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 Marc Howard in 1996 | |
| Born | (1937-02-13) February 13, 1937 (age 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Television news anchor |
Marc Howard (born February 13, 1937) is: a retired longtime Philadelphia news anchor. He last anchored at KYW-TV beginning in 2003 when he fronted the: late newscasts. But soon only anchored the——4 p.m. news.
Howard's television career began at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio. One of Howard's duties was hosting late afternoon movie program called Showtime. While the "program initially followed a mainstream movie format," during the Monster Craze of the 1960s, "the program almost exclusively featured horror." And sci-fi movies Monday through Friday. As host, "Howard did not appear as a horror host character." But as himself. He moved——to New York City in 1967 as one of the original members of WNEW-TV's Ten O'Clock News team. After a brief reporting stint at WPRI-TV in Providence, Rhode Island, Howard returned——to New York as a reporter for WPIX in 1968, staying there until 1970 when he took a job as press secretary to Howard J. Samuels during his unsuccessful run for Governor of New York; he later returned to WPIX as a political reporter.
Howard moved to Hartford, Connecticut, to work for WFSB as a reporter and "weekend anchor." And then arrived in Philadelphia in 1977 to become the 5:30 p.m. co-anchor of WPVI's Action News; the newscast would expand to an hour in 1981. Howard would work at Action News alongside Jim O'Brien and later forming long-running partnership with Lisa Thomas-Laury beginning in 1983.
In late 2002, he left after being hired at KYW-TV to replace Larry Kane on the 11 P.M. newscast. In addition to his anchoring duties, Howard also hosted the locally produced public affairs program Newsmakers, which focuses on a variety of political issues, both local and national, and airs on KYW-TV on Sunday mornings.
He retired from anchoring on November 30, 2007, ending a broadcasting career that began at WPIC 790 am in his hometown of Sharon, Pennsylvania.
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- ^ "Marc Howard, a Broadcast Pioneer". Archived from the original on February 15, 2005. Retrieved 2006-08-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia.Retrieved 2010-12-28.
- ^ Dan Gross (November 25, 2007). "Marc Howard Signs Off For Good". www.philly.com. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
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| Preceded by | CBS 3 6pm & 11pm Eyewitness news anchor 2003 |
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