Kathleen Leighton, news (19892001). 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. MIKE SILVERSTEIN former WJAS talk show host in the early 70s, is an award-winning news reporter for ABC Radio. Left in the 1990s, and currently works as vice president of Corporate Communications at M&T Bank in Buffalo. 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. On demand video of newscasts is available. (December, 2009). Can't get enough of WKBW? I am now Executive Director of Trails and Open Space Coalition. Buffalo Business First produces the station's business reports and traffic updates are handled by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. You can often catch her out with her husband Paul and giant (but so lovable) dog Bandit! Placed among 10 contestants in the "danger zone" after viewers voted Sunday night, the smiling crooner was not among the two singers chosen Mo. The station's digital signal remained on channel 38. Recently he did some swing work on 3WS and then mornings on WWVA. Weekend news anchor and, Jerry Azar - sports anchor from the late 1980s to mid 1990's. Apr 28. WCPO 9 News Anchors. Madison Carter, the former WKBW-TV (Channel 7) anchor-reporter, has been a significant part of WGRZ-TV's (Channel 2) coverage. JIM ROOKER former Pirates announcer, owns a restaurant-bar in Ambridge, PA called Rooks East Side Saloon. 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. 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. For five years, he was a national commercial voice for SEARS. 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. Returned to Pittsburgh in 1985 as Station Manager/Program Director at WTAE/WHTX (Hearst). Kelly returned to Honolulu for one year program KKUA and then returned to Philadelphia in 1987 to do mornings at WIOQ. Well He left the business to become senior VP with the National Smokers Alliance. 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. BOBBY BENNETT Former morning jock at WZUM (1967-68). Reporter, first African-American television personality in the Buffalo market. Tom has since branched into the areas of graphic design and print media. Kelly and his morning partner, Dan Cooke, moved to Philadelphia in 1983 to do mornings for Coxs WSSH (which became Z106). Ashley Rowe said, "we have received excellent care from the wonderful staff at Oishei Children's Hospital. Rick Azar was a gentleman and a class act. Ken Philips -- Last time we. Note: I was born in McKeesport. 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!) As of 9/10/2004, I am J.J. on KISS 101.7 WJKS WILMINGTON, DE a QC Communications Station. When the sale of the Buffalo Bills was made official in New York City, Katie was there to cover the team changing hands. 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. Fortunately, I am on occasion asked to appear on a network show to do political talk or I am offered the chance to do some radio talk. Adrian Whitsett. She is expected to be on the air next week. When WCBS-FM returned to the air in 2007 he returned to the afternoon drive shift but left in 2012 citing health reasons. At that point WKBW radio was sold to Price Communications and renamed WWKB (currently owned by Entercom Communications). Been at WTOP since 1995. RON KLINK I worked at stations in Latrobe and Jeannette in the 1970s. He started law school at the same time and also worked at Star 104.5 up until graduation. 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. The information on this page is not up to date. 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. Read bios of our anchors and reporters. He retired in April 2015. 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. After Bridget Blythe's departure in October of 2010, the morning show changed its name back to Eyewitness News This Morning with Ginger Geoffery and Patrick Taney. WIVB: Gabrielle Mediak, Angelica Morrison, Marlee Tuskes, Kaly Lynch, Kelly Khatib, Sarah Minkewicz, meteorologist Stevie Daniels and digital sports reporter Mary Margaret Johnson. Known 4's Abby Fridmann turns down new contract, becomes latest 'Wake Up!' Sheila Mahoney - reporter/anchor, 1988-circa 1997. 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. May 1, 2023 at 5:57 PM. TOM LYONS former all-night DJ on WTAE in the 70s who also worked at KQV as Tom Lee in the 60s, is now retired in Grove City, PA. LORAN MANN Former WAMO jock and WIIC/WPXI anchor/reporter. "I don't usually lose my temper when I'm doing a newscast."[3]. Jean Hill - longtime weekend anchor, later moved to mornings after the departure of Mahoney and Leighton. 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. TERRY MCGOVERN who worked at KDKA radio and TV from 1965-69, lives in Marin County, California and teaches acting and voice. BLAKE LAWRENCE I was morning man and APD at 96KX (WXKX) in 1977-78 before following PD Bobby Christian to Chicago and WMET. 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. Now retired. Anchor the 5pm and 6pm newscasts for WKBW-TV in Buffalo. From 1965 to 1989, he was partnered with sports directorRick Azar and weatherman Tom Jolls (who did double duty as host of Commander Tom); the three formed the longest continuing anchor team in television history until Azar's retirement in 1989. