Sing along to the Action News theme song, "Move Closer to Your World."
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@janettemcclelland29595 жыл бұрын
Ladies and gentlemen,please rise. Gentlemen,please remove your hats. Please join us in the singing and playing of the Philadelphia National Anthem.
@dhollis19795 жыл бұрын
Janette McClelland brings back so many memories from when I was a kid
@kimvallejo5 жыл бұрын
Hear, hear
@carlgorney98405 жыл бұрын
Up here in Buffalo, we know that song all too well.
@andymceachern96684 жыл бұрын
@@carlgorney9840 we Torontonians watched it as well. "It's Eleven O'clock. Do you know where YOUR children are?" OMG I never knew it was a full song, with lyrics!
@streetcarjay4 жыл бұрын
It's also Buffalo NY's anthem as well.
@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren4 жыл бұрын
If you live in the Philly area. This song is burned into your brain forever. Been watching since the 2000s as a kid from Norristown.
@rt11103 жыл бұрын
Yes very true 😂😂😂😂👍
@heyitshuttz37053 жыл бұрын
Oh hey Thunderbolt
@johnarobinson56403 жыл бұрын
I'm a 80s baby so you know I feel ya! (84)
@MetroGaming753 жыл бұрын
Hey Thunderbolt
@MetroGaming753 жыл бұрын
69th like
@ScoopNemeth3 жыл бұрын
this should be in the Guinness book of world records. 6ABC has used MCTYW since 1972 (for 48 years)...the longest-duration of use of a news theme in a single TV market. Stations across America (even rival Philly stations) keep changing their news theme music and changing their music, but Philly's theme song MCTYW withstood the test of time.
@bosten563 жыл бұрын
The person who finally decides to change it will have to be fired. This song is goated
@ScoopNemeth3 жыл бұрын
@@bosten56 Greatest Of All Time fo shizzle!
@seanvogt2213 жыл бұрын
It also helps that they never had to change their network affiliation (ABC) unlike KYW and WCAU. But then again…
@acomment59912 жыл бұрын
Yes, I watched their 50 year celebration, they said they tried to update the sound of it, to modernize it in 1996 without changing the song and everyone called to complain…they changed it back to this original sound within a week.
@kbaynard2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe they're still using it. We got it in 1997 and used it up until 2001. I wish we still had the CD I have an idea for our 25th anniversary.
@The8BitBigBand3 жыл бұрын
I'm not from Philly but this song is such a jam, killing chord changes.
@kingkelz215 Жыл бұрын
Literally if you guys are saying so, it's fact
@marc37027 ай бұрын
It has been the theme for years. I moved away in 2003 and even when I hear this, I still think of my grandmom who never missed the news. Ever.
@captain___waffles Жыл бұрын
Jim Gardner just retired as of 12/21/2022. This song came out just 7 years before he began hosting Action News. I will always have fond memories of watching Action News and Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, both from childhood and adulthood. Jim, thank you for your service to the greater Philly region in providing local news.
@newpwerfections Жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace
@janettemcclelland2959 Жыл бұрын
Standing ovation for Mr. Jim Gardner 👏👏👏👏
@fanda6122 Жыл бұрын
@@newpwerfections he didn't die 😂
@Bloombaby99 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful tribute that describes my childhood with Jim Gardner and 6ABC News.
@TGGaineyProductions8 ай бұрын
4 years. This film and the theme song premiered in 1972, while Gardner came on board in 1976.
@DodgerOfZion Жыл бұрын
Here after Jim Gardner's final sign off. Thank you for a lifetime of news, Jim!
@gio160 Жыл бұрын
Yes, he will be missed
@juan833blue3 ай бұрын
Jim Gardner was the absolute GOAT of Action News!
@egarrett1117 Жыл бұрын
50 years ago this theme came out and it STILL goes hard, even though Philly is effed up I will always love my city and 6ABC.
@phillygrl69 Жыл бұрын
Yup!!! Couldn't have said it any better 😊!!!
@exdemocrat90387 ай бұрын
It's effed up because the people of Philadelphia keep voting for the same political party.
@tetraspell6 ай бұрын
@@exdemocrat9038Nobody asked.
@Ron11B104 жыл бұрын
I moved outta Philly in 1996 as a kid. But I forever love this theme song! And Whenever I visit the City... I'll only watch Action News 6 just to hear this jawn!
