"For those people who would like to see the Philadelphia Mummers Parade on National TV"
_{(Disclaimer: Although we would be proud to be, The Mummers On
National TV campaign is not associated with any of the Philadelphia Mummers or TV broadcasting organizations.)}

It is with great sadness we have to announce WGN America (formerly SUPERSTATION WGN) WILL NOT televise any portion of the 2009 Mummers Parade live on New Year Day 2009.
However, WGN will air the last 2 hours of WPHL's coverage of the parade on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 at 2pm est.

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Welcome to the Mummers on National TV Grassroots Campaign
While growing up in South Jersey, New Years Day was a day of celebration just as exciting as New Years Eve. The TV, on which we had the luxury of 3 channels, was tuned to the channel that had the privilege of broadcasting the Philadelphia New Years Day parade staring The Mummers. Mom would make easy foods and throughout the day we would watch for our friends and neighbors marching in the parade.

The colorful costumes and wonderful music, as well as the traditional 'strutting' are what makes the parade unique. The subtitle of STRUT! The Movie says it all, "One day a year, the working people of Philadelphia rule!"

A parade like no other, part Mardi Gras, part burlesque and all Philly, The Philadelphia New Years Day parade has been the number one event on the first of January for over a 100 years.

The parade starts at about 9:00AM, continues until early evening and is televised locally from beginning to end.

This web site has been grassroots campaign for those who would like to see the Mummers Parade on national TV. Learn more about the campaign.

...(Read about the campaign)

Please, take your time and enjoy your visit.
Be sure to join our Want-A-See mailing list and the nationwide petition just begun at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/MummersTV01 to be sent to the media and Southwest Airlines as soon as there are 10,000 names.

2008 Mummers Parade Photos

2008 Parade Results

Checkout the new Mummers Museum Website

_{Mummers News by Frank Conforti}

Notice 01.03.07

Due to increased traffic with many great ideas and suggestions, to our Mummers On National TV mailing list, we have created an open discussion mailing list for sharing ideas such as webcasting the Mummers Parade and other means of assuring future national TV coverage. This list is separate from the Want-A-See list which is for comments the media will read.

We look forward to your input. Click here to join

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