WPXI joined the syndicated MGM/UA Premiere Network, with the November 10, 1984, showing of Clash of the Titans.[14]. Its a heavily relied-on station.. Katherine Amenta is the co-anchor of Pittsburgh's top-rated morning news show, The Channel 11 Morning News on WPXI. She currently serves as a sports anchor at WPXI-TV ( NBC-affiliated television station) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. According to Court Records, Benson was charged for DUI in early October. During a year filled with so much uncertainty and distance, Alyssa wanted to close the gap and be closer to what really matters and that's family! If people are going to trust me (to tell their stories), I want them to know who I am.. By early November 2008, the websites of all of Cox's stations east of the Mississippi River began using the new format pioneered by WPXI; the websites of the company's stations west of the Mississippi River followed suit a month later. The Captain was briefly played at the beginning by the little-known Jim Saunders, and from 1959 on by Ted Eckman. As a three-time Emmy winner, Katherine has covered many pivotal. WPXI previously used the NBC Peacock in its logo, which was copied by sister stations WTOV and WJAC and is still used by WTOV, but revamped its own look in October 2004. 11 grantee to be CBS-TV primary outlet. Over the Labor Day weekend of 2007, WPXI began relocating from its longtime studios at Television Hill in Pittsburgh's Fineview neighborhood after 50 years, to a new studio facility in the city's Summer Hill neighborhood near the Parkway North. WIIC also produced a daily afternoon game show, Give It a Whirl, from 1965 to 1967. When I interviewed with the general manager at Channel 12 [on Long Island], the first thing he said to me was, Whats it like to be working in the most competitive news market in the country for the past 10 years? referring to Pittsburgh.. She's a Pittsburgh native and graduated from Moon. Horror theater shows, such as Shock Theatre, hosted by Ghoulardi and Big Chuck & Little John in Cleveland, as well as Chiller Theater, were not only easy to produce, but popular with the local audience. ", "Hearing examiner backs FCC on Pittsburgh ch. She wasnt able to say where she will be working yet, but shell begin her new job on Jan. 23 and teased that Pittsburghers will still be able to watch her on the news. subscribers . WPXI was the first station to offer a 5:30p.m. newscast in Pittsburgh from 1981 to 1984 (titled 5:30 Live); it was then revived in 1987 with the name Channel 11 News First Edition. A vehicle crashed into the Bower Hill fire station on Vanadium Road in Scott Township Tuesday night. The show is about Eureka (voice of Ruth Righi), a young inventor in a fictional prehistoric world who creates contraptions. The Aspinwall police are asking for the publics help in finding a missing woman. The "11" symbol is colored gold, while the box around it is dark blue. Pittsburgh native Jodi Applegate co-anchored NBC's Weekend Today, but was never seen locally due to WPXI's weekend morning newscasts. What they got was a free roof for their homes. The search is on to find the person who shot a woman at the gas station. Some of his political reporting in the Peach State actually had city laws changed. In 2021, Pennsylvania was ranked in the Top 10 for states at the highest risk of identity theft and fraud. (Logo: WPXI-TV) PITTSBURGH, PA - Following a nine-year stint at WPXI-TV, reporter Courtney Brennan is leaving the station this week. Please include your first name and location. For the first time, people can grab a cart and grocery shop at the Salvation Army Chartiers Valley Service Center in Carnegie twice a month instead of just once. Jenna stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in ( Approx 1.65m). The show had been previously hosted by a character called "Captain Jim", who had hosted one of WIIC's best-remembered children's programs: Cap'n Jim's Popeye Club, built around Popeye cartoons. IATSE Local 489 is recruiting Western Pennsylvanians through the end of June to its Studio Mechanics Grip Training program in partnership with the Pittsburgh Film Office and Brooklyn, N.Y.,-based workforce development organization Reel Works. Around 1975, Channel 11 branded itself as "e11even". WPXI broadcasts 42 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours on weekdays, four hours on Saturdays and 5 hours on Sundays). "Pittsburgh Ch. A group of local students took on a new mission to raise money for an important cause. [4], Channel 11, however, did not sign on for well over two years after its permit was granted. Elliot, who has been a CBS daytime anchor for about a year, had first shocked his own bosses on. After three years, the Pittsburgh native is headed