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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.
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
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.
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 ...
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 ...
KDKA-TV retained secondary affiliations with NBC until WIIC-TV (channel 11, now WPXI) signed on in 1957, and ABC until WTAE-TV (channel 4) signed on in 1958. Despite the ending of its commercial VHF monopoly, KDKA-TV did welcome competitor WIIC-TV on the air. [16] KDKA-TV became the flagship station of Westinghouse's broadcasting arm, Group W.
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 ...