Some of Ryan's colleagues at WPXI include: Lisa Sylvester - anchor. Unsurprisingly, Amazon Prime Video renewed The Boys for season four a week after the premiere of season three. Nowadays in addition to being in a dead heat for number one in local news ratings, WPXI is currently one of NBC's strongest major-market affiliates overcoming any lags due to the station's delays in signing on in its early years and despite the fluctuating strength of network programming. You can reach TV writer Rob Owen at rowen@triblive.com or 412-380-8559. Published by striking workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Ryan Houston Wcpo Before joining the station in December 2019, Ryan was working as an anchor for WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. ", "Hearing examiner backs FCC on Pittsburgh ch. Arena was hired at Channel 11 as a weekday morning anchor but got shifted to weekend morning anchor in 2019. Cross joined CBS in 1971, becoming the first Black network sports show anchor. She wasnt able to say where she will be working yet, but shell begin her new job on Jan. 23 and teased that Pittsburghers will still be able to watch her on the news. Danielle Dozier is an American journalist WPXI. Today, WPXI's syndicated programming focuses on hard-hitting news and lifestyle platforms. Grips work with the camera department to move and secure the camera for filming, help shape the light used for filming and assist carpenters and the art department. Before that, she was a News Intern at FOX 61 News in Hartford, Connecticut from May 2014 to Jul 2014. Prior to her current station, Jenna served as a Sports MMJ at WIVB/WNLO-TV (Nexstar Media Group) based in Buffalo since Apr 2018. Moreschi is a Sto-Rox High School graduate who studied broadcast journalism and political science at Syracuse University. The primary reason for the delay was on the part of WENS-TV (channel 16, now WINP-TV), whose application for the permit had been denied and later contested the FCC's original decision. In the late 1990s, WPXI was known as one of the "Big 3" stations in the Pittsburgh area to air popular tabloid talk shows Jerry Springer and Jenny Jones in their late morning and afternoon daytime lineup. "Pittsburgh Ch. WPXI is the NBC -affiliated television station for Western Pennsylvania that is licensed to Pittsburgh. The 34-year-old Mt. She now lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and believes it's the perfect city for her. In 1964, WIIC was sold to Cox Enterprises; Cox subsequently traded its share in the then new cable system (today's Buckeye Broadband) in Toledo, Ohio, to the Post-Gazette's parent company Block Communications, which is based in Toledo. Joe Arena leaving WPXI for lead anchor job on Long Island. She has been working at WPXI-TV since April 2020. Former WPXI-TV morning anchor Bob Bruce began thinking about life after TV in 1998, two years into what would be a 13-year stint at Channel 11 that ended in 2009 when he left the business to. After college, she took a reporting job in Winchester, Virginia and then continued on to Little Rock, Arkansas and Cleveland, Ohio. Stay Pittsburgh strong.. PITTSBURGH, PA - WPXI-TV anchor Damany Lewis is leaving the station after nearly five years there. I actually compare the two a lot to people Im talking to, Arena said. Nguyen began her career as a morning anchor and reporter at KWTX-TV, the CBS affiliate in Waco, Texas. A vehicle crashed into the Bower Hill fire station on Vanadium Road in Scott Township Tuesday night. Before joining her current station, Jenna worked as a Sports MMJ WIVB/WNLO-TV (Nexstar Media Group) in Buffalo. [27] More recently, however, WPXI has had an increase in most dayparts, although it continues to maintain a tie with KDKA-TV in the market for daytime news, as of the May 2009 Nielsen ratings period. Houston also was the main anchor in Jackson, MS for two years. Ryan Houston, WPXI-TV Anchor and Reporter Ryan Houston anchors the weekend night newscast at 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. for Channel 11 News. Hes the oldest of four boys. Western Pennsylvania's trusted news source, WTAE-TV Westmoreland County bureau reporter Jim Madalinsky, the main anchor we both worked with in Rochester, isnt the first instance of local TV reporters from rival stations marrying. . Before coming to Pittsburgh, Houston. [21][20], In February 2019, it was announced that Apollo Global Management would acquire Cox Media Group and Northwest Broadcasting's stations. She earns her income primarily from her job at WPXI-TV. I actually never thought wed end up working in the same city. As part of WPXI's contract with Sinclair, WPGH is permitted to air Sinclair's must-run programming, but must air them after the WPXI-produced newscast with a brief disclaimer stating that the editorials are from Sinclair and not WPXI; as a result, WPGH does not air Sinclair's must-runs, though it does air other political programming from Sinclair in prime time during election years.