to WSB-TV in Atlanta . Arena said the shift to anchoring and reporting offered a nice balance, but he was hoping that a larger role would come about. Details at https://www.mediamkrs.org/studio-mechanics-pittsburgh. [32], While all three Pittsburgh news stations air news video on its websites with WTAE even airing full newscasts on its website, WPXI was the first station in the Pittsburgh market to have over-the-top content available on a streaming service, having its own dedicated channel on Roku since 2014. Lastly, Jenna was responsible for overseeing the sports department and also selecting daily local content. Here is a look at all moves covered by TV reporter Rob Owen in 2021 (so far): Departures. The clock is ticking for holiday shoppers and in this years economy, that means extra stress and concern about the bills. If you have a story idea for her (particularly good news), you can e-mail her at [email protected]. WPXI began producing a 10 p.m. newscast for that station (titled Channel 11 News on Fox 53 at Ten) on January 30, 2006, two weeks after WPGH shut down its in-house news department due to corporate cutbacks made by Sinclair at its news-producing stations. The final program aired on January 1, 1984. Sewickley councilman featured in Super Bowl ad, Review: Michael B. Jordan delivers a brawler in Creed III, Movie review: 'Palm Trees and Power Lines' an unflinching examination of troubling relationship, Pirates among 17 teams possibly on MLB's local media broadcast lineup, Tom Sizemore's family 'deciding end of life matters', Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story, GZA, Donnie Iris, John Mayer among top concerts to see around Pittsburgh in March, How officials cracked case of eyedrops that blinded people. Nowadays in addition to being in a dead heat for number one in local news ratings, WPXI is currently one of NBC's strongest major-market affiliates overcoming any lags due to the station's delays in signing on in its early years and despite the fluctuating strength of network programming. A local man was diagnosed with a neurological disease, and it left him pondering why: I am a big believer in Karma, and I thought what had I done in my life to kind of deserve this.. All of WPGH's news staff, except for sportscaster Alby Oxenreiter, were laid off. Cardille remained in Pittsburgh as midday personality on WJAS radio until the station format changed to talk radio in 2014; Cardille died in 2016. WTOV still used WPXI's former look until October 2010, and WJAC-TV adopted WPXI's current design in October 2011. In July 2009, the station applied with the FCC to operate three repeater signals: channel 21 in Derry Township which was not used and the permit has expired, channel 23 in Uniontown, and channel 33 in New Castle. Cardille became well known for hosting the show and the shows themselves became part of local yore. It wasnt Moreschis intention to end her time at WPXI this soon. In 2019, more than 20% of students reported being bullied, according to the National Bullying Prevention Center. The program runs for 45 minutes on Sunday through Friday nights, and for 30 minutes on Saturdays; a sports highlight show titled Ox on Fox Sports Extra (hosted by Oxenreiter) fills the remaining 15 minutes of the newscast Sunday through Fridays. Houston is an Arkansas native and a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas. Please include your first name and location. It was a total full circle moment.. I thought he was a really good reporter and super-down-to-earth and I think he felt a little bad for me being in a new city. The station's ratings were so bad that Cox was unable to switch the station's affiliation to ABC like it did with sister stations WSB-TV and WSOC-TV in 1978, as Hearst Television had developed a solid affiliate relationship with ABC, thus WTAE-TV was one of its strongest affiliates and unwilling to exchange networks. Channel 11 also aired most Pittsburgh Pirates games that were part of NBC's Major League Baseball broadcast contract from its sign-on until 1989; this included the team's 1960 and 1971 World Series victories. The station also aired a local version of The Mickey Mouse Club during the 1960s, which was hosted by By Williams. However, WPXI had the least-watched newscasts in Pittsburgh at noon, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00p.m. (with KDKA-TV being the highest watched during those timeslots, except for WTAE-TV which was the leader at 11 p.m. as of the February 2013 ratings period).