Steve Tawa
Steve Tawa joined KYW Newsradio in 1990, and splits his time between reporting and anchoring.
He likes the mix of having a front row seat at stories that have been part of Philadelphia’s recent history, interviewing newsmakers, and pointing his microphone like a camera to incorporate sounds in his reports — as well as telling listeners about breaking events near and far while anchoring half-hour news blocks.
He previously worked through the 1980s at WCAU Radio in Philadelphia, covering City Hall and the courts, and anchoring afternoons.
He began his career in 1976 at WNHC in New Haven, anchoring afternoons, and then spent time as a city hall reporter at WEBR in Buffalo.
His first “big break” in broadcasting came during his college years in Boston, annoucing sales items over the public address system at Sears, Roebuck and Co. near Harvard Square.
When not on the street or in the studio for KYW, Steve noodles on the piano, collects classical and jazz music, and rides his bicycle up and down Main Line hills. He lives in Center City.
SEPTA Uses Stroller Accident To Spread Awareness Of Emergency Procedures
SEPTA Safety Director Scott Sauer says another alert passenger hit the emergency call button less than 20-seconds after the child’s fall.
City Council Committee Approves Bill To Require Parental Consent For Minors To Use Tanning Salons
Philadelphia City Council will take up a bill later this month to regulate tanning salons, now that it’s been approved in committee.
Septa Tweaks Its Fare Hike Plans, Although Most July 1st Increases Remain
Septa said it will not increase paratransit fares, and is slightly scaling back the increases on weekly and monthly passes.
Drexel Culinary Students Take Over Kitchen At Le Bec Fin For A Night
Dinner was by Drexel last night, guided by the regular kitchen staff, at one of Philadelphia’s most famous French restaurants on Walnut Street in Center City.
Lawyers Prepare For Penalty Phase Of Gosnell Trial
Jurors, who deliberated for two-weeks, had come back late Monday morning with word that they were hung on two charges, but returned 4 hours later with the verdicts.
Frenchman Pleads Guilty To Impersonating His Way Into US Air Cockpit at PHL
When 61-year-old Phillippe Jeannard boarded the plane, he wore a white Air France shirt and black leather jacket with epaulets on the shoulders. He had just arrived in Philadelphia from France on another flight.
Gosnell Abortion-Murder Trial Jury Will Have Five Hours of Trial Testimony Reënacted
Jurors want to revisit the testimony of Lynda Williams, one of four former clinic workers who pleaded guilty to third-degree murder charges.
Judge in Gosnell Case Warns TV Crews Away From Jurors
Lawyers in the case had an in-chambers conversation with Judge Jeffrey Minehart about TV crews taking pictures of jurors, apparently inadvertently, as they left the Criminal Justice Center on Monday.
Deliberations Begin In Kaboni Savage Murder Trial
The jury hearing the three-month long federal murder trial of a Philadelphia drug kingpin has begun deliberations.
Jury Turns Its Attention To Main Defendant In West Philadelphia Abortion-Murder Case
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder involving babies allegedly killed after being born alive and viable, and one count of third-degree murder in the death of a woman who died following an abortion.
Jurors in Gosnell Abortion-Murder Trial Focus First on Aide at Clinic
Jurors have reviewed a courtroom transcript of the testimony of a 2009 patient of defendant Eileen O’Neill, who is charged with six counts of theft by deception.
Vendors Give Philadelphians a Peek At Bike-Sharing Equipment Up For Bid
The city intends to roll out a program next year in which customers will be able to help themselves to a sturdy bike for a short time, paying at the self-service docking stations by the day or through an annual membership.
Grand Jury Indicts Teen in West Philadelphia Kidnap-Rape of Five Year Old
The case caused repercussions at Bryant Elementary School and across the Philadelphia school district after the girl was permitted to leave the school with a woman in a hijab posing as her mother.
Philadelphia Performing Arts H.S. Cancels Spring Musical Due To Budget Crunch
The spring musical, a signature event at Philadelphia’s High School for Creative and Performing Arts, will not go on as planned this year because of Philadelphia School District cutbacks.
Police Promise More Vigilance To Protect Septa Bus Drivers and Riders
The TWU sought the meeting after cataloguing what the union describes as a “spike” in assaults in 2011 and 2012.
