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In 1922, KDKA hosted political humorist Will Rogers in his first radio appearance. Baudino and Kittross argued that this post-World War I gap disqualified KCBS from "oldest station" consideration, something neither KQW nor KCBS has agreed with, as program schedules for KQW appearing in 1925 included the slogan "Pioneer Broadcasting Station of the World",[92] and in 2009 KCBS celebrated its 100th birthday with a yearlong series of events throughout the Bay Area, including the public dedication of a plaque commemorating the "Centennial Celebration of the World's First Broadcasting Station". Sports Talk: Audacy-owned KDKA-FM "93.7 The Fan All Sports All The Time" 5.4 - 6.2, +.8, fifth to fourth and KDKA-FM's internet stream .5 - .6, +.1, #21 to #20 Public Radio News/Talk: Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting' s WESA 3.1 - 4.5, +1.4, #11 to #8 Number One 6+: iHeartMedia classic hits-oldies WWSW, second month in a row, 13.3 - 9.9, -3.4 In local news reporting, the station pioneered with "on the scene" reports of Mike Levine, the peripatetic former newspaper man whose mobile-unit broadcasts from Tri-State-area covering fires, floods, bank robberies, and coal mine disasters won numerous journalism awards. Promotional announcements described the offering as a joint effort between Westinghouse and its International Radio Telegraph subsidiary,[30] and A. E. Braun, an International Radio Telegraph officer who was also the president of the Pittsburgh Post and Pittsburgh Sun, made the arrangements for his newspapers to provide election results to the station. Back then, KDKA was broadcasting. The Home Show With Richard McKann. 1 Lists Hour Two - Rose tells the KDKA Radio Morning Show audience about herself. Marty will add his personality to your morning routine with Larry. Say Hello. Listen on our website , download the Audacy app and favorite KDKA Radio or tell your smart speaker to "play KDKA Radio." 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. (Reflecting the December launch, the January 1, 1922, debut issue of Westinghouse's Radio Broadcasting News included the reference "Fifty-fourth week broadcasting". And you can get the news in real time, live, Masich said. I got to meet all of those men and women, including Wendy King, Richert said. WFAN 66 AM - 101.9 FM 2. So people listened, not only to get the information they needed to run their lives but also entertainment that they need to keep them occupied and amused. KDKA became affiliated with the Blue network, and with this change began selling airtime: up until now, the station had been commercial-free. 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. ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group. The show featured a repertory company of supporting comic actors and memorable running gags, including fake commercials. After retiring in 2011, the Sheraden native moved to southern . Viacom bought CBS Corporation in 1999, but five years later transformed itself into CBS Corporation, thus making KDKA a part of CBS Radio. KDKAs 50,000-watt signal helped make the station a national brand, heard in some 38 states. Additionally, . Cordic and his group played a small amount of music, but primarily provided entertainment through skits, including recurring characters such as "Louie The Garbageman" and space alien "Omicron". What did he think when he first drove through the Fort Pitt Tunnels. As of Tuesday, Battle and Buccirgrossi are no longer with KDKA Radio and Y108, respectively. KDKA delivers local, community content that impacts peoples lives in Pittsburgh. 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. [61] The television station was renamed KDKA-TV on January 31, 1955. [25] Frank Conrad had originally planned to broadcast the election results over 8XK, in cooperation with the American Radio Relay League, but shifted his efforts to help with the Westinghouse broadcast. By that I mean whoever you are young, old, male, female, Black, white, Protestant, Catholic it didnt make any difference. Cordics show became so popular that it was reported to have an 85% ratings share, meaning that 85% of all radios in Pittsburgh were tuned to Cordic and Company. The show helped propel Cordic to a Hollywood acting career and inspired future comedic actors such as Pittsburgh native Joe Flaherty, who became a cast member of Second City Television and starred in several movies. From 1951 to 1971, husband and wife Ed and Wendy King co-hosted KDKAs Party Line program from 10 p.m. to midnight. [31], In the days before November 2, a series of test transmissions were made to check the equipment. In 1932, as a result of antitrust proceedings, Westinghouse had to divest its 40% ownership stake of RCA and 20% ownership in NBC. During the war, Westinghouse received government contracts to develop radio transmitters and receivers for military use. [91] His experimental station was relicensed in December 1921 as KQW, which later moved to San Francisco and changed its call letters to KCBS in 1949. With KDKAs nationwide reach, Party Line had a huge following. It made KDKA, now celebrating 100 years on the air, the nations first commercial radio broadcasting station. [87] The station was relicensed as KZY late in 1921, then deleted in early 1923. Were continuing to find new ways and new platforms and new reach and new distribution for the radio station so we can continue to expand and deliver to the audience that we have and new audiences that can really benefit from what KDKA is, Spacciapolli said. "Your Pal" Pallan played hit songs and KDKA carried the sounds of screaming crowds as the Beatles arrived in Pittsburgh in 1964. Additional expenses included the requirement to pay royalties to musical composers, plus the fact that, unlike the amateur Westinghouse Company staff performers, professional acts started to expect to be paid in something more tangible than publicity. 3:00 pm. Bogut endeared himself to listeners with bits like his comical ode to the Slithery Dee, a slimy creature that captured kids skipping school, and his Farkleberry cookies and other treats inspired by a Farkleberry Bush Festival in North Dakota. Special programming included ongoing coverage of the 1936 St. Patrick's Day flood that submerged downtown Pittsburgh as far as Wood Street. Ed and Wendy would paraphrase their questions and others would call in with answers (also paraphrased and delivered by the hosts). 