WJLA, from which Kelly will arrive, fields a 24/7 cable news outlet of which Kelly was a part. The other interesting part of the change is the streaming channel to which Bilo will be adding more weather content. The shtick Kelly’s known for sound as if it can be fun, and Philadelphia television news needs some brightening. She may not have the cachet of Channel 6’s Cecily Tynan and Adam Joseph or Channel 29’s Kathy Orr, but she delivered a good, solid forecast, explained weather phenomena well, and was in sync with the pleasant, friendly tone Washington sets as the helm of Channel 3’s newscasts.Ī change seems best as a way to add something, someone, new to a television market that features staid, formulaic news programming on all four stations producing news and carrying the blandness to the shows Channel 6 mounts for Channel 17 and Channel 3 brings to Channel 57. The move is more some stirring of the pot than it is a necessity.īilo has done a good job of presenting the weather on Channel 3’s primetime shows. In one interview about his move, Kelly is quoted as saying he looks forward to introducing his daughters to the city where their grandparents were born.
They have three daughters, two of them being twins. Kelly has been married for 19 years to his wife, Jolene. He is a graduate of California State University in Sacramento, where his major was broadcast news communications, and completed the two-year broadcast meteorology program at Mississippi State University. Kelly, who came to WJLA, an ABC affiliate, in 2017, is known for livening weather reports by antics such as using an entire golf course as his green screen and pretending to paddle a kayak in front of weather graphic created for the occasion.īesides D.C., Kelly has been in Columbus, Ohio Phoenix Spokane, Washington Sacramento, California Cincinnati, Medford, Oregon and Eureka, California, with the first three as chief meteorologist.
It occurs just as Channel 3 news anchor Ukee Washington inherits the “dean” mantle as longest-serving anchor from Channel 6’s retiring Jim Gardner. The shift marks the first shuffling of talent in a while. “Eyewitness News” team report on Channel 57. weekday shows while also presiding over the 10 p.m. weekday editions of “Eyewitness News.” Kelly will take over the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. 9.īilo, who has occupied KYW-TV’s top weather slot since 2015, will appear on the noon and 4 p.m. Kate Bilo will move to daytime duty and create some forecasts and features for Channel 3’s streaming channel while Bill Kelly, currently at D.C.’s WJLA-TV, replaces her as the CBS Philadelphia station’s chief meteorologist, starting Jan.
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