Despite the changes to the theme and newscasts, WKBW has fallen in ratings. Trance. I play at clubs and parties all over Canada and in selected cities in the U.S. including Pittsburgh, where I played a few parties over the years.. EDDIE ROGERS Was Afternoon Drive and Program Director on The New Sound of 13Q 1973-1975. JAN HUTCHINS former weekend sports anchor at WPXI. He was the main weatherman for WPVI-TV in Philadelphia from 1983 until his retirement in 2009. I did work for KQV and WTAE radio. The competition for the channel continued to grow when the city's first UHF station, WBES-TV, failed. JON SUMMERS formerly with KQV, WPNT and WTAE, works at WKBW-TV/Buffalo. Her most recent role was vice president and senior compliance officer at M&T Bank. Gil is retired and living on Anna Maria Island in Florida. . The station has only two meteorologists compared to WIVB's four and WGRZ's five (WKBW uses a general assignment reporter, Jennifer Stanonis, to read weather forecasts on Fridays and Saturdays) and only two sports anchors compared to WGRZ's four (WIVB also currently has just two sports reporters). Tom has since branched into the areas of graphic design and print media. Granite Broadcasting News Reporter since Aug 2003 WKBW-TV News Reporter since 2003 Full Profile Scott Patterson Buffalo, NY Professions & Specialties News Anchor Reporter Commercial Announcer Presenter Experience & Education Position: Morning News Anchor at YNN Buffalo/Rochester/Jamestown Location: Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area Industry: 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. He is a member of the national Television Critics Association. Jean Hill - longtime weekend anchor, later moved to mornings after the departure of Mahoney and Leighton. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); ASA AARONS Former WPXI Consumer Advocate. She graduated from Kent State University in Ohio, and completed her MBA at Canisius College while working full-time as a reporter. 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. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! In April 1993, Daniels joined WBBM-TV in Chicago, Illinois as an anchor and reporter. Moved to evenings and APD/MD when Hitradio 96/WHTX was born (by the good Captain Showbiz!). 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. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Join your friends who have ordered stylish PBRTV t-shirts, hoodies, and ball caps! (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). Horne passed away suddenly in December 2016. In 1987 he helped turn around a company that was acquired by GE Capital Mortgage Corporation, where he was vice president, corporate communications. In 1985, he joined Hill and Knowlton public relations, then worked for a Tampa-based investment firms Washington office. In 1976 I moved to television by joining WTAJ TV in Altoona. (*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.). 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. while in Pittsburgh through the 80s way to many to list! Nowadays Im a freelance voice talent in Toronto. 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. 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. Can't get enough of WKBW? CHUCK BRINKMAN longtime KQV, WTAE and WRRK DJ, left Pittsburgh for KLUV-FM in Dallas where he was afternoon DJ on oldies-formatted KLUV-FM in Dallas as well as PD for a time until the end of 2005. Now at. He now runs a political consulting firm. JEFF GILBERT - former WEEP/WDSY News Director/Anchor, . Since 1997, my family and I divide our time between homes in Ben Avon, PA and Greenwich, Connecticut. 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. HAL (HB) BROWN Former afternoon drive and evening jock on WAMO (circa 1967-74). VICKI (aka VICKI ESPOSITO) Pittsburgh: 13Q, WKTQ, WJAS1978-1986; WLTJ, WEZE, WMXP(Mix Jams?) Andy is the Manager of an adult baseball team, The Little Rock Indians. In 1992 I ran for Congress and won the seat in the 4th Congressional District. Since then Miami, Houston, San Francisco, Washington DC (XM Satellite Radio) and beginning on August 23, 2004, PD of WQCD/New York. CLARKE INGRAM air talent at 96KX, WHTX and B-94, went on to become Operations Manager of KZZP in Phoenix, Arizona and PD of co-owned KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona, making it the highest-rated Top 40 station in the nation. Became the Program Director in late 83 (again thanks to the Captain) and remained till 89. King interview on WKBW-TV in 2002 with former News Anchor Kim Betton.Rest in Peace B.B. Known (7/9/19), BOB CERMINARA Former reporter at WJAS, WEDO and KQV. From 2006 to 2007, Channel 7 also produced a sport show called Sportsnite, a nightly sports talk program hosted by WKBW's sports department, that aired weeknights at 7:00 p.m. EDYE TARBOX former WPXI anchor partnered with Mike Hambrick. Jumped into TV to do promotion & marketing for WPGH, helping to launch the Fox network in Pittsburgh, before moving into a corporate programming position. In the late 1990s, he set up the American branch of an Australian audio magazine company where he was CEO and editor in chief. Update: June, 2008Yes the doors keep revolving. Left in the 1990s, and currently works as vice president of Corporate Communications at M&T Bank in Buffalo. Penny Daniels is an American communications consultant and trainer and a former television news anchor who once hosted the TV show A Current Affair. He is an avid bike rider, certified private pilot, and a 1st Lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol and a new Daddy. Wonder what hed say today?? Contact Us: PBRTV Eric O'Brien PO Box 101345 Pittsburgh PA 15237 info@pbrtv.com Your Forecast [], [] Where are they now? Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, which recently signed on as a sponsor of Buffalo Healthy Livings Community Conversations, dropped. (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. My clients include ESPN Classic Canada and The Hockey Network. He is now the main anchor at KPSP-TV (CBS affiliate) in Palm Springs California. 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. Almost graduated but was hired as an []. [6] Daniels also interviewed infamous criminal Charles Manson in 1989.[7]. Eyewitness News had been the most-watched newscast in the Buffalo market for many years, and was at times even more popular in the Toronto market than local Toronto news., June 2010 Some critics[who?] Editors Note: A while back we had it listed that Lynn worked at WDVE. 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. Tom moved to WWSW-FM/AM in 1982 as their Production/Swing Man for both stations. KELLY RANDALLDid evenings and afternoons at WPEZ from 1978 1980, following that did evenings at FM97 for Chuck Brinkman. 25 overall in NFL draft, Alan Pergament: Roswell Park exits arrangement with WBBZ show over TV station owner's comments, Former WGRZ meteorologist Elyse Smith headed to Houston station, Alan Pergament: Ch. WTAE-TV News Assignment Editor/ Assistant News Director 1979-89. If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. Then to PD of WBUF, Buffalo, WKRC/WKRQ/WWNK/WLW/WSAI/WCKY and WAZU Cincinnati. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. 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. Berns passed way unexpectedly in March 2015. Smiths announcement comes a few days after the station announced meteorologist Jennifer Stanonis was returning to the station in a full-time role. WKBW-TV. Rowe and her husband, Dan Greene, welcomed a daughter, Phoebe, in mid-September. The station's morning show, the first in Western New York, began in 1989. Read bios of our anchors and reporters. JIM LOKAY Former morning news/traffic reporter for Metro Networks in Pittsburgh. "I'm sorry I said it," Daniels later said, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times on March 22, 1993. (Pittsburgh had big time radio war for black listeners during the late 60s and early 70s. Staff. After 13Q, worked on WXYZ, WDRQ, WMJC, WCLS, WOMC, then did mornings on WLTI, LITE-FM for 9 years. SUSAN (BROZEK) SCOTT Former WTAE-TV (1988 1994) General Assignment Reporter, and Westmoreland County Bureau Chief. Witness). The information on this page is not up to date. But this new job is fantastic. News Director at KQV 1978-79. Am now manager for Visions Production, a multi-media production company based here in Pittsburgh, producing live events and film/video/interactive. King. 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. Now living in Century City, CA, Barry has been the author of numerous books and has hosted many videos. 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His new book, STRIKE AT THE GIANT, will be released soon. 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. 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. 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. You can read more at dariethchisolm.com. 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). In 1978 I came to KDKA starting as the weekend Weather guy I moved to Anchoring the weekends and doing general assignment reporting on the week days. Then go home Merkel. She later returned to WPXI as the late night anchor but left again and eventually started her own company. Both networks carried by WKBW on its digital subchannels are now carried instead on WGRZ-TV. Reach me attvnewsman@hotmail.com. This move was described as "deadly" to the ratings for its evening newscasts. Talks were ongoing between NABET Local 25 and the management at WKBW-TV, though recent contract offers have been rejected. 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 Azar was a gentleman and a class act. Watch our newscasts from 4:30 She is expected to be on the air next week. Shift changes at 3WS elminated my shift there- it broke my heart, but thats the business. Beginning in 2000, the station began making some questionable moves that arguably began its fall to the bottom. Since 2011 Lokay has been at Hearst-owned WCVB 5 in Boston. Programmed in Memphis, Charlotte, Seattle in the 90s and moved to Salt Lake to manage a cluster in 1999. 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. 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. Keep reading with unlimited digital access. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. 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. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays WIVB: Gabrielle Mediak, Angelica Morrison, Marlee Tuskes, Kaly Lynch, Kelly Khatib, Sarah Minkewicz, meteorologist Stevie Daniels and digital sports reporter Mary Margaret Johnson. 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). 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. 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. He is now at WEWS-TV in Cleveland. Left Pittsburgh to return to Detroit (Eddie came to Pittsburgh from CKLW in Detroit.). RON LEWIS Former Metro Networks traffic reporter and WEAE sports anchor. He was recruited in 1984 by 92Q, Cleveland, Ohio. JOHN GARRY Half of the famous OBrien and Garry duo on various stations around town. 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!!! During that time I filled in on several occasions for Spencer Christian on Good Morning America., In 2003 I left big market Tv for Colorado Springs to be closer to my sisters family.