He would later return to the airwaves at WJAS for a time. Phoebe Greene, daughter of 7 Eyewitness News anchor Ashley Rowe and her husband, Daniel. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) 7 Eyewitness News is excited to welcome a new addition to the WKBW family. As a morning news anchor, Katie and and the morning team work together to bring you the latest breaking news, let you know what happened overnight, and give you everything you need to start your day. Banks' sudden retirement from WKBW came just two days after an announcement was made that the station's owner, Granite Broadcasting, had filed for bankruptcy protection. Currently Director of Coverage and Content at WPXI-TV. MIKE BOGUSLOWSKI (Bogey) WPXIs former consumer reporter who was always in YOUR (points finger) corner, was last seen in the corner of viewers at KCBS TV 2. JOHN GARRY Half of the famous OBrien and Garry duo on various stations around town. NINA PINEDA former WTAE reporter is now at WABC-TV in New York. Previously, sports/news anchor Associated Press Radio Network, DC (87-94) Sports Director, Tennessee Radio Network (85-86) (7/9/19), DAVE ANTHONY I worked from 1979 to 1986 at WEEP/WDSY. 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. Melanie Pritchard- anchor and reporter, 1997-2008. He also worked for the legendary Buzzard (WMMS), Q-104, WGAR, Cleveland, and Pirate Radio WYNF, Tampa Bay, Florida (when it was CBS owned & operated), all the while continuing to develop the creative aspects of his company. Left in the 1990s, and currently works as vice president of Corporate Communications at M&T Bank in Buffalo. [1][2] Shortly before leaving WSVN, Daniels was caught on the air telling a producer "You suck!" Pittsburgh is my hometown. NEAL SPENCE I am now retired and living in Daytona Beach, Florida and married to my high school sweetheart, Jan. Finally after 6 years at KOAA I left TV news for a new path. And now have the chance to put my Duquesne University Environmental Science and Management Graduate Degree to work. [3] WKBW-TV career Rick Azar began his career at WHLD radio in Niagara Falls in the early 1950s. Update: June, 2008Yes the doors keep revolving. American communications consultant and trainer and a former television news anchor, THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE TELEVISION WRITER TOM JICHA TAKES A DAYLONG LOOK AT WHAT VIEWERS WATCH IN SOUTH FLORIDA, https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/09/15/1995-09-15__central_park_west__premiere.html, http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4809535-1.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penny_Daniels&oldid=1139261832, American television reporters and correspondents, Articles with dead external links from March 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from February 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Communications consultant and trainer, television news anchor, This page was last edited on 14 February 2023, at 05:59. JIM HARRINGTON A man for all seasons on KDKA from 1980 through 1984 and then did mid-days on WTAE from 1984 to 1988. The magazine program only ran from 1989-1990, but, according to local ratings, was hugely popular in Miami where it was beating the famous A Current Affair, which was then-anchored by Maury Povich and at the time aired on competing station WCIX-TV (now WFOR-TV). BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) 7 Eyewitness News is excited to welcome a new addition to the WKBW family. 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. Am now manager for Visions Production, a multi-media production company based here in Pittsburgh, producing live events and film/video/interactive. Sales Executive, 1996 1998; Strategic Images, Pittsburgh, SR. ), Don Burns, Sara Lockard, Jay Davis, Johnny Williams, Jay Mitchell, Jim Harrington, Alan Jennings, John Poister, Hank Baughman, Clarke Ingram, Neal Spense, Susie Barbour, and many moreeven a brief moment with Scott Paulsen when did afternoon drive there (hard to imagine such a fantastic group of people in one place at one time). Both networks carried by WKBW on its digital subchannels are now carried instead on WGRZ-TV. HAL (HB) BROWN Former afternoon drive and evening jock on WAMO (circa 1967-74). Now at, Don Polec- feature/funny man for the station in the 1980s, before leaving for, Don Postles - former co-anchor with Irv Weinstein, now the head anchor of rival, Luke Moretti - anchor, 1998-2001 - Now an investigative reporter at, John Kosich - anchor of "Good Morning Western New York" - 1990s. LYNN HINDS Not WDVE, ever. Bowman returned to television weather reporting as the morning meteorologist on KDKA-TV. Her former husband, Rick Leventhal, was an on-air reporter for WSVN-TV in Miami and WFLD-TV in Chicago while Daniels was working in those cities. It was pulled after NFRRS began reading content that was of questionable decency for over-the-air broadcast. 