Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jim O'Brien was the stage name of James Franklin Oldham (November 20, 1939–September 25, 1983), who came to Philadelphia in 1970 to become a disc jockey at radio station WFIL, after short stints at KHJ in Los Angeles and WOR-FM in New York City. In 1976, he joined the WPVI-TV Channel 6 Action News team as a sports anchor. He soon became the weatherman and became a local, beloved legend with his presentation of the weather, being the only Philadelphia area weatherman to use a pointer while on the air. O'Brien eventually co-anchored the 5:00PM newscast, the local edition of Dialing for Dollars, and the weekend magazine show Primetime.O'Brien was posthumously inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 1997.. }
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- Jim_O'Brien_(reporter) abstract "Jim O'Brien was the stage name of James Franklin Oldham (November 20, 1939–September 25, 1983), who came to Philadelphia in 1970 to become a disc jockey at radio station WFIL, after short stints at KHJ in Los Angeles and WOR-FM in New York City. In 1976, he joined the WPVI-TV Channel 6 Action News team as a sports anchor. He soon became the weatherman and became a local, beloved legend with his presentation of the weather, being the only Philadelphia area weatherman to use a pointer while on the air. O'Brien eventually co-anchored the 5:00PM newscast, the local edition of Dialing for Dollars, and the weekend magazine show Primetime.O'Brien was posthumously inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 1997.".