Category: Monday Morning Nostalgia Fix

December 10, 2007 Off

Take ‘TAE and see

By Jason

Its affiliation with Hearst gave it access to the promotional power of the company’s afternoon newspaper, the Sun-Telegraph, yet during…

November 26, 2007 Off

Keep your knees loose

By Jason

   Shepherd’s on-air persona combined a Midwestern kid’s aw-shucks patriotism with the cynicism of a guy from a rusty steel-mill…

November 12, 2007 Off

Veterans’ Day special

By Jason

Cronauer worked stateside and in Greece, putting together instructional programs for soldiers, sailors and Marines and broadcasting with an on-air…

October 29, 2007 Off

Where were you in ’42?

By Jason

. . . A few names on Pittsburgh radio in 1942 would still be familiar to many Pittsburghers today. “Uncle…

October 22, 2007 Off

A fruggin’ good time

By Jason

. . . In the 1960s, nearly every TV station across the country had dance shows like “Teen Time.” You’d…

October 15, 2007 Off

Monday morning nostalgia fix

By Jason

The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Pittsburgh Nine that year. In fact, in the three games of the 1960 World…

October 8, 2007 Off

Flashback: 1957

By Jason

and they weren’t the only ones unhappy. CBS Radio, which had KQV as its Pittsburgh affiliate, was left scrambling for…