Cordic's crew included Karl Hardman and Bob Trow, later known for portraying "Bob Dog" and "Robert Troll" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. KDKA gained a television sister station in late 1954, when Westinghouse purchased WDTV (channel 2) from the DuMont Television Network for a then-record price of $9.75 million. [88] However, Baudino later modified this opinion, and as the lead author, along with John Kittross, of a 1977 review of "Broadcasting's Oldest Stations", now concluded that the "first U.S. radio broadcasting station" was in fact Charles Herrold's San Jose station, dating to 1912. [47] On August 5, 1921, KDKA became the first radio station to broadcast a major league professional baseball game, when announcer Harold W. Arlin called the Pittsburgh Pirates-Philadelphia Phillies game from Forbes Field. In the century that followed, KDKA would thrill listeners with many more firsts. Moving the performers outdoors eliminated the echoing, so a tent was erected on the building roof, and for a time concerts were performed from this location. KDKA Anchors Ken Rice Kristine Sorensen David Highfield Heather Abraham Anchors/Reporters Briana Smith Royce Jones Lindsay Ward Meghan Schiller Kym Gable John Shumway Meteorologists Falicia Woody. Copyright 2022 RadioInsight / RadioBB Networks. He led news departments at stations in Williamsport (WRAK-AM and WKSB-FM), Clarion (WWCH-AM and WCCR-FM), Punxsutawney (WPXZ-FM and WECZ-AM) and Brookville (WMKX-FM). Starting Nov. 2, as part of the commemoration of the stations centennial anniversary, KDKA-AM will simulcast on FM for the first time and be heard on 100.1 FM. On November 2, 2020, KDKA began simulcasting on FM translator station 100.1 W261AX;[3] the move coincided with KDKA's 100th anniversary. Ed and Wendy King - bottom left. ", "Why Radiophone Broadcasting Should be Continued", "KDKA Set to Sign Off and Move From Studios Atop William Penn", "Engineers Test New KDKA Plant with Station Founder Listening", "KQV, Pittsburgh, and WCBM, Baltimore, Will Transfer to Blue Network in Fall", "Westinghouse pays record to buy DuMont's WDTV (TV)", "Pittsburgh Radio & TV Online Creating 'QED at DuMont's expense? Shelley Duffy Huge markets, much bigger than Pittsburgh, dont have stations like DVE anymore. A final frequency change took place in March 1941, under the provisions of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, as KDKA's clear channel assignment was shifted from 980 to 1020kHz. Patti Burns - anchor/reporter (1974-1997); died in 2001. Kate Farrell [45] On January 15, 1921, at 8p.m., KDKA broadcast a speech on European relief by Herbert Hoover from the Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh, that was carried ten miles (sixteen kilometers) by a telephone line connection to Westinghouse's East Pittsburgh Works. Growing up in the Pittsburgh area in the 1960s and '70s meant that media personalities from KDKA TV/Radio, WTAE and KQV loomed very large in my young life. ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group. Its radio studios are located at the combined Audacy Pittsburgh facility in the Foster Plaza on Holiday Drive in Green Tree, and its transmitter site is at Allison Park. Catch the show live on great stations like KMOX, KDKA and WSB. Paul Guggenheimer is a Tribune-Review staff writer. This was reflected in the slogan, repeated each week in Westinghouse's Radio Broadcasting News publication beginning with the January 1, 1922, debut issue, that "Westinghouse Station KDKA was first to give regular Broadcasting Programs". The Farkleberry items became synonymous with the Childrens Hospital Fundraiser that is a KDKA tradition. Jennifer is 5 ft 6 in tall and of above-average stature. The average salary of Ours is $65,345 per year. Paul Moyer - anchor/reporter (1971); later worked in Los Angeles at KNBC. 00:00 15:03 Meet Rose Tennent! Frank Conrad was never one to think small. PART OF AUDACY NEWS. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Listen live Sundays at 10 PM Eastern. Often mentioned his wife Gertrude. The changeover occurred at noon on April 10, 1992, when Larry Richert played the last song aired as a regular part of KDKA programming: Don McLean's "American Pie", signifying that, for KDKA, this was "the day the music died". The Big K Morning Show will air weekdays from 5:30am to 10am. It usually ran from 9 p.m. to midnight, sometimes until 12:30. Jeff Hathhorn Ron Klink - weekend anchor/reporter (19771991). Barbara Boylan Later publicity stated that KDKA was now broadcasting on 330 meters (909kHz), and in the fall of 1921 all the Westinghouse broadcasting stations began using 360 meters (833kHz). Although KDKA's history has been extensively reviewed, there are some inconsistencies between accounts, leading one researcher to note: "While the KDKA story is often recounted, the details tend to vary slightly both in the secondary source material and in the published recollections of the participants, including differences in the chronology of events and the relative importance of the parties involved. They used recently developed vacuum tube equipment that was capable of audio communication. In 1946, KDKA provided live coverage of the inauguration of David L. Lawrence as Pittsburgh Mayor, as well as the presidential and gubernatorial inaugurations. Introduction : Heather Abraham is an award-winning journalist & news presenter with KDKA-TV CBS Pittsburgh. Part of Audacy. KDKA delivers local, community content that impacts peoples lives in Pittsburgh. 