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What Is The Name Of The Song That KDKA Radio Show Host Perry Marshall Used Before Each News Broadcast?

If your from the Pittsburgh, PA area, you may be able to help me. I listneed to his show faithfully in the late '70's, early '80's and can hear that song now. Perry plaid this song before each news segment except at the end of his show when he plaid The Entertainer. The song was slow and featured mainly a keyboard and bass. I would like to know the artist and song title. If you can tell me what recording it's from, even better.

Answer:I don`t know,you should give KDKA a call.

Is Bob Grove From KDKA The Same Bob Grove From PAT Bus?

My friend Drew seems to think that these two might be the same person. Any thoughts?

Answer:Yes, I believe that they are one and the same person.

what Web Site Do I Use To Get Old Broadcast Items From KDKA TV News In Pittsburgh, PA?

I want to get the article about the new technology for knee replacement plug.

Answer:Is this the story you were talking about? It's called "Plastic Parts: The Popularity of Joint Replacement Surgery", and can be found here: http://kdka.healthoughlogy.com/focus_article.asp?b=kdka&f=healthyagaing&c=xml_plasticjoint

Will I Be Able To Watch The Steelers Vs. Rams Game If I Have KDKA But Not NFL Network? I Live In Farrell, PA..

Will the game be blacked out where I live? Farrell is in Mercer county, PA. I thought maybe since I do get KDKA on my antennae, then maybe the game would be shown in my area. Do you know?

Answer:I believe so....last year during the Steelers thursday game againstt the browns, I was at a hotel in Pittsburgh, and the first thing I asked when I walked in the door was if they had NFL network. They did not, but the game was still on KDKA. I believe that this will be the case this year also.....and hopefully the result of the game will be the same. The steelers killed the browns so bad last year that I almost got bored watching it! haha....but almost! But theree is a lot more riding on this years game!

What Happneed To Valerie Abati, Weathere Person On KDKA In Pittsburgh, PA

Answer:She was fired from kdka. They have hired Dennis Bowman in her place. Some people didn't like her voice.

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Broadcasting the Local News: The Early Years of Pittsburgh's KDKA-TV
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Every day millions of Americans tune in to a newscast on one of their local television stations to learn what is new in their community. In fact, more people watch local news than network news, but surprisingly little is known about the early days of television when stations across the country searched for ways to do news in the new medium. In Broadcasting the Local News, Lynn Boyd Hinds, a former Pittsburgh broadcaster, introduces us to one station--KDKA-TV--which literally invented television news in Pittsburgh.Television came to Pittsburgh in 1949 when WDTV (the forerunner of KDKA-TV) went on the air. Whereas many television stations in the United States began reading news on the air only to comply with FCC requirements, WDTV treated news seriously from day one with its first regular program, a local news show called "Pitt Parade." Today KDKA is still highly regarded among journalists for its news programming. Although television news may seem familiar to us, it was anything but familiar to the men and women of early television. Hinds shows how they borrowed liberally from newspapers, radio, motion picture newsreels, theater, and even magazines to create, by trial and error, suitable ways to present the news. Rather than instantly replacing radio, television news moved slowly from the "rip and read" radio-style format, which simply duplicated what came over the wire services and was in the newspapers, to the conventions of local newscasts we take for granted today--live remotes, lead and feature stories, sports and weather, all brought together by an in-studio anchor. Pittsburghers will recognize many familiar names in Hinds's account--Bill Burns, Paul Long, Florence Sando, Eleanor Schano, and others--veterans of Pittsburgh broadcasting whom Hinds has interviewed for this book. The story they tell is the story of dozens of other stations across the country. In the process, they tell us much about the early history of television in America.

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