@corleo026721233 жыл бұрын
We miss you... come back home.
@abe_linc023 жыл бұрын
Hey wat made u leave
@FreshhCutz3 жыл бұрын
Hey don’t ever come back it’s not worth it. Thanks
@trayvondixon96613 жыл бұрын
@@FreshhCutz yeah he's lucky to cuz the tornado just hit a phew weeks ago lol
@Ron11B102 жыл бұрын
@@trayvondixon9661 tell me you're from Philly, without saying you're from Philly
@steelydad58636 ай бұрын
I grew up in Philly, heard the beginning of this theme thousands of times before and during the news and NEVER knew that it was more than a 12 measure musical riff, much less a song with lyrics!
@bubskebulba11273 жыл бұрын
This is so aesthetically pleasing. I hope the 70's style catches on in the 20's in the way that the last decade had the 80's vaporwave/mallwave style.
@joeflosion2 жыл бұрын
Listening in from Huntsville Alabama to honor Jim Gardner's final broadcast tonight. Theres a lot of things about Philly I've grown distant from, but this song always makes me smile and feel nostalgic. Cheers to a great career Jim
@Motown-19662 жыл бұрын
You do know it was his final 11pm anchor broadcast. He's STILL anchoring the 6pm slot 'til the end of his year (2022) 😉!
@ganginfr49233 жыл бұрын
the fact this isn't on Spotify is a crime
@davidriley17026 ай бұрын
Nobody wants to put this on Spotify, for fear of getting a copyright strike
@ScottOSaurus4 жыл бұрын
To this day even as a 22 year old living in Texas but born and raised in Chester county I always hum this to myself from time to time.
@nobodystalkin14 жыл бұрын
It used to be played at the beginning of 13 Eyewitness News in Houston as well.
@b.sherrieb99773 жыл бұрын
Was used from 79 to 83 on channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas. They used the piano version when they showed call in poll results.
@jjohn78843 жыл бұрын
I do to... 45 years old living in Texas and born in Camden.
@connorpeed25083 жыл бұрын
As a Chester county resident who lived in philly too I’m telling you it’s the best song ever
@markneill3 жыл бұрын
You'll still be humming it 22 years from now. I have that on very good authority from...uh...a friend.
@markbowman66555 жыл бұрын
I'm 44, from outside Hershey, PA and remember as a boy watching 6 ABC Philadelphia with a now prehistoric big Zenith tube TV in the living room with the directional antenna on the rooftop, you turned the dial on the box N, S, W, E, before cable.
@mark_midmark4 жыл бұрын
Really cool to learn. 31 here and I grew up with the two dials, one for smaller numbers and one for bigger. Never fully understood them because by the time I was 12 or so we had cable boxes and the dials were gone.
@noelk66063 жыл бұрын
I use to play with it just to hear it turning it made a wired wrrrr wrrrr wrrrr sound lol
@tylernicolo7654 Жыл бұрын
Why is this song bringing tears to my eyes right now?
@Wendy_O.7 ай бұрын
We had a 13" black-and-white RCA TV in our kitchen, and every night, my dad would tune into Action News at 6. I remember Jim Gardner, Jim O'Brien, and Joe Carcione, the Green Grocer. And in June, they would show pics of high school grads with the song "You're the Best of the Class This Year" playing in the background. Ah, memories.
@mrmartywaring5 ай бұрын
The Green Grocer & Jim O'Brien....memories
@DamianCampbell-rv4xd2 ай бұрын
1976
@edwardmason1195 жыл бұрын
I moved out of Philadelphia in 1995 at 10 years old and I still remember every word and note to this song.
@jessyleppert23 ай бұрын
I love this song despite that I live in North Jersey
@Mina-ok5qm11 ай бұрын
If this isn't the kindest song ever
@hoyasaxa215Ай бұрын
The big story: a homicide, a house fire, crime.
@MarkTomczak3 жыл бұрын
I was today years old when I learned the song of my childhood has BLOODY LYRICS.
@bobberman46413 жыл бұрын
Same, and it feels so weird knowing there’s lyrics to a news song
@graycav563 жыл бұрын
Knew there were some lyrics but not the long slow part. Save me Jim Gardner!
@frankdenardo86843 жыл бұрын
@@bobberman4641 KTVU 2 aired this on the Tuck, Fortner report circa 1971.
@Newniche2 жыл бұрын
Me too
@85steph3 ай бұрын
I thought the only words were ITS ELEVEN O'CLOCK, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE.
