Howard moved to Hartford, Connecticut, to work for WFSB as a reporter and weekend anchor, and then arrived in Philadelphia in 1977 to become the 5:30 p.m. co-anchor of WPVI's Action News; the newscast would expand to an hour in 1981.
Howard transitioned from working as a reporter and weekend anchor for WFSB in Hartford, Connecticut, to becoming the co-anchor of WPVI's Action News at 5:30 p.m., which expanded to an hour in 1981.