Nevertheless, the station retained the 2003 studio set and graphics package for the next two years and has moved the "7 News" and "Live/Local/Latebreaking" slogans back to the 2 a.m. news brief. Weinstein was WKBW's main anchor from 1964 until his retirement in 1998, doubling as news director for most of that time. BOB DEARBORN who preceded Don Berns on WTAEs afternoon show, and worked at oldies station WJMK Chicago. Its transmitter is located at 8909 Center Street in Colden, New York. Contact him atdbowmaninschools@aol.comor visit his websitedennisbowman.net. Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Genero's experience as an evening news anchor was minimal, and within months, Leighton quit the station, with Genero being moved to mornings. Still keeping a hand in radio while practicing law in Washington, DC, Kelly did weekends and swing at WAVA and Q107. My husband is a television producer and we have two small children.. In the aftermath of the crash of Flight 3407, Katie followed the families' struggle to change airline regulations, and traveled with them to Washington D.C. as the NTSB investigated the incident. Note: I was born in McKeesport. MARGARET SHORTRIDGE native Pittsburgher and former WPXI weekend anchor, Margaret made her way out to the West Coast soon after getting married and also spent time as the medical reporter at Fox affiliate WFLD-TV in Chicago. Currently Director of Coverage and Content at WPXI-TV. Left in 1987.to program WLAC-FM in Nashville. Later returned to his home state of Connecticut. In San Diego, many U.S. companies lease Mexican signals. Since 1997, my family and I divide our time between homes in Ben Avon, PA and Greenwich, Connecticut. The site's accuracy has suffered and is often outdated. BARRY KAYE former DJ at WJAS in the 50s known by locals as the DJ in whose basement The Del Vikings were first recorded (a couple guys even had to crawl into a closet! When Capital Cities merged with ABC in 1986, it sold WKBW-TV to Queen City Broadcasting, a minority-owned firm, instead of becoming an ABC O&O. Now she anchors from 2-5 p.m. and 8 p.m. She also re-launched her talk show as Spotlight New Jersey a show which focuses on notable people of all ages. His website iswww.terrymcgovern.com. On demand video of newscasts is available. Jerry Azar - hired in 1989 and served as 11 p.m. sports anchor for three years. wkbw.com. (info needed), DENNIS BOWMAN the former WPXI weather forecaster, moved on to be on the air at WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kansas. SHAWN YANCY Former WTAE-TV Reporter and Anchor. There was a problem saving your notification. KELLY RANDALLDid evenings and afternoons at WPEZ from 1978 1980, following that did evenings at FM97 for Chuck Brinkman. KENT DERDIVANIS who was a member of the Pirates broadcast team from 1990-1993. Clinton Churchill, original owner of 50,000 watt radio station WKBW AM 1520 in Buffalo, was granted the license to operate the station in 1957. As of 9/10/2004, I am J.J. on KISS 101.7 WJKS WILMINGTON, DE a QC Communications Station. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) 7 Eyewitness News is excited to welcome a new addition to the WKBW family. JIM HORNE KDKA DJ from 1967-72, became an actor in New York now known as J.R. Horne. Read bios of our anchors and reporters. Currently broadcasting NFL Cardinals pre-season football, Arena football in Phoenix, talk show work on KTAR in Phoenix, BETH DOLINAR From 1986 to 1994 I was an investigative reporter and sometime anchor at WTAE-TV. 99.3 is one, and 105.7 is also out of Mexico, slamming across the border like you wouldnt believe. Also the voice ofwww.webjhn.comand can be found atwww.jjsolomon.net. Maria Genero, Rich Newberg, and Brian Blessing were the News 4 Weekend Staff for a good part of the 80s. KEN MEASE former sports anchor with KDKA-TV and WPXI, moved on to become a sports anchor and producer at WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C. for 17 years. Between 2000 and 2003 (and from 2008 to 2009), the morning show was known as Eyewitness News This Morning, and from 2003 to 2008 was known as 7 News This Morning. In late 1993, the Granite Broadcasting Corporation acquired a large minority (45 percent) stake in WKBW-TV from Queen City Broadcasting. Say "Good Morning Buffalo" with Katie, Ed and Aaron every morning! He had a radio nostalgia website atbobshannon.com website no longer active. JOHN POISTER PD and Mid day jock at WIXZ /McKeesport when it went country in 1975. Kelly and his morning partner, Dan Cooke, moved to Philadelphia in 1983 to do mornings for Coxs WSSH (which became Z106). BOB GIBSON formerly with KDKA radio and TV, now freelances in New York after many years with all-news WCBS/New York. The station's digital signal remained on channel 38. Good Morning Western New York (the show's title from 1989 to 2000 and from 2009 to the present) initially started at 6 a.m. moved on to anchor with WFTS, the ABC affiliate in Tampa and then on the investigative team at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis. DON BERNS WTAEs afternoon DJ in the 80s, moved onto CKOX in Newmarket, Ontario. Get the recommendations on what's streaming now, games you'll love, TV news and more with our weekly Home Entertainment newsletter! Since 2011 Lokay has been at Hearst-owned WCVB 5 in Boston. The station revived "Move Closer to Your World" for promotions celebrating the station's 50th anniversary, for the intro to breaks during its newscasts. It is the ABC affiliate for the Buffalo television market, and is one of many local Buffalo TV stations seen over-the-air and on cable in Canada. In October 2000, Daniels abruptly resigned from KHQ and left the TV news business to work as a communications consultant and trainer in Washington, D.C.[5], In 2003, Daniels and two partners created the communications consulting and coaching firm, 3D Communications, with offices located across the country. Now working as a traffic reporter for Clear Channels Washington DC Cluster. Moved to Honolulu in 1981 and did evenings at KIKI and then mornings at 93FMQ. Heck, we even gave Dennis Miller his first shot opening up for Pittsburgh Today. Banks was one of the highest paid television personalities in the Buffalo market. Moved back to Pittsburgh in 1989 as APD/PM Drive for the 9 month run of Energy 105 WNRJ(formerly WYDD) with Tony Florentino and Dave LaBrozzi. Sales Executive, 1998 . In 1976 I moved to television by joining WTAJ TV in Altoona. It's transmitter is located @ 8909 Center Street in Colden, New York. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Presently working at the Butler County Radio Network WISR, WBUT & WLER. (December, 2009). We also run a small restaurant in the French countryside, so I split time between Phoenix and France. (7/9/19). In the late 1990s, he set up the American branch of an Australian audio magazine company where he was CEO and editor in chief. WKBW-TV produced iconic children's programing such asRocketship 7 and The Commander Tom Show from the 1960s through the 1980s. Outside of work, Katie enjoys staying active. JIM MERKEL Currently doing voiceovers from home studio. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays Since then, Ive moved to the former WXRB (now WJJJ), then to WTTF Toledo, WPHM Detroit, WIFN Detroit, WMJZ Gaylord, MI before landing back in the Pittsburgh area at WJPA Washington. Merkel by himself. [3] The station produces less news content during the week than its competitors (24 hours, compared to thirty for WGRZ and forty for WIVB), is the only one in the market that does not produce a 10 p.m. newscast, nor does it produce a weekend morning newscast, while the other two stations in the market have both. ART PALLAN retired to Fort Myers, Florida after working more than 40 years at WWSW and KDKA radio. Bennett died in September 2015 at age 72. Currently in field operations for Ford Division Marketing and Sales at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI. www.voiceimaging.com, JAY