad, coffee or tea and dessert being served at 12:30 pm. There was also a crudité and cheese table. The cost was only $25 per person and was open to all our members, any person in the industry or associated fields; both people now active and retirees. You did NOT have to be a member to attend.

COMPLETE AUDIO!

The audio is encoded both as Real Audio and as Windows Media Format and is divided into two parts. The audio in Real Audio rolls. That is, once you have the audio playing, it will automatically go to part two at the proper time. You don't have to start the second half. If you wish to listen with the Windows Media Player, you will have to start the second half manually when the first part is over.

Listen in Real Audio!

Listen to Part One in Windows Media Format!
Listen to Part Two in Windows Media Format!

COMPLETE VIDEO!

Our video is available in HD and in the Windows Media Format only! Shot and encoded by Broadcast Pioneers member Brad Seecof and his company Metramedia Studios.

Watch HD Video in Windows Media Format!

Our next luncheon will be on Wednesday, April 21st, "A Tribute to Tom Brookshier." The moderator will be Bill Baldini. Our panel will include Jack Whitaker, Bill Campbell, Tommy McDonald, Jim Gallagher (former Eagles Press Guy for 47 years), Angelo Cataldi of the WIP Radio Morning Show and Pete Retzlaff. Plus live on the telephone, Pat Summerall and Barbara Brookshier will also be with us. Make plans to attend.

College Student Career Night
at Temple University
OPEN TO ALL AREA COLLEGE STUDENTS!

(Left to right) Caroline Welch, Linda Munich, Pat Delsi, John Morris & Erica Grow
Broadcast Pioneers' Career Night at Temple University
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Once again, it's time for another one of our College Student Career Nights. It's your chance as a college student to find out important information like "How to get that first job?" "What to expect in your job searching" and "What cities can you expect to work in" are just a couple more topics covered.

This year, our Career Night will again be on the campus of Temple University. However, this event is open to all college students regardless of what college or university they attend. The date is Tuesday, March 23rd from 6 to 8 pm in Annenberg Hall, 2020 North 13th Street in Philadelphia. The event is FREE! No reservations needed. Just show up!

Our moderator will be our Chairman of the Board, Bill Webber , who is still on the air after almost six decades in the business. On the panel will be:

Pat Delsi, air personality and former owner of WSSJ Radio in Camden
Melissa Magee, Meteorologist and Reporter for "Action News"
Linda Munich , Vice-President of Public Affiars for 6ABC, WPVI-TV
Mara Webb, Producer/Writer for Creatives Services at Channel 6
Caroline Welch, Vice-President of Programming for WPVI-TV, 6ABC

Are you wondering what this event is all about? Visit our pages on past Career Nights!

March 3, 2009 - Temple University

October 24, 2007 - Villanova University

November 2, 2006 - LaSalle Unversity

November 14, 2005 - Temple University

November 9, 2004 - Rowan University

October 1, 2003 - Cabrini College

Our 2010 Scholarship Competition!
Deadline Has Passed!

Our 12 scholarship winners
April 2009

For over three months, we have been accepting applications for our 2010 scholarship competition. Deadline has now passed. This year, we will be giving away thirteen $1,000 scholarships to area college students. This is a record amount for our organization. This year, we received over 300 applications, again a record.

What happens next? Our scholarship committee met on Tuesday, February 23rd to choose 26 finalists. Those finalists were notified within 48 hours. We do not post finalists' names on our website. We will, however, list the 13 winners of the scholarships on this site during the beginning of April.

NOTICE TO FINALISTS: The deadline for the submission of your materials is Wednesday, March 24, 2010. It must be RECEIVED by that date. Packets must be mailed to the address we gave you. Hurry, the deadline is fast approaching.

Help Us Save Our History !


The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia since our beginning in 1962 has maintained archival material of broadcast related items for our market. Help us save our past! Please!

We are looking for donated materials. If you have or know of anyone willing to contribute any broadcast memorabilia, please contact us at 856-365-5600 or e-mail the Broadcast Pioneers at pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com. This would include photos, scans, audio, video and articles. This material may also be used on our website.

Our Mystery Photo for March 2010

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There's a nice, huge story on the Time Magazine website about Philadelphia Television in the Fifties. It mentions our website and draws from our material. Author Richard Corliss refers to this site as "invaluable...a trove of early TV memories for Delaware Valley nostalgiaholics." Visit it at: TIME MAGAZINE

Our encoding of audio and video has been upgraded for clearer, sharper and less choppy video with better sounding audio. We are using the latest technology and this may require you to download (it's free) the latest version of the Real Player, now called Real One. Items previously on our website will still work with older versions. All items will play on the most current. Once you download the latest free player, you still may be required to download older codes for everything to work. This is normal and very easy. Just follow the prompts. We have also started to encode our audio and video in the Windows Media format. That player is usually installed as part of Windows when you purchased your computer.

Much of our audio and video now rolls. That is, it goes from one files directly into the next segment. This is done for faster loading. We are also encoding with surestream. This means the file actually contains two streams. One is for dial-up connections and the other is for DSL, Cable and other broadband connections. Your computer will automatically select the correct stream.

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