@nickyjohnson81765 жыл бұрын
All I want is other television stations and networks to upload their old reels. It’s not like they’re doing anything better with them, they are probably in some back room collecting dust. They did a really good job with this one, the quality is really good compared to other indents i’ve seen from that era. I just love it!
@RageTVHTX5 жыл бұрын
would be great but thats easier said than done.
@frankdenardo86844 жыл бұрын
I remember KTVU-2 in Oakland, California aired this from 1971 to 1974. I have a friend who is from Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia TV and radio stations are common.
@b.sherrieb99773 жыл бұрын
Some statins are donating their old reels to universities who are digitizing and uploading their videos
@TGGaineyProductions2 жыл бұрын
This particular film clip was stored at the Temple University media archives. WPVI donated their archival library to them. This film was part of the 1972 promotional campaign for Action News as they were premiering their famous theme song as they used the title as the program's slogan, "Moving you closer to your world".
@JoseMorales-lw5nt Жыл бұрын
Born and raised in The Bronx since 1981. My maternal grandmother lived out in Reading, Pennsylvania. Whenever I visited her during the 80's and 90's, all the affiliates were Philly stations. ABC6 would be on, courtesy of my grandparents' love of JEOPARDY and WHEEL OF FORTUNE. When that ACTION NEWS theme blared on the old Sony Trinitron stereo speakers, just the bass alone had me going! Great memories...
@thebarryman3 жыл бұрын
Get goosebumps and a giant smile whenever I listen to this. Optimistic vibes and funky as hell
@DAngelCM5 жыл бұрын
Since October 1, 1972, WPVI News stills using the theme "Move Closer to Your World" by Al Ham, The Philadelphia-Delaware's traditional action news.
@MichaelOKeefe20094 жыл бұрын
I thought it was little bit later than that.
@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren3 жыл бұрын
It's almost become the national anthem of Philadelphia apart from the Rocky Theme
@janettemcclelland29593 жыл бұрын
@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren It IS the Philadelphia National Anthem.
@DVSyoutube3 жыл бұрын
The best local TV news theme in the United States ever. 👍
@shaneharrisnj34843 жыл бұрын
Hey, it's also the traditional Southern New Jersey newscast too! Can't wait til October 1st 2022, when it turns 50! (They need to have documentary on how this song became a mainstay in the world of local news journalism and most importantly, the Delaware Valley's most recognized theme tune...)
@user-ew1bt8ke3y3 жыл бұрын
I'm not even from Philly, or have any connection whatsoever to the city, but get this jingle stuck in my head regularly.
@arianaalioth5 ай бұрын
Nothing like the music of the 70s. The orchestra. The airy choir. The bongo lines.
@asphaltandtacos2 ай бұрын
I definitely prefer 70s music
@RichardSalvucci2 ай бұрын
Disco harmonies
@tyrese37455 жыл бұрын
Great shots of the ever-famous Chopper 6 capturing the scenes of Southeatsern Pennsylvania, the Delaware Memorial Bridge, the Pennsylvanian countryside, and, of course, the "City of Brotherly Love" itself, Philadelphia.
@JHollowayNetwork3 жыл бұрын
In Australia, the 0-10 Network stations used it as the theme for "Eyewitness News" starting in 1976 (well except for TVQ0 in Brisbane) until 1988.
@kreneemartin77662 жыл бұрын
I moved from Philly in the mid 70's when I was six. Visited my grandmother every summer until my late teens throughout the 80's. I love this theme and I deliberately searched it up because it popped up in my memory out of nowhere. I never knew that it was a whole song. Loving it!
@ericsamuelson5656 Жыл бұрын
RIP Irv Weinstein, Rick Azar, and Tom Jolls from WKBW Ch 7 Eyewitness News Buffalo, New York. This theme song was on in Buffalo for decades.
@rwboa223 ай бұрын
WKBW was where both Dave Roberts (as Dave Thomas) and Jim Gardner "cut their TV teeth" before coming to WPVI-TV (as Capital Cities owned both stations; WPVI-TV being the company's flagship station and the biggest generator of revenue for its parent company, allowing them to buy the bigger ABC Television Network in 1985).
