
Whatever Happened to Philadelphia TV’s John Bolaris, Pat Ciarrocchi, Larry Mendte & More?
Philadelphia is a truly unique town. In Philly we love the Eagles, the Phillies and our local TV news personalities (we even threw a tailgate party in a Target parking lot for Jim Gardner’s final broadcast at 6abc).
So, it made us wonder: what ever happened to some of the city’s most prominent former personalities including John Bolaris, Renee Chenault, Pat Ciarrocchi, Larry Mendte and more.
Keep scrolling to find out!
Where are they Now?
We have to admit: covering the on-goings of Philadelphia’s TV personalities often makes the BIGGEST stories at 945PST.com.
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In fact, last year’s top visited coverage was asking the question: what really happened to 6abc’s Jamie Apody? Jamie disappeared from TV screens in late 2023, and it took months for us to solve the mystery that she had "parted ways" with the station. You can click here to read our ongoing coverage of that story, by the way.
Let’s go further back though and look back at some others.

Philadelphia's iconic TV personalities have been no strangers to everything from on-air botched forecasts (remember March 2001, John Bolaris?) to off-air email scandals (Larry Mendte and Alycia Lane) and more.
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But, yet, they’re OUR personalities. And we love them for that reason.
So we’re thrilled that we learned Pat Ciarrocchi seems to be doing pretty well. In fact, most of our former personalities that we look at below seem to be doing pretty well.
You can take a look below:
Where Are They Now? Looking Back at Philadelphia TV's Most Famous Anchors
Gallery Credit: Joe, 94.5 PST
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