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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.
Multiple people have held temporary positions as broadcasters, including former players Don Hoak, Dave Giusti, Willie Stargell, and Pittsburgh Penguins' broadcaster Mike Lange. [8] WWSW-FM broadcast Pirates' games on the radio during the 1940s and 1950s until KDKA became the franchise's flagship station in 1955. [9]
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
The following is a list of Pittsburgh Penguins broadcasters for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey ... KDKA-TV: Mike Lange: Paul Steigerwald: KBL: 1993-94 ...
Marie Torre (born Torregrossa; [1] June 17, 1924, Brooklyn, New York – January 3, 1997) was a television personality who appeared on KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1962 to 1977. She was the station's first woman anchor [ 2 ] and one of the first female anchors in the United States.
Joan Vassos' season of "The Golden Bachelorette" is set to premiere on Sept. 18. The cast of men include a girl dad, a private investor and more.
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 ...
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."