Now hes an anchor for Fox Sports Radio in Los Angeles. LARRY OBRIEN former partner in the OBrien and Garry Show on WTAE, WHTX and WMXP, is retired in Hilton Head, S.C. (A reminder that Larry is no relation to your PBRTV Owner/Editor!). Im in morningswere just off the ground (http://www.walrusfm.com) and response has been awesome. 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. Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Weekend news anchor and, Jerry Azar - sports anchor from the late 1980s to mid 1990's. ALAN CUTLER formerly with KDKA radio and TV, is a motivational speaker based in Lexington, KY. Visit his website atwww.alancutler.com. 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. 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!) However, in April 2007, due to very poor ratings despite a barrage of heavy advertising, the Buffalo Sabres being in the playoffs and the upcoming 2007 NFL Draft, Sportsnitewas cancelled. HAL (HB) BROWN Former afternoon drive and evening jock on WAMO (circa 1967-74). In September 1994, Daniels left WBBM to join A Current Affair as a New York-based weekday host. His last position before retiring was as president of a small pharmaceutical company. 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. You have permission to edit this article. 98-year-old Leonard Gaj, better known as "Airborne Lenny . WKBW will begin broadcasting all of their local newscasts in upconverted widescreen SD in 2011, joining WGRZ and YNN Buffalo in doing so. MICHAEL KUNKLE Harrison City native, became news anchor, KTRH-AM, Houston. 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. You can often catch her out with her husband Paul and giant (but so lovable) dog Bandit! Later she was at KRXA-AM in Monterey, CA. 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. WPNT and WTAE, works at WKBW-TV/Buffalo. In 1985, he joined Hill and Knowlton public relations, then worked for a Tampa-based investment firms Washington office. The station's morning show, the first in Western New York, began in 1989. AL GEE Former PD and mid-day and evening host at WZUM (1967-68), during the stations brief fling as an R&B station. JON SUMMERS formerly with KQV, WPNT and WTAE, works at WKBW-TV/Buffalo. 7 News anchor Ashley Rowe to leave WKBW in June He was president of Harrington & Mitchell Advertising, Inc. for nine years. If you have any updates or would like to add your listing to this page, please fill out the form below. Smiths announcement comes a few days after the station announced meteorologist Jennifer Stanonis was returning to the station in a full-time role. Wonder what hed say today?? Since 1997, my family and I divide our time between homes in Ben Avon, PA and Greenwich, Connecticut. At that point WKBW radio was sold to Price Communications and renamed WWKB (currently owned by Entercom Communications). WCPO 9 News Staff Bios | WCPO 9 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). It keeps the skills honed. After getting married and going to other markets working in TV, EDYE is now known as E. D. (Donahey) Hill on Fox News Channel's Fox and Friends. 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. Rowe and her husband, Dan Greene, welcomed a daughter, Phoebe, in mid-September. In September 2003, however, came the most iconic change: dropping its entire heritage for the much more nondescript 7 News package. JIM BRINSON who replaced Randy Waters at WPXI, hosts a morning sports talk show on WNSA in Buffalo. It was pulled after NFRRS began reading content that was of questionable decency for over-the-air broadcast. Susan Banks - Buffalo Stories Archives & Blog Since 2008, Keith has been Regional SVP Programming/Brand Coordinator at iHeartMedia in Cleveland. David Thomas Boreanaz (born February 14, 1936) is a retired American television broadcaster who broadcast under the stage names Dave Thomas in Buffalo, and Dave Roberts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 4's Abby Fridmann turns down new contract, becomes latest 'Wake Up!' Went back into law practice, which I am still doing. [1]. 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. WKBW, although it has retreated back to third when WIVB returned to cable, has kept many of those viewers gained during the cable dispute and has made the Buffalo ratings race a much closer three-way race again, with only the station's morning newscast still in distant third. 