[28]. As a three-time Emmy winner, Katherine has covered many pivotal moments in Pittsburgh since 2013, including the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, the Franklin Regional High School stabbings and the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse. pic.twitter.com/Vhuqqr3kLG. In 2011, Cox Media Group's partnership with Internet Broadcasting was dissolved, and the Cox television stations relaunched their website operations in-house. The WIIC calls in Pittsburgh were later used by a low-powered independent station that ran a music video format (that station is currently a Rev'n affiliate). I actually never thought wed end up working in the same city. Studio Wrestling was run by Toots Mondt, who co-owned NWA member Capitol Wrestling Corporation (the predecessor to the present-day WWE) with Vince McMahon, Sr. McMahon promptly signed Sammartino to the CWC and where Sammartino would eventually become a two-time WWWF Champion for a combined record of 11 years. CBS Pittsburgh - Breaking Local News, Sports, First Alert Weather. KDKA Anchor Leaving Accident Fired | KDKA Old Anchors Heather Abraham KDKA, Bio, Wedding, Husband, Height, Age, Married by Feb 10, 2023 12 Comments Introduction : Heather Abraham is an award-winning journalist & news presenter, who worked for many years with KDKA-TV CBS Pittsburgh. The show originally had Cardille as a solo host. A bus and a vehicle were involved in a crash in Adams Township on Wednesday. She was a Sports Intern from Jan 2016 to May 2017 in Elmira, New York. She earns her income primarily from her job at WPXI-TV. (P.S. Lebanon native and . Before that, she was a News Intern at FOX 61 News in Hartford, Connecticut from May 2014 to Jul 2014. Western Pennsylvania's trusted news source, WTAE-TV Westmoreland County bureau reporter Jim Madalinsky, the main anchor we both worked with in Rochester, isnt the first instance of local TV reporters from rival stations marrying. From May 2016 to Apr 2018, Jenna was a sports director at Horseheads, NY. 1 vs. No. Follow Rob on Twitter or Facebook. Theres going to be emptiness. Downton Abbey: A New Era debuts on streaming service Peacock June 24 and will be released on DVD July 5. She is currently part of the WPIX team in New York City. One of us considered getting out of news altogether because we didnt think wed be able to make it work. Its transmitter is on Television Hill in the Fineview section of the city, at the site of the station's original studio location. We did some really important work that I hope helped people a lot.. 939 talking about this. Grips work with the camera department to move and secure the camera for filming, help shape the light used for filming and assist carpenters and the art department. You may be debating between a new or used car and how to get the best price. Since its sign-on in 1957, WIIC, and later WPXI, has aired a mix of syndicated first-run shows, off-network reruns, and afternoon movies throughout its history, although by the 1980s the schedule would become less dependent on most of this product in favor of more talk fare and an expanding newscast. A man accused of stabbing another man in the back of the head in Butler has been arrested. Hudak and Madalinsky are off to honeymoon in Napa, Calif. Theyll be back on the air at their respective stations July 19. A woman and a man were killed in what police are treating as a murder-suicide in Penn Hills on Tuesday. A 14-year-old is in jail after police say they tracked him to the scene of a murder using an ankle monitor with a GPS he was wearing. Its a part of me that went with her, said Bridgette Mehalic, Jacquelyn's mother. Mayor Gainey says with the recent shootings and violence like Fridays shooting outside a funeral in Brighton Heights that injured 6 people, they have to bring the right person in. I think its exactly 19 miles for me and 19 miles for Jim in opposite directions, Hudak said. 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Its a multigenerational family drama about ranchers. Unsurprisingly, Amazon Prime Video renewed The Boys for season four a week after the premiere of season three. Arena said one of the things he likes about his new station is that even though its in a much larger media market than Pittsburgh (No. Before that, Jenna worked at WENY-TV for two years and four months. Madalinsky came to WTAE in 2018; Hudak went to a station in her hometown. Goldsberry and Lil Rel Howery voice Eurekas parents. Joshua covers pop culture, media and more at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he's currently on strike. D.C. 2019s Tom Savini: Smoke and Mirrors, which was on Shudder and became available on-demand digitally last year, will be released on Blu-ray Oct. 11. After high school, she attended the S.I. Katherine Amenta - anchor. [31] Sister stations WJAC-TV and WTOV-TV also began offering RTV programming on their subchannels. Could we see gas tax cuts in southwestern Pennsylvania? 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