Category: Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh-specific news items

May 23, 2015 Off

In Memory: Kathy Kerestes

By Eric O'Brien

Kathy Kerestes passed away Saturday, May 23 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. She had just celebrated her 61st birthday. She was a native…

May 15, 2015 Off

Remembering Cordic

By Eric O'Brien

Local freelance writer John Mehno reminds us that today would have been Rege Cordic’s 89th birthday. Cordic was a well-known…

April 28, 2015 Off

WDDZ will be WPGP

By Eric O'Brien

Effective May 13, 1250 AM will be known as “The Answer” – Salem’s conservative talk format. The new calls, WPGP…

April 28, 2015 Off

In Memory: Bob Wilson

By Eric O'Brien

One of the pioneers of top-40 radio has died. Bob Wilson, who spent many years in Pittsburgh radio, passed away from…

April 28, 2015 Off

History Tidbit

By Eric O'Brien

This Harris 9003 automation sits just outside the WSHH-FM studios in the early 1980s at the tail end of ownership…