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. B.B. King Interview in 2002 with Former WKBW Anchor Kim - YouTube I still voicetrack for Clear Channels KKFG in Farmington, NM, and do TV work in San Diego for KUSI-TV, KPBS-TV and XETV. He can be reached by e-mail at: tomdanielsprod@yahoo.com, SUSAN DAVIES After 8 years in Pgh (through 1995) [at WTAE] I spent 8 years in Cleveland it WEWS as an environment reporter/weekend weather anchor. He had a radio nostalgia website atbobshannon.com website no longer active. Moved to evenings and APD/MD when Hitradio 96/WHTX was born (by the good Captain Showbiz!). Went to Denver with CBS since 2003 as VP/Programming for the market and CBS VP/Classic Hits and Oldies Programming for the company. (7/9/19). Al Gee went on to work at WOOK-AM in Washington DC, WWRL in New York, WLIB in New York, WPIX in New York and is now retired and living in Wilkinsburg. I am now Chair of Communication at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri.. WKBW streamed its noon newscasts via live video on the Internet, one of the few major network affiliates to offer a video stream. 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. Outside of work, Katie enjoys staying active. Then, in 2002, WKBW adopted the slogan "Live, Local, Late-breaking," a slogan used on stations across the country, and started its own local talk show (WNY Live!) WHERE ARE THEY NOW?: FINDING THE TOUGH ONES - Buffalo News ET on WNGS. (info needed). She later returned to WPXI as the late night anchor but left again and eventually started her own company. In late 1993, the Granite Broadcasting Corporation acquired a large minority (45 percent) stake in WKBW-TV from Queen City Broadcasting. 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. Currently PD/middays for the Forever Broadcasting Classic Rock combo- WUZZ & WUUZ in Meadville/Franklin/Oil City, PA. Glad to be back in Stillers country!!! He was also on the national AFTRA board. Today, Jim does freelance voice work out of his studio in the South Hills and writes mysteries. Reporter/News Director at WTAE-Radio 1989-1996. KARL HARDMAN was a member of Rege Cordics morning team at WWSW, KDKA and WTAE, and operated a recording studio for more than 30 years. She is expected to be on the air next week. Left Pittsburgh to go to Detroits WWWW before joining WODK in Grand Rapids and then returning to WWWW. Staff. Contact Us: PBRTV Eric O'Brien PO Box 101345 Pittsburgh PA 15237 info@pbrtv.com Your Forecast [], [] Where are they now? 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. WENDY KING co-host of KDKAs Party Line with her late husband Ed, remained in the area after his death. ) has for many years been an internationally known financial guru. Then go home Merkel. Buffalo disc jockey Kevin O'Connell replaced weatherman Ken Philips. 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. MIKE STONE former weatherman at WTAE-4 moved on to WKYC-3 Cleveland doing weather for the weekday evening newscasts. JAN HUTCHINS former weekend sports anchor at WPXI. Kelly returned to Honolulu for one year program KKUA and then returned to Philadelphia in 1987 to do mornings at WIOQ. ANGIE MORESCHI former WTAE-TV anchor. On Buffalo TV, new reporters are women, women, women He also hosted the Penn State produced Pennsylvania Game TV trivia show. JIM HORNE KDKA DJ from 1967-72, became an actor in New York now known as J.R. Horne. WBEN (WIVB) TV History - Buffalo Broadcasters Association "Women In Buffalo Television" Special! Friday - - WBBZ-TV (Pittsburgh had big time radio war for black listeners during the late 60s and early 70s. 1996 I put on another country in Baltimore Froggy 100.7. The Channel 7 frequency was hotly contested during the 1950s; the Buffalo Courier-Express and former WBUF-TV owner Sherwin Grossman tried several times to gain rights to the channel (to compete with The Buffalo News's WBEN-TV) but was unable to secure a license. [6] Daniels also interviewed infamous criminal Charles Manson in 1989.[7]. The first was displacing longtime 5:00 anchor Kathleen Leighton to mornings in favor of former WIVB weather anchor Maria Genero, who had been host of the talk show Good Day New York). Ken Philips -- Last time we. Anchor the 5pm and 6pm newscasts for WKBW-TV in Buffalo. Leventhal now works for Fox News Channel. Doris Jones did the weather on Channel 2. . [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. Tom has since branched into the areas of graphic design and print media. On demand video of newscasts is available. 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. Rick Zurak - 1989-1991 - sports - Weekend sports anchor for three years before starting his own golf store and is now the head of the New York State Junior Golf Tour and Rick Zurak's Golf Warehouse. 7 News WKBW - Facebook 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. I did work for KQV and WTAE radio. Editors Note: A while back we had it listed that Lynn worked at WDVE. Bennett died in September 2015 at age 72. Station logos are incorporated for illustrative purposes only and are incorporated under the fair use provisions of U.S. Lia Lando to replace Ashley Rowe as WKBW anchor; station's sports Left broadcasting to go into a home-based operation. He left the business to become senior VP with the National Smokers Alliance. 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. Melanie Pritchard- anchor and reporter, 1997-2008. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) Jean Hill, a familiar face to Channel 7 viewers for more than a decade, died of cancer Monday at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Institute. 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. 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. Former WKBW-TV Anchor Dies - Buffalo Broadcasters Association 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. He later returned to the Pittsburgh area to talk about weather, but in school and community productions and his vantriloquist dummies. The station was among the first in Western New York to launch a Web site in the mid-1990s. JOHN CROSS economics editor for WIIC/WPXI from late 1980 to mid-1984 left Pittsburgh to return to Washington DC. Rowe joined the 7 News team. 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. She is also an Emmy-nominated . Sheila Mahoney - reporter/anchor, 1988-circa 1997. Mayor Brown's 2023 State of the City Address includes - Yahoo News I had the honor and pleasure of working with and knowing some of the greatest radio folks ever (and just great people!!) He also does voice acting for video games and is heard as one of the play-by-play voices in Segas NFL game. 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. 7, is a TV station in Buffalo, New York. His website,http://www.barrykaye.com/will give you more info. moved on to anchor with WFTS, the ABC affiliate in Tampa and then on the investigative team at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis. Recently he did some swing work on 3WS and then mornings on WWVA. Ashley Rowe said, "we have received excellent care from the wonderful staff at Oishei Children's Hospital. However, when NBC closed its owned and operated station, WBUF-TV (now WNED-TV), on September 30, 1958, then-ABC affiliate WGR-TV (now WGRZ-TV) went back to NBC. 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 station's digital signal remained on channel 38. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays Barry Mardit, Alan Furst, Keith Abrams and Bill White (now WBT PD) worked for me. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. 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. In addition, its noon newscast also features Mr. Food. [1][2] Shortly before leaving WSVN, Daniels was caught on the air telling a producer "You suck!" Remembering the legacy of former 7 Eyewitness News anchor Jean Hill WKBW also updated its set and graphics in October 2010 (by inserting a blue background behind the studio set) ahead of a bigger set overhaul as part of the station's plan to convert its newscasts to upconverted SD. Channel 7 also is adding a reporter, Yoselin Person, to its staff next month. Currently employed as a voiceover talent for an agency in Kansas City. Update: June, 2008Yes the doors keep revolving. He spent time at Washingtons WJLA 7 and is now news director at WTAP-TV in Parkersburg, WV. It currently starts at 5 a.m. Promoted to Marketing Director for both 1250/WTAE and better-focused Variety 96. WKBW-TV, Channel 7, is a television station in Buffalo, New York. Watch our newscasts from 4:30 Heck, we even gave Dennis Miller his first shot opening up for Pittsburgh Today. 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. Before joining 7 News, Katie worked for Time Warner Cable News in Buffalo and Syracuse. Placed among 10 contestants in the "danger zone" after viewers voted Sunday night, the smiling crooner was not among the two singers chosen Mo. RON KLINK I worked at stations in Latrobe and Jeannette in the 1970s. No relation to Rick Azar. The station is currently owned by the Granite Broadcasting Corporation, who also operates Equity Broadcasting-owned RTN affiliate WNGS under . WKBW 7 News Staff | WKBW.com During her 15 years behind the microphone, Jennifer served as past president of the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Associations board of directors and was a part of two news teams who won the PAPBAs Joe Snyder Award for outstanding news service. