Welcome America! names new broadcast partner; Wawa extends sponsorship

Fourth of July fireworks light up Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
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The city's Fourth of July celebration will be back this year, but some changes were announced on Friday.

The Wawa Welcome America! -- an eight-day festival held on Benjamin Franklin Parkway to celebrate America's Independence Day -- announced on Facebook the event will be held June 27 through July 4.

The Philadelphia Business Journal reports Wawa will be the title sponsor through 2017.

The event has a new broadcast partner this year as Comcast NBCUniveral will take over for 6ABC, according to NBC10.

6ABC had been the event's broadcast partner since 2010.

The broadcast can be seen on NBC10, Telemundo62, Cozi TV and TeleXitos in the TV viewing area.

The full festival schedule will be released in May.