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. Heck, we even gave Dennis Miller his first shot opening up for Pittsburgh Today. King. 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. Susan Banks, former WKBW anchor. I moved the Beatles show to The Walrus Sundays 12-3 (Pittsburgh time). Im now Director of FM Programming for Susquehanna Radio in York, Lancaster, Harrisburg PA. Watch our newscasts from 4:30 JAN HUTCHINS former weekend sports anchor at WPXI. He had done movies as well as stage acting and has recorded several audio books. MIKE HAMBRICK former WPXI anchor and part of the Mike and Edye (Tarbox) team. The staff at WKBW congratulates Ashley and Dan and their family on Phoebe's arrival. Prior to her return to Pittsburgh in 1988, Susan was a Reporter at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC from 1985 to 1988, and the weeknight 6pm Co-Anchor at WTRF-TV in Wheeling, WV from 1981-1985. He had a radio nostalgia website atbobshannon.com website no longer active. My parents still live in Ambridge where I grew up and started my radio career at WMBA. (7/9/19), RICH ANTON Born & raised in the Burgh, graduated from North Hills High School and attended Clarion University. Harrington settled down in Pittsburgh and has lived here for 24 years. Rowe and her husband, Dan Greene, welcomed a daughter, Phoebe, in mid-September. Join your friends who have ordered stylish PBRTV t-shirts, hoodies, and ball caps! Keep reading with unlimited digital access. Shift changes at 3WS elminated my shift there- it broke my heart, but thats the business. (info needed), TRISH BEATTY who held the afternoon shift at KDKA from 1977 through the end of its run as a music station, was recently director of development at the Mountain Playhouse in Jennerstown, Pa. (info needed). SUSAN (BROZEK) SCOTT Former WTAE-TV (1988 1994) General Assignment Reporter, and Westmoreland County Bureau Chief. His mother spent part of her childhood here, according to the press release from WKBW-TV. Contact Us: PBRTV Eric O'Brien PO Box 101345 Pittsburgh PA 15237 info@pbrtv.com Your Forecast [], [] Where are they now? WCPO 9 News Anchors. John Winston - 1970s and 1980s. He was let go in the abrupt format change in June 2005 and is now doing Internet broadcasting and some shows for WLNG on Long Island. 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). We are a 22 year old non-profit, advocacy group for open space, trails, bikeways, greenways and parks. Her most recent role was vice president and senior compliance officer at M&T Bank. The slogan, from 2002 to 2008, was the alliterative phrase "Live, Local, Late-Breaking,", a phrase that has been used on stations across the country. Everyone doing well over here!". JON SUMMERS formerly with KQV, WPNT and WTAE, works at WKBW-TV/Buffalo. Katie is a two-time Emmy award winner for the morning show's coverage on severe summer weather in 2018, and for race-related issues in the City of Buffalo in 2020. On October 22, 2008, WKBW news anchors launched what has been described as the "Big Tease,"[3] an announcement that an ostensibly top-secret "major change" was coming; although only a few of the senior members of the staff knew about the change, it was widely predicted to be a revival of the Eyewitness Newsname and classic theme. From 1970 until 2003, and from 2008present, WKBW called its news operation "Eyewitness News," and uses that format's iconic circle 7 logo to this day. At the stations I served in many capacities including overnights on WDSY from 1979 through 1982, WEEP as production director and air personality 1982 to 1984, Assistant Program Director 1984 until becoming PD in 1985. I still voicetrack for Clear Channels KKFG in Farmington, NM, and do TV work in San Diego for KUSI-TV, KPBS-TV and XETV. 10:58 AM, Oct 21, 2020 . 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. