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KYW Jingle

Every fifteen minutes, the station's famous jingle ("KYW, Newsradio--ten-sixty!") is played, and the top stories are recapped.

At the top of every hour, a recording of Dick Covington (who died in 2004; all other station imaging is done by Sean Caldwell) is played announcing the following information: "All news, all the time. From Independence Mall, this is KYW Newsradio 1060, a CBS Radio station serving Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware."

At :02, :12, :22, :32, :42 and :52 after the hour, traffic & transit reports ("on the twos") are introduced with car horns sounding the first five notes of the KYW jingle.

At :30 past the hour, the recording is slightly different, with Covington announcing that "the newswatch never stops" (borrowed from sister station WINS), and that KYW is "the news authority in Philadelphia."

At :15 and :45 past the hour, after the song is played, there is no recording. As the song fades out, the following message is always read by the current anchor:

"You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the world. This is KYW, the newscenter on your radio dial, and now heard Online at the new cbsphilly.com ."

The anchor will then introduce him/her self and the editor-on-duty, and move directly into top story and sports. In addition, the current weather conditions on Independence Mall and AccuWeather forecast are announced before the song.

In addition, at exactly the top of the hour and :30 past the hour a beep is played over anything else that is being broadcast, including commercials, as a time signal.