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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.
KDKA people (17 P) Pages in category "Radio personalities from Pittsburgh" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 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
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."
When Rege Cordic left KDKA for Los Angeles in 1965, Pallan and former Cordic sidekick Bob Trow were given the morning show. "Pallan and Trow, Two For The Show" debuted on November 29, 1965, and ran through April 1968. At that time KDKA changed the direction of the morning show by hiring Jack Bogut from Salt Lake City. Pallan then returned to ...
The fourth inning broadcast announced by Prince on May 3 was the fifth-most runs scored in any one inning (9) in Pirates franchise history. A commentator on KDKA-TV (Channel 2) referred to it on the 6 p.m. news as the "last revival of the Green Weenie," Prince's good luck charm from 1966. [12] [13] Prince announced a few following homestands ...