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) Ashley Rowe, the award-winning anchor of 7 News at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., will be leaving WKBW next month to focus on being a full-time mom. DAVE MASON worked at 13Q (WKTQ) 1977-1979Middays and PD (for 6 months) in its near final days as 13Q. Bible BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) 7 Eyewitness News is excited to welcome a new addition to the WKBW family. More recently, it was the first to offer RSS feeds and podcasts. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. In the late 2000s, Lee made a triumphant return to the area at a party in his honor at the McKeesport Palasades to a very happy crowd. His last position before retiring was as president of a small pharmaceutical company. Keep reading with unlimited digital access. Furthermore, WKBW was a source for much of WPVI's on-air talent. Buffalo's Former WKBW-TV Anchor Dies. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. It is the ABC affiliate for the Buffalo television market, and is one of many local Buffalo TV stations seen over-the-air and on cable in Canada. The competition for the channel continued to grow when the city's first UHF station, WBES-TV, failed. Now news director at KDKA under the name Marshall Adams. WKBW-TV produced iconic children's programing such asRocketship 7 and The Commander Tom Show from the 1960s through the 1980s. . Update: June, 2008Yes the doors keep revolving. Pellegrino and Summers were forced to quit their other news positions after AM Buffalo became a production of the station's sales department, though Summers has since resumed announcing certain news elements. But this new job is fantastic. (7/9/19). WKBW-TV signs off on Saturday and Sunday mornings for a half hour from 4 a.m. to 4:30 a.m.; there is no station info, but the American and Canadian national anthems are played before and after the test pattern, like Sinclair-owned stations WUTV and WNYO. WKBW's weather staff provides forecasts to Townsquare Media stations WJYE and WYRK. Steve Boyd - another longtime weekend anchor, left in the 1990s to pursue law. 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. 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. She left WROC, where she was the morning co-anchor, last month. 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. The station was among the first in Western New York to launch a Web site in the mid-1990s. Bret Buganski. 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. In mid-1993, Daniels and Joan Lovett began anchoring the station's new noon newscast. His website iswww.terrymcgovern.com. STEVE ZABRISKIE who did sports at WTAE-TV in the 70s, lived in North Carolina for a while and wrote a baseball instructional book for kids called Be a Hitter. Zabroskie retired from broadcasting in 1997 and lives in Orlando, Florida. 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. AM Buffalo still airs today. Later she was at KRXA-AM in Monterey, CA. Jean joined WKBW in 1990. The noon newscast, during the mid-1970s, featured the first pairing of current WPVI anchor team Jim Gardner and Dave Roberts (then known as Dave Thomas), with Danny Neaverth frequently filling in for Thomas. Her availability comes at an ideal time for Channel 7s holiday needs. 99.3 is one, and 105.7 is also out of Mexico, slamming across the border like you wouldnt believe. (Pittsburgh had big time radio war for black listeners during the late 60s and early 70s. On October 27 at 5:00 a.m., the name Eyewitness News permanently returned to the newscasts, with Laura Gray, Channel 7's reporter, who was filling in that day for regular Morning and Noon anchor Bridget Blythe, and Move Closer to Your World was fully restored to all of the station's newscasts. (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. DON BERNS WTAEs afternoon DJ in the 80s, moved onto CKOX in Newmarket, Ontario. Rowe joined the 7 News team. HARRY WEST KQV morning man in the 70s, is semi-retired and works part-time at a station in Scranton, PA. JIM WHITE formerly of KDKA and WJAS, is now retired after many years at KMOX St. Louis. SUSAN (BROZEK) SCOTT Former WTAE-TV (1988 1994) General Assignment Reporter, and Westmoreland County Bureau Chief. JOHN CROSS economics editor for WIIC/WPXI from late 1980 to mid-1984 left Pittsburgh to return to Washington DC. Local News, Weather and Sports in Youngstown, Ohio Local News; Storm Team 27 Forecast; Sports; ANGIE MORESCHI former WTAE-TV anchor. Currently employed as a voiceover talent for an agency in Kansas City. [7] The two sides, after significant acrimony and a complaint to the National Labor Relations Board, came to an agreement on March 4, 2011.[8]. In late 1993, the Granite Broadcasting Corporation acquired a large minority (45 percent) stake in WKBW-TV from Queen City Broadcasting. 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). JIM BRINSON who replaced Randy Waters at WPXI, hosts a morning sports talk show on WNSA in Buffalo. The staff at WKBW congratulates Ashley and Dan and their family on Phoebe's arrival. Pittsburgh is my hometown. Since 2011 Lokay has been at Hearst-owned WCVB 5 in Boston. willowbrook apartments, abandoned cemeteries in maryland,
