Ladies and gentlemen,please rise. Gentlemen,please remove your hats. Please join us in the singing and playing of the Philadelphia National Anthem.

@dhollis1979

5 жыл бұрын

Janette McClelland brings back so many memories from when I was a kid

@kimvallejo

5 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear

@carlgorney9840

5 жыл бұрын

Up here in Buffalo, we know that song all too well.

@andymceachern9668

4 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!

@streetcarjay

4 жыл бұрын

It's also Buffalo NY's anthem as well.

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

@marc3702

6 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.

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.

@rt1110

3 жыл бұрын

Yes very true 😂😂😂😂👍

@heyitshuttz3705

3 жыл бұрын

Oh hey Thunderbolt

@johnarobinson5640

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a 80s baby so you know I feel ya! (84)

@MetroGaming75

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Thunderbolt

@MetroGaming75

3 жыл бұрын

69th like

Here after Jim Gardner's final sign off. Thank you for a lifetime of news, Jim!

@gio160

Жыл бұрын

Yes, he will be missed

Jim Gardner was the absolute GOAT of Action News!

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.

@bosten56

3 жыл бұрын

The person who finally decides to change it will have to be fired. This song is goated

@ScoopNemeth

3 жыл бұрын

@@bosten56 Greatest Of All Time fo shizzle!

@seanvogt221

2 жыл бұрын

It also helps that they never had to change their network affiliation (ABC) unlike KYW and WCAU. But then again…

@acomment5991

2 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.

@kbaynard

2 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.

If this isn't the kindest song ever

@hoyasaxa215

3 күн бұрын

The big story: a homicide, a house fire, crime.

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 😊!!!

@exdemocrat9038

6 ай бұрын

It's effed up because the people of Philadelphia keep voting for the same political party.

@tetraspell

5 ай бұрын

@@exdemocrat9038Nobody asked.

Why is this song bringing tears to my eyes right now?

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.

@eli_hardcore

Жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace

@janettemcclelland2959

Жыл бұрын

Standing ovation for Mr. Jim Gardner 👏👏👏👏

@fanda6122

Жыл бұрын

@@eli_hardcore he didn't die 😂

@Bloombaby99

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful tribute that describes my childhood with Jim Gardner and 6ABC News.

@TGGaineyProductions

7 ай бұрын

4 years. This film and the theme song premiered in 1972, while Gardner came on board in 1976.

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.

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!

@corleo02672123

3 жыл бұрын

We miss you... come back home.

@abe_linc02

3 жыл бұрын

Hey wat made u leave

@FreshhCutz

3 жыл бұрын

Hey don’t ever come back it’s not worth it. Thanks

@trayvondixon9661

2 жыл бұрын

@@FreshhCutz yeah he's lucky to cuz the tornado just hit a phew weeks ago lol

@Ron11B10

2 жыл бұрын

@@trayvondixon9661 tell me you're from Philly, without saying you're from Philly

the fact this isn't on Spotify is a crime

@davidriley1702

5 ай бұрын

Nobody wants to put this on Spotify, for fear of getting a copyright strike

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!

I was today years old when I learned the song of my childhood has BLOODY LYRICS.

@bobberman4641

3 жыл бұрын

Same, and it feels so weird knowing there’s lyrics to a news song

@graycav56

3 жыл бұрын

Knew there were some lyrics but not the long slow part. Save me Jim Gardner!

@frankdenardo8684

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobberman4641 KTVU 2 aired this on the Tuck, Fortner report circa 1971.

@Newniche

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@85steph

2 ай бұрын

I thought the only words were ITS ELEVEN O'CLOCK, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE.

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.

@nobodystalkin1

4 жыл бұрын

It used to be played at the beginning of 13 Eyewitness News in Houston as well.

@b.sherrieb9977

3 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.

@jjohn7884

3 жыл бұрын

I do to... 45 years old living in Texas and born in Camden.

@connorpeed2508

3 жыл бұрын

As a Chester county resident who lived in philly too I’m telling you it’s the best song ever

@markneill

3 жыл бұрын

You'll still be humming it 22 years from now. I have that on very good authority from...uh...a friend.

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-1966

2 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) 😉!

Get goosebumps and a giant smile whenever I listen to this. Optimistic vibes and funky as hell

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...

I moved out of Philadelphia in 1995 at 10 years old and I still remember every word and note to this song.

@jessyleppert2

Ай бұрын

I love this song despite that I live in North Jersey

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.

@mrmartywaring

4 ай бұрын

The Green Grocer & Jim O'Brien....memories

@DamianCampbell-rv4xd

29 күн бұрын

1976

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_midmark

4 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.

@noelk6606

3 жыл бұрын

I use to play with it just to hear it turning it made a wired wrrrr wrrrr wrrrr sound lol

I'm not even from Philly, or have any connection whatsoever to the city, but get this jingle stuck in my head regularly.

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

Nothing like the music of the 70s. The orchestra. The airy choir. The bongo lines.

@asphaltandtacos

Ай бұрын

I definitely prefer 70s music

@RichardSalvucci

26 күн бұрын

Disco harmonies

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.

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.

Best news song ever

@NekoNekoQuatorze

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It's rare to find an uplifting news theme like this, and this one is exceptional.

@christophercasey6775

2 жыл бұрын

This song is tough to beat.

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!!!!!

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!

@RageTVHTX

5 жыл бұрын

would be great but thats easier said than done.

