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KDKA Sports Director Bob Pompeani and former Steelers QB Charlie Batch handle the broadcast duties. Coach Mike Tomlin's weekly press conference is shown live on KDKA-TV's sister station WPKD-TV, channel 19. National NFL Network broadcasts are shown locally on KDKA-TV, while national ESPN broadcasts are shown locally on WTAE, channel 4.
The Steelers franchise has a rich history of producing well-known sportscasters over the years: the most famous of whom was Myron Cope, who served as a Steelers radio color commentator for 35 seasons (1970-2004). Additionally, several former players for the Pittsburgh Steelers picked up the broadcast microphone:
In 1994, Hillgrove was handpicked by Steelers owner Dan Rooney to succeed the retiring Jack Fleming as the play-by-play broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Steelers.. After working for many years alongside famous color broadcaster Myron Cope, his Steeler broadcast partners now include former Steelers players like Merrill Hoge (former color), Tunch Ilkin (former color), Craig Wolfley (color), and ...
WPKD-TV and KDKA-TV serve as the area's official Pittsburgh Steelers stations and air several team-related shows. This includes Steelers Saturday Night on Saturday nights from 9 to 10 p.m. and Steelers TV on Saturday nights from 11 to 11:30 p.m. (hosted by Steelers Digest editor Bob Labriola) during the NFL season.
KDKA-FM (93.7 MHz, "93.7 The Fan") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. through licensee Audacy License, LLC and broadcasts a sports radio format .
KDKA-TV's studio building at One Gateway Center in Pittsburgh. The station has been housed in this facility since 1956. [8] KDKA-TV's updated studio building signage put up in April 2019. KDKA radio moved to Green Tree in 2010. KDKA-TV's 2021 news truck, a Chevrolet Equinox, in Pittsburgh. By 1954, DuMont was in serious financial trouble.
KDKA logo from 2002 to 2020; until 2006, a version referring to the station as "News Talk" instead of "Newsradio" was used. The typeface used for the frequency and call sign had been used in logos for KDKA since 1963, and was also used by the other Group W stations. For the 2007 season, KDKA lost the radio rights to the Pittsburgh Pirates to WPGB.
Cope waves a Terrible Towel at Heinz Field – October 31, 2005. In 1968, Cope began doing daily sports commentaries on what was then WTAE-AM radio in Pittsburgh. [11] His unique nasal voice, with a distinctive Pittsburgh area accent, was noticed by the Steelers' brass, and he made his debut as a member of the Steelers' radio team in 1970.