Is Fox 29 Philadelphia Turning Into Fox News?
Several former and current employees at Fox-owned WTXF in Philadelphia allege that the station’s newsroom is run by “toxic, super-white, and Trump-apologizing management.”
Local News Renaissance, But Reporting Is Lonely
Reporter/anchor Chris O’Connell feels a new relevance to his work at Philadelphia’s WTXF as he reports now as a one-man band from the field or his car. But through this “seismic shift,” he misses the camaraderie he used to share with the station’s videographers.
Just as it has for many viewers, the coronavirus pandemic has transformed the work lives of TV newspeople in Philadelphia. As news operations continue to evolve their approach to social distancing in an effort to keep their workers safe, jobs that once seemed impossible to do outside a studio are getting done from home.
Exclusives
Fox-owned WTXF Philadelphia (DMA 4) has appointed Marcus Espinoza general assignment reporter. Beginning Jan. 6, Espinoza will report for various station newscasts. Most recently, Espinoza was a weekend anchor and […]
WTXF’s David Kinchen Leaving For City Government
WTXF Launching Sports Betting Show
Prior to this week’s Eagles-Packers game on Thursday Night Football, the Philadelphia Fox O&O will debut Props and Locks, a weekly sports gambling show hosted by former Eagles linebacker Garry Cobb, Fox 29 sports anchor Scott Grayson, and Fox Bet gambling expert Todd Fuhrman (above). The show will air for 12 straight weeks, through the end of the current NFL season.
WTXF’s Karen Hepp Sues Facebook, Reddit For $10M
WTXF Names Jason Martinez Evening Anchor
Jason Martinez has joined Fox-owned WTXF Philadelphia (DMA 4) as a weeknight evening anchor. Beginning June 17, he will co-anchor the Fox 29 News at 5, 6, 10 and 11 p.m. with […]
Philly News Changes At WPVI, WTXF
Anchor Shaina Humphries Joins WTXF News
Shaina Humphries has been hired by Fox O&O WTXF Philadelphia (DMA 4) as anchor of the its 6 and 11 p.m. weeknight newscasts beginning Feb. 18. Most recently, Humphries was […]
Philly Stations ‘Blitz’ On Eagles-Saints Coverage
‘Bold Ideas For 100, Please, Alex’
When Dennis Bianchi, the GM of Fox O&O WTXF Philadelphia, asked his team for some ideas, he got a bit more than he bargained for. Senior EP Tom Louden had one that Bianchi loved: a game show that pits teachers against students, featuring a a technology education teacher, Richard Curtis, as host.
WTXF Philadelphia Wins A.M. In Key Demos
WTXF Investigative Reporter Schratwieser Retires
WTXF Investigative Reporter Leaves After 33 Years
Phila. Eagle Does Weather Forecast On WTXF
Is WTXF’s Morning News Shtick On Its Way Out?
Philly TV ‘All In’ On Facebook For Super Bowl
WTXF Scores Big With NFC Championship Game
The 2018 NFC Championship game on Fox-owned WTXF Philadelphia (DMA 4) on Sunday outperformed the 2017 Super Bowl by an average of 3% among households and 6% among adults 25-54, […]
WTXF’s Weather Anchor Celebrates 20 Years
WTXF Anchor Rushed To Hospital During Newscast
Kristen Rodgers Named WTXF Sports Anchor
Kristen Rodgers joins Fox-owned WTXF Philadelphia (DMA 4). She will anchor sports coverage for the station’s 5, 6, 10 and 11 p.m. newscasts and will host the weekend sports show, […]
WTXF’s ‘The Q’ To Air In Seven Cities
Fox-owned WTXF Philadelphia’s The Q is going national for a four-week preview this summer, with seven cities around the country set to get a little brotherly love from the locally shot talk show. Starting June 5, Fox O&Os in New York City (WNYW), Los Angeles (KTTV), Atlanta (WAGA), Detroit (WJBK), Phoenix (KUTP), Minneapolis (WFTC), and Charlotte, N.C., (WMYT) will air The Q.
Mike Jerrick Back On Air At WTXF
WTXF’s Jerrick Suspended Over Conway Comment
WTXF And The Phillies Salute A Local Hero
KDKA And WTXF Are All About Flexible Sets
At both of these Pennsylvania stations, large studios, big video arrays, easily changed graphics packages and quick-change studio lighting make it possible to produce much more than news from their new sets without placing an excessive burden on their production staffs. This is the final part of a four-part Special Report on news sets. You can read the other parts here.
Thomas Drayton Returns To WTXF As A.M. Anchor
Thomas Drayton returns to Fox-owned WTXF Philadelphia (DMA 4) Oct. 27. He will anchor Fox 29 Morning News, the early edition of Good Day Philadelphia weekdays from 4 to 6 a.m. Drayton […]
Weatherman, Anchor Gone From WTXF
WTXF Bets On Harris To Jumpstart Daytime
The set of The Q, a new daytime talk show at Fox’s Philadelphia O&O, is spacious, airy and quiet as host and producer Quincy Harris, 37, stands in the center. His name scrolls in the background. It’s the realization of a dream he’s had since he was 12. The Q follows a national trend in which station groups are using in-house talent for daytime slots instead of banking on big names like Katie Couric, Queen Latifah and Meredith Vieira, all of whom hosted syndicated talks shows that were canceled.
Sportscaster Howard Eskin Leaving WTXF
Kid Won’t Cooperate in WTXF Live Demo
WTXF Launching ‘The Q’ With Quincy Harris
Fox-owned WTXF Philadelphia (DMA 4) will debut “The Q,” a half-hour local variety/talk show, on Sept. 12. Hosted by the station’s long time Good Day Philadelphia personality and radio DJ […]
