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

I'm not from Philly but this song is such a jam, killing chord changes.

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.

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

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.

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.

Jim Gardner was the absolute GOAT of Action News!

If this isn't the kindest song ever

the fact this isn't on Spotify is a crime

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

12 people have personally disrespected Jim Gardner

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.

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!

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!

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

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

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

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.

Best news song ever

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.

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.

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 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

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...

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.

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!

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

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

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!!!!!

This is depressingly nostalgic and beautiful. We'll never know another time like the seventies.

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.

Wow a very first music video of action news

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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….

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The 1 thumbs down probably watches Eyewitness News

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 KZfaq.

sitting on the front stoop on a warm day and hearing this coming through a neighbors living room window.

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

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

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

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

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

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

TriState residents grew up to this music and Jim Gardner

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

Everyone in Philadelphia rise up for your national anthem:

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.

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

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

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.

That skyline sure has changed

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!

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.

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

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!!😉

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?

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,.... 😍

Best news theme song EVER 🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Years ago 88.5 FM had a Kids Favorite Songs contest and this was the winner!

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

When we heard this as kids, that means it was time for bed.

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.

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

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

Awesome, very cool nostalgic video. 'Listened to it for years on TV and never new there was so much to it. Now I can't call it random news theme music... it's so much more!

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.

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

I loved your theme song still do this day! I used to watch action news with my parents

"There's that Action News van"

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