888 688 WALT. [52] In 1922, H. P. Davis suggested that the best solution was "five or six large, well-located and powerful stations" which "could be licensed, protected and organized and that it would become a matter of such public value, that endowments or Federal subsidies would be possible which would assist those responsible for the service to carry it on and to continue the development and research required to get the most value out of it. It came as a complete shock to me, Battle said. But they can't do it all alone- below is The KDKA Morning News team. KDKA has described itself as the "Pioneer Broadcasting Station of the World. Bell's Photo Early programming often featured live musical performances by a band composed of Westinghouse employees. (And with no cable channels back then their presence was even more ubiquitous.) A second group of records with classified markings dating from President Biden's time as vice president was found in his home in Wilmington, Delaware. At night, the station continued its talk format. What will KDKA be in 10 years, 20 years? Ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili in questo. That show can be heard live at 10 a.m. on weekdays. He had already clocked many years with the station when I listened to him give the weather report in the morning while I was getting ready for school. Art Pallan, hired away from WWSW, and Bob Tracey became household names, playing the popular music of the day. Other notable personalities included Big Jack Armstrong, Bob Shannon and Terry McGovern; the latter two would go on to enjoy lucrative careers in the Film/TV industry as actors. On January 1, 1951, the married couple Ed and Wendy King launched Party Line, KDKA's first talk show, which ran until Ed King's death on November 18, 1971. In 1946, a KDKA promotional pamphlet, issued under the name of the station's general manager, Joseph E. Baudino, stated that Westinghouse's November 2, 1920, election day effort marked "the world's first regularly scheduled broadcast". 2023 Trib Total Media | All Rights Reserved. Chilly Billy Cardille Heather Abraham is an award-winning journalist & news presenter with KDKA-TV CBS Pittsburgh. So began the first broadcast by a commercially-licensed radio station. Patrice King Brown - anchor and former Pittsburgh 2Day host (19782011); retired on January 28, 2011. As of January 2009, Pintek was rehired at KDKA to host a 6p.m. to 10p.m. talk show, and, following the death of Fred Honsberger, took over the 12 noon-3 p.m. timeslot in January 2010. If I never hear Layla ever again, that will be fine with me.. Then he brought an even bigger idea to the airwaves. We dont have to fly anywhere anymore, because we dont have to be back in time to get to work., McDowells wife, Cindi, retired three weeks before he did after a career in administration at Chartiers Valley School District. Much of it has to do with the content and talent provided by its on-air personalities. [19] Six days later, the store's September 29 installment included a small notice titled "Air Concert 'Picked Up' By Radio Here", which noted that its demonstration set had been used to receive one of the Conrad broadcasts. Kevin Battle, co-host of the popular "KDKA Radio Morning Show," has been let go by the station's parent company Audacy, Inc. in an apparent cost cutting move. In 1958 a plaque was installed on the university campus crediting "9XM-WHA" as "The Oldest Station in the Nation", including the statement that the station began "broadcasting on a regular schedule in 1919". Before that she worked in the companys promotions department for 10 years. At KDKA, Wendy worked as an afternoon drive talk radio host before her firing in 2020. So its in that environment that this guy says, Hey, you can hear people talking through the air, not over a wire, through the air. 94 WIP Sportsradio 4. Sports Director Pittsburgh Today, will drive you home discussing the biggest stories of the day combined with conversations with the biggest newsmakers of the day, every day from 2pm to 6pm. Shelley has received multiple A.I.R. I reached into my pocket and held out my phone. The broadcasts were again suspended in early 1920, the result of a run-in with the local Radio Inspector. "[5], KDKA's establishment was an outgrowth of the post-World War I efforts of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to