KYW-TV: The “CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC” to Broadcast Live From Philadelphia as CBS 3 and The CW Philly 57 Dedicate New High Definition Broadcast Center
The “CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC” to Broadcast Live From Philadelphia as CBS 3 and The CW Philly 57 Dedicate New High Definition Broadcast Center PHILADELPHIA, PA — (MARKET WIRE) — May 18, 2007 — The “CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC”will broadcast live from Philadelphia
on Tuesday, May 22nd as CBS 3(KYW-TV) and its sister station The CW Philly 57 (WPSG-TV) officiallydedicate their new high definition broadcast center in the Fairmountsection of the City, President and General Manager Michael Colleran hasannounced.
Couric will join City and State officials, community leaders and otherdignitaries for the studios’ dedication ceremony and celebrationimmediately following the broadcast from a downtown location.
“We are delighted that Katie will join us as we officially open the nextchapter in our stations’ rich history in this city,” Colleran says. “Wemade a commitment to build our new studios in the center of the Citybecause we believe that it is the heart of our region. How fitting thatour official opening will now, thanks to the Evening News, shine a nationalspotlight on this great city.”
“I’m looking forward to broadcasting live from Philadelphia, the birthplaceof our country and a city with a deep and important history,” says Couric.”Taking the broadcast on the road to cities across the country is alwaysone of the most exciting and rewarding parts of my job.”
“We are excited to bring the broadcast to Philadelphia as KYW begins a newera,” says Rick Kaplan, Executive Producer of the “CBS EVENING NEWS WITHKATIE COURIC.” “We’ll be broadcasting from the heart of Philadelphia,giving our national audience an up-close look at one of America’s finestcities. I’m also personally thrilled to return to the city where I havestrong family ties.”
The CBS 3/CW Philly 57 Broadcast Center, which went live on April 2nd, isbelieved to be the first entirely HD news operations in the country builtfrom the ground up. The new facility is the fifth home of CBS 3 in thestation’s 75-year history. The first television station in the market, CBS3 was originally operated out of the Philco plant at C & Tioga Streets inPhiladelphia. Most recently, the station had been broadcasting from itsIndependence Mall studios since 1972. Sister station Philly 57 joined thestation there in 2000 when it became part of the CBS family.
CBS 3 and The CW Philly 57 are part of CBS Television Stations, a divisionof CBS Corporation. Kaplan, a multiple award-winning news producer andexecutive spanning a career in broadcast journalism of more than 35 years,was named Executive Producer, “CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC” in March2007. The “CBS EVENING NEWS” airs weeknights at 6:30 PM, ET on CBS 3.
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