@davidgibson76153 жыл бұрын
When I pulled up this of the composer of this now infamous move closer to your world news jingle, Al Ham has a impressive resume. He was in the Glenn Miller Orchestra band in the mid 40's, worked for Columbia Records in the 50s under his mentor Mitch Miller and in the 60's went on to co-produced the legendary T.A.M.I (TeenAge Musical International) with the lights of the Beach oys James Brown, The Rolling Stones The Supremes Marvin Gaye and Lesley Gore. I'm doing while Al was composing news jingles, he also work for Warner Bros. Records in the 70's What an impressive person he was.
@lynneb8593 жыл бұрын
I am in love! In the 80s and 90s they only sang the refrain "move closer to your world my friend Take a little bit of time. Move closer to your world my friend and you'll see." And now and for many years they sing nothing😥 I miss theme song soooooo much!!!!!
@bigsarge87953 жыл бұрын
I lived in Downingtown when i was growing up and i watched this every single night. I moved away in 1990 to join the military but this will be stuck in my head forever
@toro220d2 жыл бұрын
I lived up in the Philadelphia area from 1974 to 1983 I loved action news loved action news and saw it all through then including Jim o'brien's passing
@MrMelloCountry2 жыл бұрын
Living in Wilmington, DE from the 80s till 2008, I got this almost every night. All Hail Jim Gardner.
@ScoopNemeth2 жыл бұрын
Two questions about the short-lived 1996 version: 1) Why couldn't 6ABC hire a local band called the Philadelphia Orchestra? Why go all the way to London and hire both the Symphony and Philharmonic to do a joint production of the theme? 2) Why mess with one of the things that already work? And always have worked since 1972?
@Tonys_Gabagool9 ай бұрын
I moved to Cleveland in 2014. I JUST moved back home to south Jersey a month ago and i gotta tell ya, east Cleveland was bad but god damn man, NOTHING beats Philly lmao I missed it so much
@GabrielRodriguez-um8fi2 жыл бұрын
I remember the first time visiting my family in Philadelphia in 1990. When my uncle turn on his television and saw Action News for the first time, It was a big shock and I love it!!
@PenelopeHeaven3 жыл бұрын
This is depressingly nostalgic and beautiful. We'll never know another time like the seventies.
@phillygrl69 Жыл бұрын
I know, you're so RIGHT & It brings tears to my eyes when, at the same time, making a huge smile☺️This is the ❤of Philly🎉
@CourtneyCollins4 жыл бұрын
12 people have personally disrespected Jim Gardner
@janettemcclelland29593 жыл бұрын
Now 15 folks who disrespected Jim Gardner. They watch Jim Rosenfield instead. Their loss.
@GoldenDaggerProductions3 жыл бұрын
@@janettemcclelland2959 WPVI doesn't deserve him.
@janettemcclelland29593 жыл бұрын
@@GoldenDaggerProductions As soon as he inevitably retires,NBC10 will get the viewers.
@ScottOSaurus3 жыл бұрын
Friday night and the big story on action news is, im pissed at the dislikes.
@TheRenard103 жыл бұрын
Now 20 evil people 💀
@frankdenardo86849 ай бұрын
KTVU 2 in Oakland, California played this theme from 1971 to about 1975. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.
@johnd8167 Жыл бұрын
My best friend is from Philly, he said one night a nightclub he'd go to actually played MCTYW and it got quite the reaction. (IDK if they played it like newscasts do or if they mixed it out from/in to other club music.) I've lived in 2 markets that have used MCTYW and it didn't get near the reception that it has through Ch.6.
@Prayerman20093 жыл бұрын
I remember this theme song from the early 1980's growing up in Philadelphia, PA.
@Professional_Victim_H8er2 жыл бұрын
The breakdown @1:45 is the most badass thing about this legendary newscast anthem.
@christophercasey67752 жыл бұрын
The drums are incredible. Excellent playing
@NOV1232 жыл бұрын
This section is played before they go into commercial break; letting you know what’s up next.
@willriggins4542 Жыл бұрын
It really is unbelievable
@IgnisConsumens3 жыл бұрын
I have always believed that organizations should never change identifying markers such as logos or theme songs. This is a prime example.
@EltonRamsey19952 жыл бұрын
I remember sitting with my father and grandfather in the living room waiting for this to come on….when the melody started, I knew it was time for the news
@hmcguin Жыл бұрын
Ditto!!!
@mayavenuemisfit814 Жыл бұрын
If you grew up in Pennsylvania anytime from the 1970s to the year 2000, you've heard this. Doesn't matter if you're from Philly, Erie, Pittsburgh, or Scranton. If you ever watched the news, you know this song.
