The microwave and satellite control room at Channel 6. It is from this location that all live feeds and many of the taped material are monitored, controlled and feed to various locations within the WPVI as needed.
This is the master control room for WPVI-TV. Our guide was Caroline Welch, Vice-President of Programming for Channel 6. She can be seen in the lower right side of the frame, facing the camera.
Student reading copy from the teleprompter. What they are seeing is the script for the Action News program that finished airing just moments before.
The Action News and weather sets. Caroline Welch, VP of Programming is shown as the larger figure in the middle of the green screen. Sitting at the anchor desk (dressed in white) is Jessica Borg, an Action News Anchor.
From the official archives of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia
Photos originally taken by Colin Weir
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