@frankdenardo8684

4 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.sherrieb9977

3 жыл бұрын

Some statins are donating their old reels to universities who are digitizing and uploading their videos

@TGGaineyProductions

2 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".

Living in Wilmington, DE from the 80s till 2008, I got this almost every night. All Hail Jim Gardner.

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🎉

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.

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!

KTVU 2 in Oakland, California played this theme from 1971 to about 1975. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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 😢

12 people have personally disrespected Jim Gardner

@janettemcclelland2959

3 жыл бұрын

Now 15 folks who disrespected Jim Gardner. They watch Jim Rosenfield instead. Their loss.

@GoldenDaggerProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@janettemcclelland2959 WPVI doesn't deserve him.

@janettemcclelland2959

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoldenDaggerProductions As soon as he inevitably retires,NBC10 will get the viewers.

@ScottOSaurus

3 жыл бұрын

Friday night and the big story on action news is, im pissed at the dislikes.

@TheRenard10

3 жыл бұрын

Now 20 evil people 💀

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.

@rwboa22

2 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).

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

11 ай бұрын

Ditto!!!

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!!

I have always believed that organizations should never change identifying markers such as logos or theme songs. This is a prime example.

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.

@MichaelOKeefe2009

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was little bit later than that.

@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren

3 жыл бұрын

It's almost become the national anthem of Philadelphia apart from the Rocky Theme

@janettemcclelland2959

3 жыл бұрын

@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren It IS the Philadelphia National Anthem.

@DVSyoutube

3 жыл бұрын

The best local TV news theme in the United States ever. 👍

@shaneharrisnj3484

2 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...)

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.

50 years strong. Happy Anniversary, WPVI-TV! Action News, Delaware Valley’s Leading News Program.

I swear this is going to be played at my funeral - as a mandatory sing along ...

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

This song is legendary and generational now in Philly. May it live forever…. Action News 6 ☮️

@revinhatol

29 күн бұрын

WNEP-TV Scranton Wilkes-Barre

I remember this theme song from the early 1980's growing up in Philadelphia, PA.

When I finally spread my wings and fly away to South Carolina, this music will still be in heart, until it stops beating.

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

Wow a very first music video of action news

As a resident Minnesotan this is a amazing theme for a News program

As a former Delawarean, I remember this theme sing vividly from the 90s and early 2000s.

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.

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….

Al Hamm and The Hillside Singers did their thing on this one!!

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.

TriState residents grew up to this music and Jim Gardner

The breakdown @1:45 is the most badass thing about this legendary newscast anthem.

@christophercasey6775

2 жыл бұрын

The drums are incredible. Excellent playing

@NOV123

2 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

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

REST IN PEACE GARY PAPA!! Salute to Jum Garner 🫶🏾Channel 6abc news is Legendary!

2:03--"There goes that Action News car again"....because they didn't have vans in those days.

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 KZread.

@americanloyalist4599

Жыл бұрын

Stolen!

They killed this theme ❤they embodied the news 🗞️ theme on this song 🎵

I live near Atlantic City New Jersey so I see this channel all the time!

This has been stuck in my head for 39 years :)

I remember this Song I remember this now I’m 57 years old

Timeless classic! They're still using it now. 😎❤️

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,.... 😍

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.

@friesareyummy

2 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.

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 😊

Brings back memories. Even with all the modern conveniences of 2020, I'd rather be in the 80's

@NOV123

2 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.

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.

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.

The definition of "If it ain't broke don't fix it"

What a fantastic montage of the Delaware Valley 50 years ago!!

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.

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!!😉

That skyline sure has changed

I wish there was shorts for the music. So i could use it. It's the best song for Philly.

There is only one rule that's stays the same in Philadelphia... THE THEME WILL STAY, THE GRAPHICS WILL CHANGE! SO DON'T PANIC!

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.

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

There's no one who grew up in the Philadelphia regional area within the last 50 years who doesn't know this song

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?

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!

Our family moved from Warminster in 76 and I still remember this song.

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.

@Boodlums

2 жыл бұрын

omg I attended the same school as his daughter-didn't know he wrote this music!

@Boodlums

2 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.

@NOV123

2 жыл бұрын

And The Hillside Singers

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.

anyone still listening in 2020 when PHL changes the course of history again for the USA?

@jamescombs8316

3 жыл бұрын

Phiily's looking good from here! Thanks, PA!

@ejc1692

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescombs8316 You're welcome

@tapiture3720

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, reasonable folks in philly... I’m in York, PA and there are not enough of us here

@trayvondixon9661

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamescombs8316 bruh thjs comment is useless now cuz a tornado just hit philly so it aint fine now lol

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"!

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.

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.

WTVD channel 11 in Durham NC also used this theme for its Eyewitness news

Amazing ambiance. Brings me back to my youth!

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.

Action News, Delaware Valley's Leading News Program With Jim O'Brien, Don Tollefson, And Jim Gardner

@annedavis2561

3 жыл бұрын

I remember when Jim passed. Did Don pass from cancer? I'm not sure if I remember correctly?

@s.f.7724

3 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....

@annedavis2561

3 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..

All these years and I had never heard the full version. 🔥

Those bongos are badass.

OMG, Action News is like the soundtrack of my life....

@davidrileynyc5702

5 жыл бұрын

Once heard this song on WPIX- TV New York

@ericsamuelson5656

4 жыл бұрын

This is also the soundtrack to Buffalo, New York