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays News Director at KQV 1978-79. Since then Miami, Houston, San Francisco, Washington DC (XM Satellite Radio) and beginning on August 23, 2004, PD of WQCD/New York. According to WKBW-TV, Hill died on Monday after a . He previously worked with the Buffalo-based Empire Sports Network and did play-by-play for the now defunct Buffalo Destroyers Arena Football. Since January 31, 2008, union employees at that station who work as producers, engineers, reporters, photographers and assignment desk editors, had been working without a contract. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); ASA AARONS Former WPXI Consumer Advocate. Currently in field operations for Ford Division Marketing and Sales at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI. Bowman returned to television weather reporting as the morning meteorologist on KDKA-TV. Later she was a Senior Producer in Local Programming at WPXI-TV where she was producer of documentaries, commercials, hour shows, and major, live events, including The Celebrate the Season Parade, presented by Macys & WPXI. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Harrington settled down in Pittsburgh and has lived here for 24 years. A true . Hardman passed away in 2007 at the age of 80. Jim can be reached atjim@harringtonproductions.com.www.harringtonproductions.com. SHAWN YANCY Former WTAE-TV Reporter and Anchor. Daniels currently lives in Bethesda, Maryland with her two children. Jerry Azar - hired in 1989 and served as 11 p.m. sports anchor for three years. He confirms here that he NEVER worked at WDVE! Oldies Kool moved to 99.3 in 2003and was gone by fall 2005, when I became morning news co-host on KOGO (AM 600). Kathleen Leighton, news (19892001). He has been the TV columnist since 1982, with more than year off for good behavior. Ken Houston - 2004-2006 5:30 anchor 11 p.m. reporter. KRIS LONG WPXI anchor in the mid 1990s, moved to KNXV-TV 15 in Phoenix, Arizona. 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. No relation to Rick Azar. 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. However, since the fall of 1972, it borrowed most of the basic elements of the "Action News" format used at longtime sister station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, combined with the format news director Irv Weinsteindeveloped and called "Rock 'n' Roll Radio News" (modified for television). Until 2000, lottery drawings were shown on WKBW-TV (they have since moved to WGRZ). 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. 98-year-old Leonard Gaj, better known as "Airborne Lenny," first joined the United States Army in 1943 when he was just 18-years-old. She's thrilled to be reporting and anchoring in her hometown, and is dedicated to covering stories that make an impact on the community, and loves showcasing exceptional Western New Yorkers. TERRY LEE of all the requests as to the whereabouts of a local personality PBRTV ever had, Terry Lee Trunzo was the most frequent. In December, 2010 the web-master was laid off and the web page is not overseen by any specific person but updated by employees both in and out of the news department, many without journalistic training. From 2006 to April 2009, WKBW operated WNGS, a station owned by Equity Media Holdings, for most of that time under Equity's then-in-house network Retro Television Network. (7/9/19). Since 2011 Lokay has been at Hearst-owned WCVB 5 in Boston. WKBW-TV (Channel 7) is bringing back a former anchor to fill in during the holiday season while co-anchor Ashley Rowe continues on maternity leave. Through 2009, WKBW continued to produce a special version of Sportsnite, Sportsnite Niagara, in cooperation with Niagara University during college hockey and basketball season. Am now manager for Visions Production, a multi-media production company based here in Pittsburgh, producing live events and film/video/interactive. Shift changes at 3WS elminated my shift there- it broke my heart, but thats the business. (modified from the original WKBW AM station slogan: "I'm sorry I said it," Daniels later said, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times on March 22, 1993. JENNIFER LUNT Was A-J Taylor at KQV and Metro Networks in the late 1990s and is taking a break from broadcasting. In mid-1993, Daniels and Joan Lovett began anchoring the station's new noon newscast.
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