[26]. [8], Bill Cardille signed the station on the air. The group was formed to help family members process the grief of losing a child to gun violence. In recent years, both Arenas mom and brother have relocated to Long Island near where Arena will soon make his home. After almost a decade as an anchor/reporter at Channel 11, Joe Arena is leaving WPXI after his June 26 newscast for a job at News 12 Long Island, a 24-hour local cable news channel, where. She earned her bachelor of science in tv and radio communication in 2016. 11 grant. and Wheel of Fortune from CBS-owned KDKA-TV in 1988. The show was part of a trend during the 1960s and 1970s for television stations to produce local programming. In September 2018, WPXI acquired The Wendy Williams Show from WPGH-TV after going back and forth at its 10 a.m. time slot on the station since its 2009 debut. Here is your all-star cast for 2020. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the virtual channels of its main signal and its three repeaters as its former VHF analog channel 11. In 1970, when the Pittsburgh Steelers moved to the American Football Conference after the AFL-NFL merger, channel 11 became the station of record for the team (as NBC held the broadcast rights to AFC games then); this partnership continued through 1997 (after that season, CBS took over the AFC broadcast rights, and most games moved to CBS O&O KDKA-TV; channel 2 had previously served as the default home station from 1962 to 1969). She wanted to play a role in changing that narrative by featuring the good in people. Please include your first name and location. This coincided with much of the period where NBC also struggled in the ratings. Channel 11 is committed to helping you protect your money. She currently works at WPXI-TV since April 2020. She was born to her father and mother in South Windsor, Connecticut, United States of America. The changes, combined with Westinghouse absorbing CBS and standardizing KDKA-TV along the lines of its new CBS O&O sister stations (and subsequent less emphasis on local programming), finally saw WPXI reach parity with KDKA-TV and WTAE-TV during the 1990s. Recruitment is open at SquidGameCasting.com. WPXI-TV news anchor David Johnson's in-laws died within hours of each other Tuesday night from the coronavirus at a hospital in Florida. After three years, the Pittsburgh native is headed to WSB-TV in Atlanta . The day I got the call from WPXI it was the best thing ever. [30] The service, branded as WPXI 11 Weather Plus, offered local and national weather information 24 hours a day. WPXI Reporter: Amy Hudak WPXI Anchor: Lisa Sylvester WPXI Anchor * No longer with Network. Jackie was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. You may be debating between a new or used car and how to get the best price. [10][11] The station has been the longest running NBC affiliate under Cox's ownership, especially after sister stations WSOC-TV in Charlotte and WSB-TV in Atlanta switched their affiliations to ABC in 1978 and 1980, respectively. She is a Philadelphia native and a graduate of the (National Champion!) Betty Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American news anchor. Later, WIXZ DJ Terry Lee would take over as host. IATSE Local 489 is recruiting Western Pennsylvanians through the end of June to its Studio Mechanics Grip Training program in partnership with the Pittsburgh Film Office and Brooklyn, N.Y.,-based workforce development organization Reel Works. Introduction : Jackie Cain (maiden name Jaclyn Schafer) is the news anchor for Pittsburgh's Action News 4. Hallmark Channels Christmas in July programming stunt - June 24 to to June 30 on Hallmark Movies Mysteries and July 1-31 on Hallmark Channel, will include three new movies the evenings of July 9, 16 and 23. As a three-time Emmy winner, Katherine has covered many pivotal moments in Pittsburgh since 2013, including the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, the Franklin Regional High School stabbings and the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse. [16][17] With the switch to HD came a new set, created by FX Group and a new graphics package designed by Hothaus Creative. Why is Peggy Finnegan back on WPXI? 1 vs. No. As a three-time Emmy winner, Katherine has covered many pivotal. Sewickley councilman featured in Super Bowl ad, Review: Michael B. 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David joined WPXI in January 1985 as the noon news anchor and reporter for the evening news. Pittsburgh native Jodi Applegate co-anchored NBC's Weekend Today, but was never seen locally due to WPXI's weekend morning newscasts. Live Streams. And neighbors tell us its just more of the same for the area. (Logo: WPXI-TV) PITTSBURGH, PA - Following a nine-year stint at WPXI-TV, reporter Courtney Brennan is leaving the station this week. In addition to weekends, Arena co-anchored Channel 11s 4 p.m. weekday newscast with Susan Koeppen during November and May sweeps this past year. