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People associated with radio station KDKA (AM) &/or television station KDKA-TV — both based in Pittsburgh, western Pennsylvania. Pages in category "KDKA people" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Pages in category "Television personalities from Pittsburgh" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Bill Burns – KDKA anchor (1953–1989) Patti Burns – KDKA anchor with her father Bill; Bill Cardille – broadcaster known as Chilly Billy, host of Chiller Theatre and Studio Wrestling; Murray Chass – sportswriter; Beano Cook – ESPN college football analyst; Myron Cope – sports journalist, radio personality, and sportscaster
KDKA people (17 P) Pages in category "Radio personalities from Pittsburgh" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
KDKA-TV retained secondary affiliations with NBC until WIIC-TV (channel 11, now WPXI) signed on in 1957, and ABC until WTAE-TV (channel 4) signed on in 1958. Despite the ending of its commercial VHF monopoly, KDKA-TV did welcome competitor WIIC-TV on the air. [16] KDKA-TV became the flagship station of Westinghouse's broadcasting arm, Group W.
This is a listing of current and former Pittsburgh television news reporters. Pages in category "Pittsburgh television reporters" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
John Shumway is an American journalist, working at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Shumway began his broadcasting career as a disc jockey for WLAP Radio in Lexington, Kentucky. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Eastern Kentucky University in 1978. After graduation, he started his news career in the WLAP Radio newsroom.
Burns anchored KDKA-TV's noon news continuously for over 35 years until he retired in 1989. For most of that time, he also anchored the station's 11 p.m. newscast, working a split 14-hour shift. Pittsburghers still recall his familiar sign-off from his late newscasts, wishing viewers a "Good night, good luck, and good news tomorrow."