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On September 1, 1957, Pittsburgh's second commercial VHF station signed on as WIIC. The station's construction permit was originally issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in June 1955, to WIIC Incorporated – a joint venture of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , which owned WWSW radio (970 AM, now WBGG ), and Pittsburgh Radio Supply ...
Studio Wrestling was a live professional wrestling show broadcast from WIIC-TV Channel 11 in Pittsburgh every Saturday evening. In 1959, WIIC began broadcasting professional wrestling from their studio located in Fineview. The show was hosted by Bill Cardille through most of its run, although he was not the original host. The primary directors ...
Chiller Theatre, or Chiller Theater, was a late-night horror and science fiction movie program on WIIC/WPXI, Channel 11, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] It aired from September 14, 1963 to January 1, 1984. It was hosted by Bill Cardille, known to fans as "Chilly Billy". It was a Saturday night tradition for two generations of Pittsburghers.
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 ...
Pittsburgh: 31 10 WIIC-LD Bounce: QVC on 31.2 Pittsburgh: Uniontown: 31 22 WWKH-CD: HSN: Movies! on 31.2, Buzzr on 31.3, SBN on 31.4, Court TV Mystery on 31.5, Decades on 31.6 Pittsburgh: 39 19 WBYD-CD: Jewelry TV: Infomercials on 39.2, Shop LC on 39.3, QVC2 on 39.4 Pittsburgh: Charleroi: 45 29 WWAT-CD This TV
After having fought the award of a second commercial VHF outlet to Pittsburgh, the station reached a settlement with WIIC-TV (now WPXI) in early 1957 and ceased operations on August 31 of that year, one day before WIIC began broadcasting. The construction permit remained active through 1970 (being shifted to channel 22), but no station ever ...
DeFazio was a fan favorite and was popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He wrestled for the old Studio Wrestling program on WIIC-TV in Pittsburgh, hosted by Bill Cardille.He was a four-time winner of the World Wide Wrestling Federation's Junior Heavyweight Championship.
The following is a list of Pittsburgh Penguins broadcasters for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National ... WIIC: Sam Nover: Terry Schiffauer [3] 1975-76: WIIC: Sam ...