02-27-2023 - Season 36 Episode 109. Listen to KDKA 1020 AM, WLTJ - Q92.9 and Many Other Stations from Around the World with the radio.net App KDKA 1020 AM Download now for free and listen to the radio easily. . 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. 2:00 pm. To the astonishment of the "experts" - every so often it does. However, because of the competitive advantage RCA had in international and marine communications, initially there appeared to be limited opportunities available to Westinghouse. KDKA in Pittsburgh is credited with being the first commercial radio broadcast station in 1920. 02-27-2023 - Season 50 Episode 105. Former KDKA Radio host Jack Bogut, as seen in October 2020. On August 1, 1921, the transmitter was upgraded from 100 to 500 watts, and two months later saw an additional doubling, to 1,000 watts. [95] However, Baudino and Kittross found no evidence of organized broadcasting prior to the inauguration of spoken-word weather forecasts on January 3, 1921, and in 2007 a comprehensive station history compiled by Randall Davidson came to the same conclusion.[96]. [49] From 1923 to 1940, KDKA produced Northern Messenger, airing it over its shortwave radio sister station 8XS (later known as W8XK and WPIT). Amsterdam: Focal Press, 2010. The broadcasts were again suspended in early 1920, the result of a run-in with the local Radio Inspector. A Jon Arthur B Randy Baumann Jamila Bey C Bill Cardille Porky Chedwick Frank Conrad Myron Cope Bill Crawford (comedian) Adrian Cronauer Eddy Crow Bill Cullen Lynn Cullen D Dave Dameshek Mary Dee Marilyn Denis John Dennis (talk show host) F Scott Ferrall G Don Geronimo Marty Griffin (journalist) H Milo Hamilton Bill Hillgrove Fred Honsberger K He used the knowledge gained during the wartime period to upgrade his station to begin making audio transmissions, and became well known among radio amateurs for his experimental activities. While KDKA may not have invented the talk format, it certainly seemed to have perfected it. Rose sells. There was no internet. 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. These programs were suspended in April 1917 with the entry of the United States into World War I, but after the war the 2XG broadcasts resumed in late 1919. One of Bogut's most memorable contributions to KDKA was his introduction to Western Pennsylvania of the word Farkleberry, which is now a staple of the annual Children's Hospital fund-raising campaign. One of the most memorable was a fake ad for Olde Frothingslosh, the pale stale ale with the foam on the bottom.. Were just sending a radio signal out there to anybody that happens to be listening.. A familiar and trusted voice, Rick Dayton, will continue to anchor afternoon drive starting at 2pm every day now. [80] This assertion brought a quick denial by NAB President J. Harold Ryan, who informed the magazine that it had misconstrued some informational material sent out by the association, and: "It was not the intention, nor is it the prerogative of the NAB to attempt to decide the relative claims of two pioneer broadcasting stations. It appears that Westinghouse officials were initially unaware that, in addition to Frank Conrad's 8XK, other stations had been making regular news and entertainment broadcasts. [97] (WWJ and KDKA were both initially commercial-free, and did not start to accept advertising until the mid-1920s, so in this case "commercial" appears to just mean under the control of a commercial enterprise.) Paul Long and Joe DeNardo Though this pair are best known for their long tenures at WTAE as an anchor and. [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. This led to modern studio design, including walls covered with noise-absorbing material, initially "monks cloth" (which turned out to be a fancy name for burlap).[43]. For years radio programmers have had a belief that as the morning goes, so goes the rest of the broadcast day. So we listened to some static, and then a voice said, This is KDKA Radio, Pittsburgh., What are the odds that all these years later, I wind up working for that very radio station?. 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. 1:30 pm. News January 13, 2023 $11 million in upgrades coming to PNC Park Sports January 13, 2023 20-year-old fatally shot in Pitcairn News From 1954 to 1965 Rege Cordic hosted a morning show called Cordic and Company on KDKA that became must listening in the Steel City. [57] At 7a.m. on November 2, 1934, the station's 14th birthday, KDKA inaugurated new studios in the Grant Building. In the United States, Charles "Doc" Herrold, in San Jose, California, was found to have begun test transmissions in 1909, which were followed by weekly concerts beginning in 1912. The "8" in 8XK's call sign indicated that the station was in the 8th Radio Inspection district, while the "X" signified that it was operating under an experimental license. The morning show featured less music and an increased news and commercial content. [8] In order to strengthen the company's patent position, especially related to receivers, he spearheaded the purchase of the International Radio Telegraph Company, primarily to gain control of a "heterodyne" patent originally issued to Reginald Fessenden, and also arranged for the purchase of the commercial rights to the regenerative and superheterodyne patents held by Edwin Howard Armstrong. In 1973, KDKA revamped its "Party Line" timeslot, with the bombastic John Cigna moving over from WJAS to anchor the nighttime talk program and urge listeners to "buy American!" Zeise also serves as a sports columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and analyst for KDKA-TV/WPCW-TV. 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Broadcast, Final Cut Pro, Television, Video, Radio, Avid, Sports, Mac, Music, Digital Media, Radio Asst. [26] (The first "Z" in this call sign indicated it was a "Special Amateur" grant,[27] which was a classification that permitted the use of transmitting frequencies other than the congested 200meter (1500kHz) standard amateur wavelength.) The show was driven by callers who could not be heard. The first live baseball game was a Pittsburgh Pirates-Philadelphia Phillies game covered by announcer Harold Arlin and broadcast by KDKA on August 5, 1921. Don Cannon - anchor/reporter (1999-2008) fechar. [9], Although it would gain its fame as a broadcasting station, KDKA actually originated as part of a project to establish private radiotelegraph links between Westinghouse's East Pittsburgh factory and its other facilities, to avoid the business expense of paying for telegraph and telephone lines. 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