Willie Webber

Bill "Wee Willie" Webber (June 11, 1929 – May 23, 2010) was an American radio and television personality and pioneer. Webber worked in radio and television in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, region for more than 50 years.

Biography Webber was born in Havana, Cuba. It typically aired weekdays from 7:45 am – 9:00 am and on Saturdays from 9:00 am – 10:00 am. Breakfast Time was Philadelphia's top-rated early-morning TV show for many years.

The cartoons included Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird and other Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies features. The theme song for the show was Bugler's Holiday by Leroy Anderson. Breakfast Time was one of the first shows to be videotaped instead of kinescoped. Vladimir K. Zworykin crossed the Delaware River from the RCA laboratory in Camden, New Jersey to supervise an early test. One of those videotapes from January 1963 has survived and can be seen in a YouTube playlist.

However, Webber's quiz show was canceled in 1965 when Westinghouse Broadcasting acquired the station and moved production of The Mike Douglas Show to Philadelphia. 1956-1963 WFIL-TV Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Breakfast Time, substitute booth announcer on American Bandstand, host of Hess's Fashion/Toy shows, the Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Mummers Parade 1964 WRCV-TV Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hosted TV quiz show Tug-o-War (cancelled so the studio could be used for The Mike Douglas Show) and regionally syndicated Challenge Billiards 1965-1975 WPHL-TV Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Wee Willie Webber Colorful Cartoon Club, The Bill Webber Show (the Philadelphia Phillies' pregame show) 1976-1979 WKBS-TV Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Kids Block 2000 WHYY-TV Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A Walk Up Broad Street

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