expand its commercial operations in the radio industry. What followed were a trio of talented hosts who carried on nonstop talk with on-air callers from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday. Baudino and Kittross also concluded that there was no significant link between the daily broadcasts introduced on August 20, 1920, by the Detroit News' "Detroit News Radiophone", as amateur station 8MK, and its subsequent transformation into WBL and later WWJ, something with which the newspaper stoutly disagreed: for example, in a 1934 advertisement, WWJ, still owned by the Detroit News, declared itself "America's Pioneer Broadcasting Station". Without a format sheet to follow, hes free to focus on some of his own favorites. I feel like Im standing on the shoulders of the greats. [23] That station operated under the amateur call sign of "8MK" and is now AM 950 WWJ. BOB DECARLO - KQV morning man in the 1970s, is the program director and morning personality at B-95 in Panama City, Fla. VINCE DELISI - a Duquesne University graduate who worked at KDKA-TV and WTAE Radio. Nick Kratsas [50], The original financing plan, of using the revenues from radio receiver sales to pay station costs, proved to be insufficient for a number of reasons. Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education A native of Pittsburgh, Heather was born on May 14, 1984. Jul 23, 2008. Paul Zeise, who has hosted evenings on Sports " 93.7 The Fan " KDKA-FM since January 2015, will move to 10am to 2pm on KDKA. We invite you to share condolences for Jeff [86] At this point the station's transmitter was transferred to San Francisco, and relicensed as 6XC, the "California Theater Station", which around April 1920 inaugurated a wide-ranging selection of daily broadcasts. [89] Still, while allowing for the possibility that "new data will be found",[90] the authors credited Baudino's former station, 8ZZ/KDKA, as being the "oldest [surviving] station in the nation". To regain access, please make sure that cookies and JavaScript are enabled and complete the CAPTCHA below. KDKA soon welcomed rock n' roll with music from iconic musicians like the Everly Brothers and Elvis. Hitting A Century. In September 1920, a newspaper report noted that "a new high-power station, to operate under a special or commercial license, is being installed at the Westinghouse plant in East Pittsburgh. [31], In the days before November 2, a series of test transmissions were made to check the equipment. With Marty set to team with Larry, Paul Zeise, another well-known personality to Pittsburghers, will move into the 10am to 2pm time slot on the 29th. "Spending four hours a day with a team that truly cares about this city is a tremendous honor and I look forward to the opportunity to serve our listeners." After a memorable stint with the John Dave Bubba Shelley morning team on B94, Shelley Duffy appeared on a number of area stations, most recently with KDKA until 2015. By the early 1970s, KDKA adopted more of an adult contemporary format, consisting of rock and roll hits of the 1960s plus soft rock, with artists such as America, the Carpenters, the Doobie Brothers, Paul Simon and Neil Diamond becoming core offerings. This was like a punch to the gut. For the 2007 season, KDKA lost the radio rights to the Pittsburgh Pirates to WPGB. Ive spoken to a few people in the (radio) industry and outside the industry. Bill Burns - anchor (1953-1989); died in 1997. Es gibt mehrere Grnde, warum dies passieren kann: Um wieder Zugriff zu erhalten, stellen Sie bitte sicher, dass Cookies und JavaScript aktiviert sind, bevor Sie die Seite neu laden the. KDKA became affiliated with the Blue network, and with this change began selling airtime: up until now, the station had been commercial-free. Bill Currie - sports reporter (1971-1985), died February 11, 2008. His broadcasting journey began. Now NewsRadio 1020 KDKA is available worldwide on the web! In 1923 the Department of Commerce stated that "The first broadcasting license was issued in September, 1921",[78] a reference to the September 15, 1921, Limited Commercial license issued to WBZ in Springfield, Massachusetts, which appears to be the first to state that the station would be used exclusively for broadcasting, transmitting on 360 meters, which would become the standard "entertainment" wavelength designated by the December 1, 1921, regulations. Although the pre-broadcast publicity and contemporary accounts stated that 8ZZ was the call sign used for the election night broadcast for example, in 1922 L.R. However, because of the competitive advantage RCA had in international and marine communications, initially there appeared to be limited opportunities available to Westinghouse. Please enter valid email address to continue. Barbara Boylan is a native Ohioan. It will be on your phone nonstop. I love Motown, I love all the Stax stuff. 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