21 years… and still going
October 18, 2019
Monday afternoon (October 21) will mark PBRTV’s 21st anniversary. Literally half my life ago, (I was 21 then) I sat down and plunked out listings of Pittsburgh stations for DCRTV Dave to list on a sub-page on his DCRTV site.
Truly, I thought by now I would have long since lost interest in doing this site. Well, I’m pretty well convinced that some people THINK I have… or have forgotten of the site’s existence. And given the changes in this business and fewer stories coming about, I can see why those readers might think that. With the previously mentioned changes in my life, time to tend to this site has been slim, but I’m still here! And we’re still looking for podcast guests… just let me get through some church projects and we’ll be up and running. If I’ve contacted you and thought I fell off the face of the earth… well… here’s a review.
So, here’s a question, what is YOUR most memorable local radio/TV event over the last 21 years? We have a little over 22-hundred stories (from the time this site became a blog in 2007) to recall. And (if you look at Archive.org) there are dozens more to look at dating back to 1998. Let us know what you remember!
Thank you to EVERYONE who has been here throughout the last 21 years! Without you (even if you’ve forgotten about this page) there would be no PBRTV. Here’s to 21 more!
Hummmmmmmmmm, the most memorable event during the last 21 years. Easy for me (and I am glad) is YOU Eric starting PBRTV. For the past 21 years a truly wonderful source of local TV and Radio information. I agree 100 percent, here’s to another 21 years and hopefully beyond.
Doug Goffus
Congrats on 21 years! PBRTV.com has been mandatory reading. I appreciate all the column tidbits you\’ve given me in that time. 🙂
My picks for top stories over this span would be:
– WQED sells off WQEX to Paxon Communications after a lengthy series of FCC battles over the frequency’s noncommercial status.
– Duquesne University decides to exit the radio business and jettisons WDUQ.
– WJAS ends a nearly four-decade run of Adult Standards and switches to talk. (my father actually went into mourning the day this happened)
– KDKA Radio is sold and for the first time in it’s almost 100 year history is not owned by Westinghouse or it’s successor, CBS, Inc.
– After nearly a century on the air and four decades in the all-news format KQV goes dark. Supposedly to reappear on our dials someday. As….something.
KQV will be back in time for its 100th.
This is a tough question for people, maybe like History class is hard.. 🙂
For me it’s the changes in radio that came out of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, radio’s “American Pie” moment.
Thanks for the site, I enjoy reading the blog, and nice ‘year 21’ graphic!
Boomer