Philadelphia TV/Dave Roberts To Retire

[cool245]

Who will replace Dave on the 5 and 6 pm newscasts? My guess is either Adam Joseph or Tynan.

I have a feeling Adam Joseph will be replacing him especially since he is fills in for Dave just about everytime he is off. It seems like 6 is slowly transitioning him into Dave's spot to make the change easier on viewers.

[imhomerjay]

With Erica leaving, the better short-term bet may be to keep Adam on weekends/fill-in so that they don't end up with no one on weekends.  Just have Cecily do all the evening shows, at least for now.

[cool245]

With Erica leaving, the better short-term bet may be to keep Adam on weekends/fill-in so that they don't end up with no one on weekends.  Just have Cecily do all the evening shows, at least for now.

They could always put Karen Rogers on weekends and have Matt Pellman do her traffic reports in the morning when necessary.

[Julius May]

With Erica leaving, the better short-term bet may be to keep Adam on weekends/fill-in so that they don't end up with no one on weekends.  Just have Cecily do all the evening shows, at least for now.

Erica Grow leaving. When did this news broke?

[imhomerjay]

They may well need to use Karen/Dave M. on weekends in the interim, but the issue was more not vacating both weekend mornings and nights right now.  Keep Adam on weekend nights, and use the weekday guys on a fill in basis until you figure out what's next.  Or find someone who wants a temp gig.

[Wil]

If Sally Anne Mosley is freelancing at Fox 29, does that mean that she is under contract with them, or is she free to sign a contract with WPVI, if that is what WPVI wants to do?

[WCAUTVNBC10]

If Sally Anne Mosley is freelancing at Fox 29, does that mean that she is under contract with them, or is she free to sign a contract with WPVI, if that is what WPVI wants to do?

She's free to sign anywhere. WPVI's history though would say they wouldn't rehire her though. They don't normally hire talent from other stations in the market nor do they rehire cast offs.

[imhomerjay]

Indeed.  Jeff S. is the only person I can think of who's come to them from another station in town.  That said, though, management can always change direction.

[Irishfl]

And in Jeff's case, I think pvi knew Gary Papa wasn't gonna be on air much longer, and rushed to get another anchor. However with that said, they very well with Roberts & Grow leaving around the same time rush for a cheap replacement.

I still don't think Mosley will be back however. When at pvi she never really advanced at the station. She started on weekend weather, and was passed by in the peaking order by both David Murphy (started as weekend morning weather person, although overall he had more seniority when you count his reporting days) and Karen Rogers (started on Am Philadelphia/Live & then did weekend morning weather). She also had very few general assignment reports. Erica Grow for example has a few each week. Last, but not least she almost never filled in for Dave Roberts / Cecily Tynan. They use to always have Karen Rodgers or David Murphy fill in. Then when Adam Joseph came he would fill in. Even Erica Grow has fill in during the main 6 & 11 broadcasts many times.

Overall, even when she was there I always felt that she was the black sheep of the pvi weather pool. So I doubt she is someone they would seek out. However I could be wrong.