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An additional qualifier sometimes proposed for KDKA is that it was the first "commercial" station, but there is no consensus here either, as a 1945 advertisement for WWJ claimed that station was the one where "commercial radio began". [98] (WWJ and KDKA were both initially commercial-free, and did not start to accept advertising until the mid ...
KDKA-FM (93.7 MHz, "93.7 The Fan") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. through licensee Audacy License, LLC and broadcasts a sports radio format .
W261AX is a translator station serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania market, broadcasting on 100.1 MHz on the FM dial with a power of 99 watts. The station is owned by the Martz Communications Group (through its Radio Power subsidiary), but broadcasts the programming of Audacy, Inc.-owned news/talk station KDKA (1020 AM).
In 2012, KDKA-FM in Pittsburgh became the flagship station, replacing WPGB-FM., [1] KDKA (AM) also simulcasts all weekday afternoon games as well as select other broadcasts, and serves as the backup station when 93.7 airs Pittsburgh Panthers football. [2] Greg Brown and Joe Block do play by play.
The following is a list of radio stations formerly owned by CBS Radio, ... All News; WBBM-FM - 96.3 - CHR/Top 40; ... KDKA - 1020- KDKA-FM- 93.7 - ...
KDKA people (17 P) Pages in category "Radio personalities from Pittsburgh" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
Pittsburgh is home to the first commercial radio station in the United States, KDKA 1020AM, the first community-sponsored television station in the United States, WQED 13, the first "networked" television station and the first station in the country to broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, KDKA 2, and the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Burns was a familiar face to Pittsburghers; for much of the time he was at KDKA, he anchored the noon and 11 p.m. newscasts. Burns became a part of news history when in 1976, he began to share anchor duties with daughter and fellow journalist Patti Burns, who had become an anchor in her own right. Their pairing, initially derided as "The Patti ...