Other Philly newsies in the news

Philadelphia media personalities sometimes make the news themselves:

The hard-charging WIP/NBC10 sports reporter has often been in hot water; it really boiled over after his friendship with a woman who was later murdered by her husband.

The Action News weathercaster left a nasty voice mail on the answering machine of her fiance's ex-wife - who released the tape.

The Fox29 anchor was taken off the air indefinitely after reportedly using the N-word during a news meeting.

WIP fired the host after he roughed up a producer.

NBC10 dismissed the reporter/anchor after she reportedly threatened a colleague by e-mail.

The 6ABC anchor made headlines during her long-running divorce case.

The weathercaster, who starts next month on Fox29, was a one-man gossip bonfire while at NBC10: reports of nightclub dustups, a celebrated romance with singer Lauren Hart, and a child with former NBC10 anchor Tiffany McElroy.

The Kennett Square native became a star at KYW-TV before being hired away by NBC. Rumors of drug use peaked after a slurred on-air appearance in 1983. Less than a month later Savitch drowned when the car she was riding in plunged into a canal in Bucks County.