@SammyMaggio4 жыл бұрын
50 years strong. Happy Anniversary, WPVI-TV! Action News, Delaware Valley’s Leading News Program.
@joekobeissi64885 жыл бұрын
Best news song ever
@NekoNekoQuatorze3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. It's rare to find an uplifting news theme like this, and this one is exceptional.
@christophercasey67752 жыл бұрын
This song is tough to beat.
@ebonykaleidoscope9 ай бұрын
This song is legendary and generational now in Philly. May it live forever…. Action News 6 ☮️
@revinhatol2 ай бұрын
WNEP-TV Scranton Wilkes-Barre
@dagwoodsystems3 жыл бұрын
I'm in my late 50's now. But when I was a kid living in Central California, this was the theme song (and opening motion graphics) for KFSN, the ABC affiliate in Fresno. It was a truncated version that started at about the 1:41 mark. I thought the music had authority and it caught my attention. Why I thought of it this morning is beyond me! Super cool that it's here on KZbin.
@americanloyalist4599 Жыл бұрын
Stolen!
@mreasterntownshiptootheeas12472 жыл бұрын
I remember visiting my grandma in Philly every summer & at 6pm my grandma would always turn on action news & that theme song just burned in my memories….
@DodgerOfZion4 жыл бұрын
When I finally spread my wings and fly away to South Carolina, this music will still be in heart, until it stops beating.
@gmb12philly883 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories. Even with all the modern conveniences of 2020, I'd rather be in the 80's
@NOV1232 жыл бұрын
Oh, me too!!
@americangiant1003 Жыл бұрын
GMB This was first used in 1972.
@TheRimasyele Жыл бұрын
Ya Don't say.
@nightowl5475 Жыл бұрын
70’s were better than the 80’s. But the. 80’s were better than the 90’s and now. So, I would be tickled to death to go back to the 80’s but I would say, the 70’s was a glorious time to be alive.
@clintonnwachukwu1505 Жыл бұрын
I wish I was born in either 50’s or 60’s to see other decades.
@byrd563 жыл бұрын
2:03--"There goes that Action News car again"....because they didn't have vans in those days.
@nateboy14893 жыл бұрын
As a former Delawarean, I remember this theme sing vividly from the 90s and early 2000s.
@DaftSwank3 жыл бұрын
I swear this is going to be played at my funeral - as a mandatory sing along ...
@RageTVHTX5 жыл бұрын
KTRK Houston used this theme for the Eyewitness News casts from the mid 70s to the very early 80s. I never forgot it and even now when i turn on the news i somehow expect to hear this at the opening of the newscast. Something i carried over from my childhood, i guess
@juventusventuno9213 Жыл бұрын
sitting on the front stoop on a warm day and hearing this coming through a neighbors living room window.
@workedfortheciawhenisoldrock Жыл бұрын
You just took me back 😊
@christophercrafter26096 күн бұрын
Grew up listening to this from 1981 on. At 43 this takes me back a bit. This was the real stuff here. This was business.
@ballisticstudios42633 жыл бұрын
As a resident Minnesotan this is a amazing theme for a News program
@altfactor3 жыл бұрын
It may have begun as a news theme for WPVI, but many other stations also used it. This was composed by Al Ham, perhaps better known as creator of the "Music Of Your Life" radio format.
@Boodlums2 жыл бұрын
omg I attended the same school as his daughter-didn't know he wrote this music!
@Boodlums2 жыл бұрын
@altfactor I zoomed in on the sheet music shown in a recent news report*, and sure enough, it's all visible (heh, even had their home address on the bottom, though they no longer live there). *The co-author of the lyrics, Walter Liss, died recently at 78.
@NOV1232 жыл бұрын
And The Hillside Singers
@travisfletcher9002 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Delaware in the 80s and this song was heard in our house every day. I live in NC now, and news stations don’t even have theme songs. When I go home to visit family, it definitely gives me that warm fuzzy feeling when I hear the song again. I hope it never changes.
@friesareyummy2 жыл бұрын
They do. Just not used as long because of corporate consolidation of local news here. Glad WRAL is still around being local, rocking In-Sink for as long as it has, but still it's not as iconic as MCTYW.
@NOV1232 жыл бұрын
Al Hamm and The Hillside Singers did their thing on this one!!