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Daniels was an anchor at WSVN-TV in Miami, where she was the first woman to solo anchor a nationally-syndicated, tabloid-style magazine program Inside Story. KENT DERDIVANIS who was a member of the Pirates broadcast team from 1990-1993. Azar retired from WKBW-TV in 1989. JEFF GILBERT former WEEP/WDSY News Director/Anchor, is a popular news reporter for Infinitys 950am WWJ/Detroitoften heard on CBS Radio Network news reportsHe is also host of the Car Chronicles feature heard on that station and other CBS affiliates. He had a few months at WCBS and eventually launched the Just Ask Asa podcast. His website iswww.terrymcgovern.com. Trunzo passed away at the age of 70 in July 2013. Then I became PD and Promotions Director at 1160 WCCS in Indiana, PA acquired in 2002 by Renda Broadcasting with new sister (and former employer) WLCY Blairsville. Read bios of our anchors and reporters. Went to Denver with CBS since 2003 as VP/Programming for the market and CBS VP/Classic Hits and Oldies Programming for the company. 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. I program both WSOX and A/C WARM 103. She'd go on to anchor at Channel 2 and Channel 7 before retiring from TV news 29 years . Ricardo Efrain Thomas Aquino Carballada de Babilon [1] (April 24, 1929 [2] - March 25, 2021), known professionally as Rick Azar, was an American broadcaster who spent 31 years at WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York. Bret Buganski. Jim can be reached atjim@harringtonproductions.com.www.harringtonproductions.com. WKBW was originally intended to be an independent station. 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. KELLY RANDALLDid evenings and afternoons at WPEZ from 1978 1980, following that did evenings at FM97 for Chuck Brinkman. "I'm sorry I said it," Daniels later said, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times on March 22, 1993. Sharon Osorio - joined 2000, left 2003, returned 2006, let go 2009, Kevin Jolly - reporter, 2009-2010. In 1962, the Courier-Express reported that WKBW Radio publicist Joan Marshall was about to become Buffalo's first "lady newscaster" on TV. Jean Hill - longtime weekend anchor, later moved to mornings after the departure of Mahoney and Leighton. 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. He confirms here that he NEVER worked at WDVE! T.J. WINICK WTAEs Westmoreland County Bureau Chief from 1998-2000. Also the voice ofwww.webjhn.comand can be found atwww.jjsolomon.net. moved on to anchor with WFTS, the ABC affiliate in Tampa and then on the investigative team at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis. At KDKA I had the opportunity to work with the giants like Bill Burns, Patti Burns, Ray Tannehill, Sweet ol Bill Curry, Al Julius, Lynn Sawyer, Mary Robb Jackson, Wayne Van Dyne, Bob Kudzma and more names than I can list here. BOB DEARBORN who preceded Don Berns on WTAEs afternoon show, and worked at oldies station WJMK Chicago. Buffalo's However, digital television withPSIP capability display WKBW-TV's virtual channel as 7. Hello to all my broadcast buddies from years past! Reporter, first African-American television personality in the Buffalo market. Furthermore, WKBW was a source for much of WPVI's on-air talent. After a 3 year stint as the Top Teen Night Jock in the Rockn Roll Capitol, he returned to Drive-Time as Afternoon Personality for pioneer Classic Rock station, WNCX, Cleveland. On the beach now, attending California University of PA. (info needed), DELLA CREWS The former WPXI morning/noon anchor spent time as the 5PM co-anchor and medical beat reporter at WSAZ-TV 3 in Huntington- Charleston, West Virginia from 1998-2000. Now live in Newtwon PA outside of Philly. Since 2008, Keith has been Regional SVP Programming/Brand Coordinator at iHeartMedia in Cleveland. 12:41 PM, Sep . WKBW-TV turned-off its analog transmitter on June 12, 2009. Gil is retired and living on Anna Maria Island in Florida. I came up a few votes short and now I runRon Klink and Associates, a government relations firm, with offices in Pittsburgh and Washington DC. After 13Q, worked on WXYZ, WDRQ, WMJC, WCLS, WOMC, then did mornings on WLTI, LITE-FM for 9 years. Live with Regis and Kelly, Wheel of Fortune,Jeopardy!, The Doctors and the weekend talk show House Smarts with Lou Manfredini are the station's syndicated offerings. Promoted to Marketing Director for both 1250/WTAE and better-focused Variety 96. In 1976 I moved to television by joining WTAJ TV in Altoona. I am now Executive Director of Trails and Open Space Coalition. No relation to Rick Azar. Yes.I do live in Nashville now (2008) but I still bleed BLACK & GOLD !!! Susan Banks began her Buffalo career on Eyewitness News in 1977. It's the ABC affiliate for the Buffalo TV market & is one of many local Buffalo TV stations seen over-the-air & on cable in Canada. His son Greg runs the Moon Township motorcycle shop that Bob Tracey founded in the 1960s. 