6abc to launch Action News at 10 a.m. in September

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- 6abc is announcing the launch of Action News at 10 a.m. beginning Sept. 11!

Alicia Vitarelli, Alyana Gomez and Nydia Han will anchor the newscast, with meteorologist Karen Rogers expanding her duties and joining the team with the AccuWeather forecast.

ABC stations WABC-TV in New York and WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina are also launching 10 a.m. newscasts.

The broadcast will fill the time slot previously held by the Tamron Hall show, which - after record-breaking season four ratings - is taking over the 2 p.m. time slot.

"Tamron has had an exceptional year, and I know this move will grow her incredibly passionate Tam Fam even more," said Chad Matthews, president, ABC Owned Television Stations. "And the addition of local news programming at 10 a.m. - led by these extraordinary teams - will allow us to dig even deeper into the topics and events that showcase our local communities and the issues most impacting them, as well as extend and expand upon breaking news and topics being discussed on 'Good Morning America' and 'Live with Kelly and Mark.'"

About 6abc/WPVI-TV Philadelphia

For over half a century, 6abc/WPVI-TV Philadelphia has been broadcasting to viewers in the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys, an area covering southeastern Pennsylvania, northern and central Delaware and southern New Jersey. As the No. 1 station in Philadelphia for almost 45 years, 6abc Action News delivers local news, information, traffic and weather to more than 3 million homes. Action News captures nearly half of all Adult 25-54 news viewers on an average day*. In the past year, Action News has won 2,467 out of 2,499 newscasts in Households for a winning percentage of 98.7%.

About ABC Owned Television Stations

The eight owned ABC stations are multiplatform leaders in local news and information. Collectively No. 1 across all U.S. television, reaching 23% of households and more than 34 million Total Viewers and 62 million digital visitors a month, with a record of 2.2 billion minutes streamed, the eight stations are comprised of WABC-TV New York, KABC-TV Los Angeles, WLS-TV Chicago, WPVI TV Philadelphia, KGO-TV San Francisco, KTRK-TV Houston, WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham and KFSN-TV Fresno. WABC-New York has remained the No. 1 station in the country for 19 years.