@RCAvhstape2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 70s and 80s listening to this, moved away years ago, but listening to it now makes me feel like I have to get to bed so I can be up for school in the morning, but I want to stay up and switch on Johnny Carson instead.
@shaneharrisnj34843 жыл бұрын
There is only one rule that's stays the same in Philadelphia... THE THEME WILL STAY, THE GRAPHICS WILL CHANGE! SO DON'T PANIC!
@newpwerfections Жыл бұрын
I live near Atlantic City New Jersey so I see this channel all the time!
@MrStevengomez2475 жыл бұрын
Wow a very first music video of action news
@Thurlbred4510 ай бұрын
REST IN PEACE GARY PAPA!! Salute to Jum Garner 🫶🏾Channel 6abc news is Legendary!
@brendan85383 жыл бұрын
anyone still listening in 2020 when PHL changes the course of history again for the USA?
@jamescombs83163 жыл бұрын
Phiily's looking good from here! Thanks, PA!
@ejc16923 жыл бұрын
@@jamescombs8316 You're welcome
@tapiture37203 жыл бұрын
Thank you, reasonable folks in philly... I’m in York, PA and there are not enough of us here
@trayvondixon96613 жыл бұрын
@@jamescombs8316 bruh thjs comment is useless now cuz a tornado just hit philly so it aint fine now lol
@jonacme5 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing this when I lived in Philly. And me and my brother hear this song: You know it's time for Action News.
@zazaranger55 жыл бұрын
Action News, Delaware Valley's Leading News Program With Jim O'Brien, Don Tollefson, And Jim Gardner
@annedavis25613 жыл бұрын
I remember when Jim passed. Did Don pass from cancer? I'm not sure if I remember correctly?
@s.f.77243 жыл бұрын
@@annedavis2561 I believe Jim O'Brien died in a skydiving accident. I remember Jim Gardener having to report this that night on Action News and it was brutal to watch...poor guy trying to hold back his tears while reporting this....I grew up in Wilm, De....
@annedavis25613 жыл бұрын
@@s.f.7724 I remember too. But what about Don Tolleson, I think his name was something like that. I believe the three of them were on together. I think Don died of some sort of cancer. Yes, Jim was para shooting. It didn't open in time. Sad day..
@nuthouse2163 жыл бұрын
Can't Believe I Watched, Listened, and Added... Action News The World's Leading News Broadcast..... With News Anchors... Jim Gardner, Jim O'Brien, Joe Pellegrino, Larry Kane,.... 😍
@naturekev7 ай бұрын
One of our local stations in Jacksonville, Florida used this when I was a kid, around 1975-76. I remember part of the footage they used was of a woman riding a galloping horse on one of the local beaches, in slow motion, with her long hair blowing in the wind.
@KeanuSoemali4 ай бұрын
Several news themes in Australia had the same tunes as this one. Eyewitness News aired on ATV-0 (until it's called ATV-10) in Melbourne for example, back in the 80s.
@phillywhateverguy Жыл бұрын
I remember eyewitness news in philly had a good song. They dropped it. And they just recently dropped eyewitness. They are just cbs news philadelphia. Lets hope Action news stays action news.
@schmuckraker4 жыл бұрын
This has been stuck in my head for 39 years :)
@Ettrix2 жыл бұрын
Love the "shout out" to the Amish community (via the horse drawn carriage on the modern road) Edit: Even though they will never appreciate the footage themselves
@mark_midmark4 жыл бұрын
What a song. I can hear this theme song without even trying to think of it. I've heard is at least 1,000 times. 31 years old here and I remember this most days growing up.
@timprice61193 жыл бұрын
Best news song ever!! I've been listening to this song for as long as I can remember. Early 70's. Loved it then and love it now.
@tyrese37455 жыл бұрын
The current 6abc Action News intros: -"Action News, Delaware Valley's Leading News Program, with Jamie Apody, meteorologist Cecily Tynan, Rick Williams, and Monica Malpass"- (5pm version) -"Action News, Delaware Valley's Leading News Program, with Ducis Rodgers, meteorologist Cecily Tynan, and Jim Gardner"- (6pm and 11pm versions before Gardner’s retirement from Southeastern Pennsylvania journalism broadcasting)
@janettemcclelland29595 жыл бұрын
And: "Action News. The Delaware Valley's leading news program. With Matt O'Donnell,Tamala Edwards,Karen Rogers and Meteorologist David Murphy(4-7 am)".