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. That job was eliminated in 2007 with budget cuts, and I started mornings on experimental Sign On Radio an internet only website for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Now reporter/morning anchor at, Grace Polanski - 2002-2004 - WNY live anchor, now at Fox21 News at Nine weekends - Colorado, Helen Tederous - 1997-2005 - reporter and also PM Buffalo co-host, Linda White - 2002-2004 - first anchor of WNY Live, then weekend anchor, now at, Kristin Wedemeyer - 2001-2004 - weekend "weather forecaster"/meteorologist, Pat Tomasulo - 2003-2006 - fill-in sports anchor, now at, Joe Major - weekend sports anchor circa 2000. TERRY MCGOVERN who worked at KDKA radio and TV from 1965-69, lives in Marin County, California and teaches acting and voice. Assistant News Director/ News Director WPGH-TV 1997 2003. Weinstein was WKBW's main anchor from 1964 until his retirement in 1998, doubling as news director for most of that time. WKBW currently carries comparatively little syndicated programming, instead opting for the AM Buffalo programs and infomercials. Then go home Merkel. Programmed in Memphis, Charlotte, Seattle in the 90s and moved to Salt Lake to manage a cluster in 1999. WPNT and WTAE, works at WKBW-TV/Buffalo. WKBW will begin broadcasting all of their local newscasts in upconverted widescreen SD in 2011, joining WGRZ and YNN Buffalo in doing so. I miss all those I worked with on radio and TV. Oldies Kool moved to 99.3 in 2003and was gone by fall 2005, when I became morning news co-host on KOGO (AM 600). His first book, SQUEEZE PLAY, was published last year is available at Amazon.com and other online booksellers and at select book stores. It even used Move Closer to Your World, the theme song made famous by WPVI (though it was known by the station as The Eyewitness News Theme). 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. (December, 2009). From there I went on to do stations in Houston, Texas 610 KILT and Detroit AM 1130 WCXI. I worked with some of the best. It's transmitter is located @ 8909 Center Street in Colden, New York. Got flushed from the business in 1990. He was most recently the PD/OM of suburban Pittsburgh stations 620 KHB and 770 KFB, owned by Broadcast Communications, Inc. (7/9/19), DON JEFFERSON host of morning radio as Banana Don at WBZZ, WZPT and WSHH. He previously worked with the Buffalo-based Empire Sports Network and did play-by-play for the now defunct Buffalo Destroyers Arena Football. Equity went bankrupt in 2009, selling off RTN to one of its shareholders by January 2009 (which led to WNGS and other Equity stations dropping the network) and the Equity stations being liquidated, with WNGS sold to Daystar Television Network in April 2009 (the station has since been resold to a local group). You can reach me at jchristopher@equitymusicgroup.com (7/9/19), DEAN CONNORS worked at WOMP-FM in Wheeling 1987 1992 (as Dean Fredericks), moved to WXRB (the Rebel) as one of the original jocks there (as James Dean) Left for gigs in Harrisburg and Chattanooga before returning to program WASP-AM & FM in Uniontown, until they were bought and turned into Froggy stations (yuk!) Kelly and his morning partner, Dan Cooke, moved to Philadelphia in 1983 to do mornings for Coxs WSSH (which became Z106). JIM HORNE KDKA DJ from 1967-72, became an actor in New York now known as J.R. Horne. Im also a techno DJ of some note under the name Dr. He left the business to become senior VP with the National Smokers Alliance. Im in morningswere just off the ground (http://www.walrusfm.com) and response has been awesome. He is the voice of Air Force Academy football and says another Western New York product, Linda Benzil, former WKBW announcer, works as an anchor-reporter at KUSA. 3WS radio for 31 years, mornings for 23 of them. 98-year-old Leonard Gaj, better known as "Airborne Lenny . A brief retirement from full-time radio and a return to college studies felt like a good thing to do after new ownership and management suggested it. She then became a freelance-reporter for WQEDs On-Q. (7/9/19). During this era, it also reorchestrated the theme with a more futuristic synthesizer-based version.
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