20 years ago... 10 years ago...
Pittsburgh:Where were we? Wait a minute...where were YOU? Nobody has picked up on this. But one of our PBRTV tipsters brought this to our attention. We aren't sure of the exact dates, but...
20 years ago - WTAE-AM (1250) dumped its music format for an all-talk format. Word has it that Kevin Benson, yes the WPXI-TV weather man, was the last DJ to spin a record at 'TAE.
10 years ago - The duo of O'Brien (no relation) & Garry was split when Larry O'Brien hung up headphones in retirement. John Garry continued as a solo act for 7 months until WTAE Radio was blown up to start an all-sports format.
Thanks tipster...!
Readers’ Forum
Wasn’t it 15 years ago that KDKA Radio stop spinning the records adn it was Larry Richert who spun the last song “American Pie”
Kevin - June 08, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Kevin Benson started on ‘PXI back in the fall of 1987.
That’s when the station turned 30. I never knew Kevin
spun records at a station. He worked in Erie at WJET,
an ABC station. I was up there recently watching that
channel.
J. P. - July 14, 2007 at 10:09 am
I wonder if anyone has Kevin’s airchecks from his days at WTAE Radio. Answer this question, if you can. When do you think Kevin joined WTAE radio? I’d say about 1984-5. He joined Channel 11 in 1987, working weekend evenings only at first. Now he’s working weekend mornings too. COOL! He worked at a beer distributor, while working part time at Ch 11.
I’ll stop now. Kevin, of course, is my favorite Pittsburgh meteorologist.
J. P. - August 31, 2007 at 8:10 pm