The Nach Attack: The Philly News YouTube Museum
To help you get through the post-Christmas, pre-New Year’s work dead zone, I’ve dug up some vintage Philadelphia television clips from YouTube:
Promo featuring the Stylistics for WCAU Channel 10 (1982)
Promo featuring Chubby Checker for WCAU Channel 10, “The Year to Be Here” (1987)
“Come Home to Channel 3″ (1987)
Eyewitness News Opening with Diane Allen and Jerry Penacoli (1986)
Four Action News Promos (early ’80s)
Channel 17 – “The Moving Picture” opening (’80s)
Channel 17 – “The Great Entertainer,” followed by a Krass Brothers commercial!
A promo for the Action News Sports team of Tollefson, Papa and Palmer
KYW – “Saturday Night Dead” opening
KYW’s Ukee Washington and Lou Tilley singing! (1988)
Here are three vintage Jessica Savitch videos:
NBC News Digest – Savitch slurring words (1983)
Savitch getting annoyed at crew
Savitch in her glory days at Eyewitness News; not great quality (1977)
A Larry Kane commercial for WCAU (1986)
Here’s something completely random — a WPHL signoff
Fox 29’s “Mascot Monday” feature
Laura covers Philly TV and radio every day at lauranachman.net.
