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KDKA-TV presently broadcasts 43 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday, 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours on Saturdays and 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours on Sundays); KDKA-TV also produces 3 hours, 35 minutes of local newscasts each weekday for its independent sister station WPKD-TV, in the form of a two-hour extension of KDKA-TV's ...
KDKA was the last major Pittsburgh television station to begin airing newscasts in HD and the WPCW shows were included in the upgrade. On September 20, 2021, WPCW added a 12:30 p.m. rebroadcast of KDKA's noon newscast. On January 8, 2024, WPKD-TV added an 8 p.m. newscast called Primetime News on KDKA+. [41]
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."
CBS News and Stations is a division of the CBS Entertainment ... [46] and began airing WCBS-TV produced newscasts on July 2, ... Pittsburgh, PA: KDKA-TV: 2 (25) 1995 ...
At KDKA-TV, he has anchored the morning and weekend news. Previously , he was a featured General Assignment Reporter on the station's evening newscasts. He was also featured on KDKA-AM where he co-hosted the KDKA Morning News with Larry Richert and Shelly Duffy until he left in April 2020. He is now a member of the KDKA-TV Morning News team.
WTAE-TV began broadcasting on September 14, 1958; the station has been Pittsburgh's ABC affiliate since its sign-on. Pittsburgh had only one major commercial television station for close to a decade—DuMont-owned WDTV (channel 2, now KDKA-TV), which signed on in 1949 and carried programs from all four television networks (DuMont, ABC, NBC and CBS).
KDKA-Channel 2 hired DeNardo in the late 1950s to brief its on-air weather personalities before every newscast. Eventually, Channel 2 managers asked him to do a few forecasts for the TV station's sibling radio station, KDKA-1020 AM. DeNardo started his broadcast career, on KDKA Radio, in 1957. DeNardo and KDKA reached an agreement for him to ...
In 1978, he moved to KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as weekend sports anchor. He later became sports director, appearing on the station's 6 and 11 o'clock newscasts. Then, in October 1980, KDKA announced that he would join Pirates broadcast legend Lanny Frattare for televised games during the 1981 season. [1]