MITCHELL WJPA AM/FM Washington, PA, Program Director 1968 1977; WNEU AM Wheeling, WV, Mid-days 1977 1978; WWSW AM/FM Pittsburgh, Evenings 1978 1979; WWSW (3WS) Evenings, 1979 1983; WTAE AM Pittsburgh, Evenings 1983 1987; WWSW (3WS) Pittsburgh, Weekends 2001 2003; 84 Lumber in Eighty Four, PA, PR Director 1987 1989; Harrington & Mitchell, Pittsburgh, VP/Sales 1989 1996; Production Masters, Pittsburgh, SR. News / Apr 11, 2023 / 11:32 PM EDT. He is now a personal injury attorney and still occasionally appears on, Maria Genero, co-anchor of 5 p.m. Newscasts (20012004). Then go home Merkel. My clients include ESPN Classic Canada and The Hockey Network. Also worked at WWCH-AM/WCCR-FM, Clarion, and WASP-AM, Brownsville. Now at, Bridget Blythe - anchor, 2004-2010. His production company (known as Tom Daniels Multimedia Productions) is heavily involved in marketing Desktop Publishing, Audio Recording, both Print and Broadcast Ad Production, Pre-recorded Broadcast Programming, Archival Sound Preservation, and even Photo-Restoration. Through the years, WKBW-TV has served a mix of local programming, and news that serves the Western New York community, with many viewers in Southern Ontario as well. Beginning in 2000, the station began making some questionable moves that arguably began its fall to the bottom. In 1998 i launched WSOX. Kelly moved to Denver in 1997 to work as an in-house counsel for MCI and did weekends at Alice 106 for Gregg Cassidy until 2001. Ken Philips -- Last time we. May 1, 2023 at 5:57 PM. Left broadcasting to go into a home-based operation. I program both WSOX and A/C WARM 103. Anchor-Reporter Madison Carter Exiting WKBW He confirms here that he NEVER worked at WDVE! The station also relies more on photojournalists than its competitors, and as a result, it has fewer general assignment reporters. Sheriff: Washington County, Va. church vandalized . I miss all those I worked with on radio and TV. Copyright and Notice of Fair UseAll original material on this website is copyright (C) 1998-2022 by Eric O'Brien d/b/a PBRTV. The station's newscasts were rebranded as 7 News in 2003, and Move Closer to Your Worldwas dropped in favor of a more contemporary piece of news music (Right Here, Right Now by 615 Music). Steve Boyd - another longtime weekend anchor, left in the 1990s to pursue law. WKBW streamed its noon newscasts via live video on the Internet, one of the few major network affiliates to offer a video stream. He went back to his native New York City as a sports reporter for all-news WCBS-AM. He would later return to the airwaves at WJAS for a time. In 1985, he joined Hill and Knowlton public relations, then worked for a Tampa-based investment firms Washington office. (7/9/19), BOB CERMINARA Former reporter at WJAS, WEDO and KQV. In September 1994, Daniels left WBBM to join A Current Affair as a New York -based weekday host. His career in broadcasting began in 1974 near Nashville, TN, and he has since worked at television stations in Mobile, Nashville, Pittsburgh, as well as previously in the Little Rock television market from 1987 to 1993. Our AM (XPRS-AM) is the very same frequency that was once XERBhome of Wolfman Jack. In the late 2000s, Lee made a triumphant return to the area at a party in his honor at the McKeesport Palasades to a very happy crowd. WENDY KING co-host of KDKAs Party Line with her late husband Ed, remained in the area after his death. Merkel and Steve. WKBW - Buffalo Scripps. Preliminary results have been promising: due to this, and in part due to a cable coverage issue with WIVB, WKBW's newscasts have climbed back to a strong second place, behind WGRZ. HARRY WEST KQV morning man in the 70s, is semi-retired and works part-time at a station in Scranton, PA. JIM WHITE formerly of KDKA and WJAS, is now retired after many years at KMOX St. Louis. He was also on the national AFTRA board. Now news director at KDKA under the name Marshall Adams. She anchored the noon and 5 PM newscasts and later launched a