@RichD3844 жыл бұрын
@@janettemcclelland2959 The best is "With Don Tollefson, Jim O'Brien, and Jim Gardner."
@rwboa223 жыл бұрын
Monica Malpass left Channel 6 last year. Sharri Williams now does the 5pm broadcast with Rick Williams (no relation to each other). She also does the 4pm and 10pm (on Channel 17) broadcasts with Brian Taff.
@normallocalguy3 жыл бұрын
thanks chris
@tyrese37453 жыл бұрын
@@rwboa22 I know. Sorry I didn't get the chance to make that change.
@truckspotting74738 ай бұрын
I wish there was shorts for the music. So i could use it. It's the best song for Philly.
@oef4armyvet.ipconflict422 Жыл бұрын
TriState residents grew up to this music and Jim Gardner
@papennypincher72872 жыл бұрын
Hearing this song is like shaking hands with an old friend… I know it’s still on but it still reminds me of growing up and my dad having this on ALL THE TIME!
@helenawarsinnak Жыл бұрын
If you're from Philly, you definitely know this song when you hear it... even if you move away from Philly, you'll never forget it!!😉
@Life_Of_Riley_2 жыл бұрын
Years ago 88.5 FM had a Kids Favorite Songs contest and this was the winner!
@marksusskind1260 Жыл бұрын
Geez! What a bunch o' squares we were "years ago"!
@robchamberlin49002 ай бұрын
There's no one who grew up in the Philadelphia regional area within the last 50 years who doesn't know this song
@miarobinson8476 ай бұрын
They killed this theme ❤they embodied the news 🗞️ theme on this song 🎵
@richardh34102 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting!! KTRK Channel 13 Eyewitness News in Houston had this for years. Brings back so many memories of a simpler and more wholesome time.
@ColetteNasielski7778 ай бұрын
I remember this Song I remember this now I’m 57 years old
@ritchhine62553 ай бұрын
I grew up with this song in the early 70's. We lived over 100 miles from Philly but it was only 1 of 6 stations we could get at that time. Consequently, we watched the news out of Philly - I don't know, I was just a kid and didn't control the TV dial. So we had Larry Kane and then Jim Gardner a little later. Some great memories and some harrowing ones as well but, that theme song still lives on like a first love that "never runs dry. " Thank you Dennis DeYoung 😢
@josephparadise7820 Жыл бұрын
Long time ago i heard a dj remix this song. Caught me totally off gaurd and i was transported back to the 90's. Blew my mind. Wish I could remember who it was.
@zazaranger55 жыл бұрын
The 1 thumbs down probably watches Eyewitness News
@janettemcclelland29595 жыл бұрын
Or NBC 10.
@zazaranger55 жыл бұрын
@@janettemcclelland2959 Or Fox 29
@janettemcclelland29595 жыл бұрын
@@zazaranger5 And I was going to say that. You beat me to it.
@be4stable4 жыл бұрын
zazaranger5 lol!
@gavinproduction74334 жыл бұрын
Or is not even in the Philly market, my station fellow ABC O&O WTVD used this music in the 1970s.
@kimvallejo5 жыл бұрын
OMG, Action News is like the soundtrack of my life....
@davidrileynyc57025 жыл бұрын
Once heard this song on WPIX- TV New York
@ericsamuelson56565 жыл бұрын
This is also the soundtrack to Buffalo, New York
@martinkearney80453 жыл бұрын
WNEP 16 in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has also used this theme for years.
@austinl1693 жыл бұрын
WPIX-TV New York used the fanfare introduction to this piece (before the vocals) as the opening for their local "Action News" for a time (the 70s?).
@ocsrc3 жыл бұрын
Remember when 476 was 9 ? And it ended at 276 ? And there were 9 tunnels on 476 And there were no skyscrapers in Philly And the Lehigh Valley was mostly farms And Quakertown had a drive in theater and no box stores ? God, I miss the old days And we had passenger rail service from Emmaus to Philly and from Bethlehem through Quakertown to Philly Oh, I miss the Reading Railroad
@DesiluTrek Жыл бұрын
What a fantastic montage of the Delaware Valley 50 years ago!!
@hagbarthr4 жыл бұрын
That skyline sure has changed
@ritzlart3 жыл бұрын
Our family moved from Warminster in 76 and I still remember this song.