Where Are They Now? (N-Z)Some people in radio and television can never be forgotten, but sometimes we forget where they ran off to. Are you or someone you know a Pittsburgh Radio and TV Alumnus? If so, please email us your current location and activity to pbrtv@aol.com.Click HERE for those whose names begin with A-M. LARRY O'BRIEN - former partner in the O'Brien and Garry Show on WTAE, WHTX and WMXP, is retired in Hilton Head, S.C. (A reminder that Larry is no relation to your PBRTV Owner/Editor!) ART PALLAN - retired to Fort Myers, Florida after working more than 40 years at WWSW and KDKA radio. Pallan passed away in Pittsburgh at the age of 83 in early 2007. ANDY PEARSON - (former WTAE anchor/reporter) Andy joined Today’s KTHV in 1998 and currently co-anchors the 5, 6, and 10 o’clock broadcasts. His career in broadcasting began in 1974 near Nashville, TN, and he has since worked at television stations in Mobile, Nashville, Pittsburgh, as well as previously in the Little Rock television market from 1987 to 1993. Andy is the Manager of an adult baseball team, The Little Rock Indians. He is an avid bike rider, certified private pilot, and a 1st Lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol and a new Daddy. JOHN POISTER - PD and Mid day jock at WIXZ /McKeesport when it went country in 1975. News Director at KQV 1978-79. WTAE-TV News Assignment Editor/ Assistant News Director 1979-89. Reporter/News Director at WTAE-Radio 1989-1996. Assistant News Director/ News Director WPGH-TV 1997 2003. Creative Service/Production for WPTT/WJAS/WSHH-Pittsburgh 2003-2006. Currently Director of Coverage and Content at WPXI-TV. Joe DeStio at WEAE says I am "continuing my tour of Pittsburgh Radio and TV stations". NINA PINEDA - former WTAE reporter is now at WABC-TV in New York. (*As a side note, Nina was caught on camera on September 11, 2001 running to safety at the time of the attacks at the World Trade Center.) KELLY RANDALL Did evenings and afternoons at WPEZ from 1978 - 1980, following that did evenings at FM97 for Chuck Brinkman. Moved to Honolulu in 1981 and did evenings at KIKI and then mornings at 93FMQ. Kelly and his morning partner, Dan Cooke, moved to Philadelphia in 1983 to do mornings for Cox’s WSSH (which became Z106). Kelly returned to Honolulu for one year program KKUA and then returned to Philadelphia in 1987 to do mornings at WIOQ. He started law school at the same time and also worked at Star 104.5 up until graduation. Still keeping a hand in radio while practicing law in Washington, DC, Kelly did weekends and swing at WAVA and Q107. Kelly moved to Denver in 1997 to work as an in-house counsel for MCI and did weekends at Alice 106 for Gregg Cassidy until 2001. Today, Kelly remains active as a composer of electronic music (see www.kellydavid.com) , does business development for Epiq Systems, Inc. and holds down a weekend show at the CBS oldies station, KOOL105 for Keith Abrams, another former Pittsburgh broadcaster. "BIG STEVE" RIZEN - formerly with KQV and WJAS and the host of "Give It a Whirl on WIIC-TV, is now a school teacher in Houston. EDDIE ROGERS - Was Afternoon Drive and Program Director on "The New Sound of 13Q" 1973-1975. Left Pittsburgh to return to Detroit (Eddie came to Pittsburgh from CKLW in Detroit.). After 13Q, worked on WXYZ, WDRQ, WMJC, WCLS, WOMC, then did mornings on WLTI, LITE-FM for 9 years. Currently in field operations for Ford Division Marketing and Sales at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI. JIM ROOKER - former Pirates announcer, owns a restaurant-bar in Ambridge, PA called Rook's East Side Saloon. JOHN SANDERS - formerly of KDKA, does cable TV play by play for the Cleveland Indians and works for the Big East basketball network. DYAN SHERIDYN - did evenings at WDSY (Y108) for six years before moving across town to soft AC WSHH for the next three. She then headed south to do mornings for WEGX in SC, then owned by Beasley Broadcasting. Today, she's back in Pittsburgh, where she supplements her ad agency gig (still not a "real" job :)) by doing the occasional weekend shift at Keymarket's Froggy network. PAT SHINGLETON - the former WPXI weatherman famous for having an arrow on his finger, is the owner of a production company in Baton Rouge, La. In addition, he is the long-time meteorologist for ABC affiliate WBRZ-TV. MARGARET SHORTRIDGE - native Pittsburgher and former WPXI weekend anchor, Margaret made her way out to the West Coast soon after getting married and also spent time as the medical reporter at Fox affiliate WFLD-TV in Chicago. MIKE SILVERSTEIN - former WJAS talk show host in the early '70s, is an award-winning news reporter for ABC Radio. JACQUE SMITH - former weekend anchor and reporter at KDKA-2 is now at WJW-8 Cleveland where she anchors the station's weekday morning newscasts. J.J. SOLOMON - formerly known as "J.J." on WAMO-FM and "Jimmy Jamm" on WJJJ 104.7 FM. As of 9/10/2004, I am J.J. on KISS 101.7 WJKS WILMINGTON, DE a QC Communications Station. Also the voice of www.webjhn.com and can be found at www.jjsolomon.net. NEAL SPENCE - I am now retired and living in Daytona Beach, Florida and married to my high school sweetheart, Jan. I miss all those I worked with on radio and TV. jdstrano@aol.com JOE STARKEY - Penguins play-by-play announcer in 1973-74, has been sports director of KGO/San Francisco since 1979 and is also the radio voice of the San Francisco 49ers. ROXANNE STEIN - former WPXI anchor, is an anchor and medical reporter at WPTV, the NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla. MIKE STONE - former weatherman at WTAE-4 moved on to WKYC-3 Cleveland doing weather for the weekday evening newscasts. He is now at WEWS-TV in Cleveland. JON SUMMERS - formerly with KQV, WPNT and WTAE, works at WKBW-TV/Buffalo. EDYE TARBOX - former WPXI anchor partnered with Mike Hambrick. After getting married and going to other markets working in TV, EDYE is now known as E. D. (Donahey) Hill on Fox News Channel's Fox and Friends. BOB TRACEY - who worked at KDKA Radio and TV from 1956-68, is retired and living in Carnegie. His son Greg runs the Moon Township motorcycle shop that Bob Tracey founded in the 1960s. Bob Tracey also worked at WJAS and Metro Traffic. RANDY WATERS - former sports anchor and reporter at WPXI, now holds that position with WXIA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Atlanta. HARRY WEST - KQV morning man in the '70s, is semi-retired and works part-time at a station in Scranton, PA. JIM WHITE - formerly of KDKA and WJAS, is now retired after many years at KMOX St. Louis. T.J. WINICK - WTAE's Westmoreland County Bureau Chief from 1998-2000. Now reporter at WBZ-TV, CBS affiliate in Boston. SHAWN YANCY - Former WTAE-TV Reporter and Anchor. Left Channel 4 in 2001 to become an anchor at Washington, D.C. Fox Affiliate WTTG Channel 5. STEVE ZABRISKIE - who did sports at WTAE-TV in the '70s, lived in North Carolina for a while and wrote a baseball instructional book for kids called "Be a Hitter." Zabroskie retired from broadcasting in 1997 and lives in Orlando, Florida. All original material on this website is copyright 1998-2006 by PBRTV. | ||||