weekend talk show called Defying Age. In 2005, Della became the solo anchor for the 5, 6:30, and 10 PM newscasts. (7/9/19), SHAWN ANDERSON Weekend DJ/sports, WCVI, Connellsville, 1976-77Weekend DJ, WCLG-FM, Morgantown, WV, 1977-81.Evening, later Afternoon DJ/Sports, WJHB, Greensburg, PA, 1981-82. DON COX who was the afternoon DJ on 13Q (WKTQ) in the mid-70s, and most recently worked at WPOW-FM (Power 96) in Miami. DAVE MASON worked at 13Q (WKTQ) 1977-1979Middays and PD (for 6 months) in its near final days as 13Q. (*As a side note, Nina was caught on camera on September 11, 2001 running to safety at the time of the attacks at the World Trade Center.). Sheila Mahoney - reporter/anchor, 1988-circa 1997. Currently consulting Country stations nationwide. Before coming to Pittsburgh, he had been a director of President Carters White House Conference on Small Business, a member of the Senate Small Business Committee staff and a Business Week reporter. Today, Kelly remains active as a composer of electronic music (see www.kellydavid.com) , does business development for Epiq Systems, Inc. and holds down a weekend show at the CBS oldies station, KOOL105 for Keith Abrams, another former Pittsburgh broadcaster. NINA PINEDA former WTAE reporter is now at WABC-TV in New York. In addition, its noon newscast also features Mr. Food. During this time he started his own production company (Tom Daniels Productions) which he still operates today. Now retired. Graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington in 2002and worked swing & fill-in at the Bob & Tom flagship in Indy WFBQ Q95 till Pennsylvania called us back home in 2004. I left the station as afternoon personality in 1994 to pursue a career in the record business with Sony Music/Columbia Records as Regional Promotion Manager/Northeast for Columbia Nashville. He left to do mornings at WQEN in Birmingham, Alabama, but is now morning host at WITL in Lansing, Michagan. He was recruited in 1984 by 92Q, Cleveland, Ohio. Find out more about our newscasts, our personalities, our mobile apps, our newsletters and more - all in one place. 1987-1991; Columbus: WOSU-TV, WCOL-FM, WCOL-AM 1973-1978; Key West, FL: Television/Multimedia Coordinator for Monroe County (Florida Keys) government 1997-2010. Buffalo disc jockey Kevin O'Connell replaced weatherman Ken Philips. It's with great sorrow that the Buffalo Broadcasters Association acknowledges the passing of Jean Hill who was a news anchor at WKBW-TV for 12 years before leaving the business. Lia Lando, a veteran anchor at two Rochester stations who recently has done freelance anchoring work for WKBW and at WIVB-TV (Channel 4) before that, will replace Rowe as co-anchor with Jeff. A staple of its morning programing for many years was Dialing for Dollars, which later became AM Buffalo after the Dialing for Dollars franchise was discontinued. JOE STARKEY Penguins play-by-play announcer in 1973-74, has been sports director of KGO/San Francisco since 1979 and is also the radio voice of the San Francisco 49ers. Kendra Eaglin - joined 2010, Eyewitness News Weekend, Jeff Russo - joined 2004, sports director, Shawn Stepner - joined 2007, weekend sports & host of Sunday Sports Final, Aaron Mentkowski - joined 2000, Meteorologist, Weekdays at 5, 6 & 11 (, Jennifer Stanonis - joined 2005, weather anchor, Eyewitness News this Weekend at 6 & 11 (fill-in mornings), Dave Cash - weather "anchor," occasional fill-in evenings, Elizabeth Carey - joined 1999 (business, by agreement with, John Borsa - joined 2003 (occasional fill-in anchor), Jason Gruenauer- joined 2010 (also fill-in sports), Adam Francis- photojournalist and general assignment reporter, Dave Cash - weekday mornings/fill-in weather, Steve Schnepf - fill-in weeknights & mornings, Linda Pellegrino, joined station prior to 1990, also previously a weather anchor, Jon Summers, joined station prior to 1983, previously the station's announcer), Jon Summers - commercials, 1983 to present (also newscasts from 1983 to 2003).