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KDKA overnight hosts
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Wheeler was there from 1969 through '74. Perry Marshall followed. Then it was Bob Logue, followed by Gary Dickson. Since Dickson left, they've been taking programming off satellite.
"Party Line" ended with Ed's death in 1971. It usually ran from 9 p.m. to midnight, sometimes until 12:30.
"Party Line" ended with Ed's death in 1971. It usually ran from 9 p.m. to midnight, sometimes until 12:30.
Are you looking for weekend hosts as well?
Logue did weekends for a bit when Marshall was in the final years of his career before retirement. There was also Jim Forney- who used to be a Penguins announcer- in the 80s- and a variety of others including Doug Hoerth (mid to late 80s), and Elizabeth Day (early part of this decade).
Logue did weekends for a bit when Marshall was in the final years of his career before retirement. There was also Jim Forney- who used to be a Penguins announcer- in the 80s- and a variety of others including Doug Hoerth (mid to late 80s), and Elizabeth Day (early part of this decade).
Yes. Any of them week or weekend. Thanks. What was on after midnight when party line was on? Oh and yes the former Miss Pa. Ms. Day. (That could be another topic itself.) I never heard anyone or any show as bad. She should have KDKA for the time she was on. When one uses the word airhead they could interchange it with Elizabeth Day.
Joe Gearing did weekends and weekday fill in (both overnights) in the early 1980s and probably earlier.
Trish Beatty did some of the weekend overnight shifts after KD dropped the music format. Jane Crawford also did weekend overnight shows for a time. Mary Anne Lewis was in the mix as well.
I only listened to Day once. It was right after the 2000 Presidential Election.
There was this person who called in who insisted that the result of the election was meaningless since Al Gore was actually just "A Republican in Democrat clothing."
The caller then began to extol the virtues of the Worker's World Party, and I kept feeling sorry for Day because I thought she was being overrun by Communists!
There was this person who called in who insisted that the result of the election was meaningless since Al Gore was actually just "A Republican in Democrat clothing."
The caller then began to extol the virtues of the Worker's World Party, and I kept feeling sorry for Day because I thought she was being overrun by Communists!
But 'they' say only old folks listen to KD...).
The station I worked for in the mid 70's WFTL Fort Lauderdale came up with a novel idea. They were going to add a nightly talk show so they featured talk from a different city each night (with the station's permission of course). This was before satellites carried programming and network news came in on phone lines. Anyway we used the station's listen line to do the hookup and the audience loved it.
On the night we did WIND Chicago, the talk host Chicago Eddie Schwartz called me at the station and kept me on the phone with him. I was a music host and really wasn't prepaired for this unexpected twist. Then to kick things up a notch Ed called Perry Marshall at KDKA so now all three of us are cutting up and having a good time on KDKA, WIND and WFTL. It was great, I only wish I had beem more prepared for it!
On the night we did WIND Chicago, the talk host Chicago Eddie Schwartz called me at the station and kept me on the phone with him. I was a music host and really wasn't prepaired for this unexpected twist. Then to kick things up a notch Ed called Perry Marshall at KDKA so now all three of us are cutting up and having a good time on KDKA, WIND and WFTL. It was great, I only wish I had beem more prepared for it!
I liked to get hot dogs after midnight at station Street Hot Dogs with Terry McGovern on the radio on KD.
Has this Pittsburgh board become the place where old farts reminisce? Isn't this supposed to be a place where radio rumors and news is to be broken and talked about? Real issues of radio are lurking in the CC building and the Foster Plaza building and all that we see is more on KDKA overnight hosts????
This board is lame. Get some more interesting news to talk about.
BTW, nobody mentioned your most hated overnight host, Gary Dickson.
Discuss.
This board is lame. Get some more interesting news to talk about.
BTW, nobody mentioned your most hated overnight host, Gary Dickson.
Discuss.
It's always been a board with a variety of topics. They're neatly arranged so you can pick and choose the ones that interest you. Your posting privileges also give you the opportunity to start fascinating threads instead of whining about existing ones. And, oh yeah, Gary Dickson was mentioned.
Oh, I see now. You mentioned Gary. See, I thought this thread was going to be so boring that I didn't even bother reading past the first post.
So, there are a variety of topics. My point was that it's always the same, old, lame topics with people trying to rehash stuff, whether it be long gone hosts or stuff that happens in small, outside of Pittsburgh stations that really mean nothing to the majority of people who peruse the site.
We want to know about Pittsburgh radio 2008. What's going on? What are your thoughts?
I just want some thought invoking discussions. A board that can help out the younger people in radio, yet keep the older ones atop of the latest. Is that so hard Boss? (I know, now you'll be sniping at me).
So, there are a variety of topics. My point was that it's always the same, old, lame topics with people trying to rehash stuff, whether it be long gone hosts or stuff that happens in small, outside of Pittsburgh stations that really mean nothing to the majority of people who peruse the site.
We want to know about Pittsburgh radio 2008. What's going on? What are your thoughts?
I just want some thought invoking discussions. A board that can help out the younger people in radio, yet keep the older ones atop of the latest. Is that so hard Boss? (I know, now you'll be sniping at me).
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Raymond said:
That's his job. Read back through the archive posts in here. Someone has to chase away any newcomers who have any sort of different perspective on the radio situation in Pittsburgh.
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So much for you hiding your identity under a new name, eh, Biz Realist?
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