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KDKA people (17 P) Pages in category "Radio personalities from Pittsburgh" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
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.
KDKA people (17 P) P. Pittsburgh television reporters (4 P) Pages in category "Television personalities from Pittsburgh" The following 31 pages are in this category ...
In 1954, Cordic & Company moved to KDKA (AM) on Labor Day, one of the first times that an American radio station had hired a major personality directly from a local competitor. Popular Bette Smiley had decided to retire from her full-time KDKA wake-up show Radio Gift Shoppe of the Air and move to a Sunday-only condensed version on WCAE in ...
David Newell – TV actor, "Mr. McFeely" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; Beth Ostrosky – model, TV personality, wife of Howard Stern; Bob Trow – TV actor, "Bob Dog" and "Robert Troll" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; Ricki Wertz – WTAE-TV; Lucian Wintrich – Artist, writer, photographer, former White House Correspondent for Gateway Pundit
WWSW-FM broadcast Pirates' games on the radio during the 1940s and 1950s until KDKA became the franchise's flagship station in 1955. [9] In 2006, the Pirates switched to WPGB in an attempt to reach younger age brackets; under the contract WPGB carried Pirates' games though the 2011 season. [10]
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."
William Robert Cardille (December 10, 1928 – July 21, 2016), also known as "Chilly Billy", was an American broadcast personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.He was well known to regional viewers as a late-night horror host, but is perhaps more widely remembered for his appearance in George A. Romero's landmark zombie film Night of the Living Dead (1968), portraying a fictional version of ...