KDKA Radio Centennial Show: Jack Bogut

Since 1968 there have only been three guards of morning radio on KDKA.  Current host Larry Richert, the late John Cigna and Jack Bogut.  What brought, Jack Bogut, a mountain west boy to Pittsburgh and kept he and his wife Joni here for more than 50 years? What did he think when he first drove throu…

KDKA Radio Centennial Show: George Barbour

It was the summer of 1964, 44 years after KDKA Radio first made history as the pioneer broadcast station to the world, that KDKA hired George Barbour, it's first ever African American reporter.  And Mr Barbour was no ordinary reporter either. He had already  been honored as a Golden Quill award rec…

KDKA Radio Centennial Show: Andy Masich and Dr. Steven Jacobs

You may have never heard of Reginald Fessenden.  I hadn't until this past winter.  But without his great scientific work in radio we not only would not have radio as we know it. We wouldn't have wireless communications as we have it today.  Dr Steven Jacobs tells of the legacy of Reginald Fessenden…

KDKA Radio Centennial Show: 65th Anniversary Show

Mike Pintek narrates this one hour special that takes us back to 1920 and KDKA's first broadcast through all the twists and turns of programming through the depression and WWII, the post-war era with baseball and live music and shows. Uncle Ed, Rege Cordic and Ed and Wendy King.  The development, i…

KDKA Radio Centennial Show: 80th Anniversary Show

It doesn't get any better than this 80th Anniversary Show hosted by Fred Honsberger and Mike Pintek.  Fred and Mike hosted a "red carpet" show for an hour at Heinz Hall leading up to a special production called "Newsica"l with KDKA personalities as the cast.  Jack Bogut, Wendy King, Dr. Knowledge, …

KDKA Radio Centennial Show: Mike Romigh

KDKA Radio over the years has been know for it's right leaning talk show hosts like John Cigna, Fred Honsberger and Mike Pintek, but Mike Romigh was the counter point from the left.  Join us as Mike talks about growing up in Beaver County where he first worked in radio and how he landed a part-time…

KDKA Radio Centennial Show: Barbara Boylan and Greg Jena

In the first half of this show we focus in on the newsroom and feature Barbara Boylan. Barbara covered news for 36 years from 1981 to 2017. During that time she covered the biggest stories like the crash of Flight 427 as well as the ambush murders of three Pittsburgh police officers, and the deaths…

KDKA Radio Centennial Show: Roy Fox

I've enjoyed hosting all of these shows but, this one stands out because I remember listening to Roy Fox and the Fox's Den as a teenage.  I caught myself listening to him in this interview like I did back then, in wrapped attention.  Listen for yourself and tell me if at 80 he couldn't get behind a…

KDKA Radio Centennial Show: Trish Beatty and Rob Pratte

You probably remember Trish Beatty as the delightful voice between songs as she hosted mid-days on KDKA from 1977 until the music stopped playing, when we went all talk in 1992.  She has such great stories to tell, of the people she worked with and where in the world she calls home. I have never h…

KDKA Radio Centennial Show: Fred Honsberger

The Honz! No one was more respected as a newsman and a talk show host. For 40 years he personified KDKA's commitment to journalism and compelling talk radio. He was a true Icon of Pittsburgh and talk radio, having been named Best Talk Show Host by the Achievement in Radio awards in 1997, 2003 and…