The station signed on September 14, 1958 from its current studio location at 400 Admore Boulevard in Wilkinsburg. For the last several weeks the station has been touting that it will begin High Definition news broadcasts within the next few weeks.

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Hagman began working at KQV in 1988 and has been the sports director since 1990. For the time being he works in real estate and is still eligable to collect unemployment. Although he hasn't contacted any stations, Hagman won't close doors on any possible sports opportunities at other stations. He will not leave Pittsburgh.

Meanwhile, Stan & Guy's program has been a refreshing reunion for listeners. The pair used to host Sportsbeat together and were well liked.

Neither program is taking very many calls in comparision to the previous programs. Station management made the decision saying that talk shows shouldn't rely on callers to carry the program.

The rumors of Madden doing afternoons at WXDX built up after the station fired afternoon jock Steve Grimm last week.

The portions of the building being torn down are one-time additions to the original building which became too small for comfort for the station as it grew in its first 50 years. PBRTV understands (but does not have confirmation) that the original structure will remain as a service building for the engineering staff.

In lieu of posting a 1991 tour of the old studios by a certain 14-year-old (we don't have the video changing technology anyway), we supply this video taken by a YouTuber (embedding disabled) during the Winter of 2008. You'll see that the station looked a lot like a ghost town. Freaky huh?

Alan Serena, vice president and marketing manager for Renda Broadcasting (and once-owner of 1360) told the PG that direct competition from KDKA-AM (1020) and WPGB-FM (104.7) were the reasons the talk format would no longer work for the 5000 watt daytime station; 1000 watt nighttime, out of McKeesport. "It was slicing the talk pie pretty thin, and we found that, quite honestly, it was like trying to push a boulder up hill," he said. Serena also pointed out that Cullen's show was the only three hour block which brought in any ad revenue. Additionally, the reason they cut Hoerth's program last December was in hopes that the budget would be trimmed enough to make sure Cullen could survive on the station.

Cullen will not be on the air this week due to a long-planned vacation, but will return for the final days of her program next week. Lynn Cullen is known as one of Pittsburgh's few liberal talk show hosts. She considers her audience to be more of a community - one whom she'll discuss this change with to "try to assuage what I suspect will be frustration and anger at losing a voice that they felt spoke for them," she said. Meanwhile Cullen says there are other outlets interested in possibly letting her continue her show. Although she wouldn't specify which stations, they are interested in her because of her loyal audience.

Lynn Cullen arrived in Pittsburgh in 1980 as a feature reporter on WTAE-TV (4). Prior to her 10 years on WPTT, she hosted a similar program for 10 years on WTAE-AM (1250) now WEAE.

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Comcast offered an introductory low price to customers who upgraded - an offer which doesn't expire until the end of August. The same offer will be made to the two communities in waiting, but the cable giant wants to make sure there are enough cable boxes to go around. "Customer reaction was unbelievable, Comcast spokeswoman Jody Doherty told the Post-Gazette, "Customer demand was stronger than our most aggressive projections."

Comcast is the area's cable leader having purchased AT&T Broadband (nee TCI) who had slowly aquired the area's community cable companies throughout the 80s and 90s.

The new program isn't aimed at the 50 and older crowd. "Everyone wants to live well and live long," Schano told the Post-Gazette. She also points out that this project will take her back to her reporting days as the reports will be field-based, something she couldn't do at WQED where money was tight.

The segments will also be available on WTAE's website and the digital sub-channel devoted to weather and traffic. Schano's original intent was to do a half-hour series, but available time slots were not attractive. The 90-second segments was a more doable option.

Schano will also be a part of WTAE's 50th Anniversary special scheduled for August 28 at 8:00 pm.

WLTJ tweaked the format on Easter Sunday firing the entire staff. After a few weeks of a jockless station, John Cline and Kerri Griffith were hired for the morning drive.

Emily Graham - described as a polite, yet aggressive girl with a strong work ethic - sought out every opportunity in Phoenix not long after arriving at the school two years ago. She's experienced the news industry through many "real world" experiences through all sorts of facets including, camera and production crew, assignment editor, radio show host, investigative reporter and a month-long gig as an international multimedia reporter in South Africa.

In Pittsburgh, Graham spent her free time volunteering for Special Olympics, the Carnegie Science Center, WQED and WDUQ and visits home as much as possible. She's expected to graduate in May 2009.