Wally Kennedy

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Wally Kennedy hosted AM Philadelphia, Philly After Midnight and Inside Story on WPVI-TV, over a twenty year period. The programs each won their respective time periods in the Nielsens, remaining the most successful talk programs in the TV market(1). He also hosted a local, news-driven Sunday morning talk program, Sunday Live, on WPVI.

He was among a handful of broadcasters honored by Philadelphia City Council Resolution(2). Kennedy was also profiled in PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE.

In 2004, he left WPVI and joined the faculty at Temple University's School of Journalism as an adjunct professor.

Prior to working at WPVI, he was at WCAU, Philadelphia and WSB, Atlanta. He is a native of Chicago, where he graduted from Columbia College.

As of 2006, he is an anchor for KYW NewsRadio 1060.

(1)NSI,8/84-9/04 (2)Resolution 970728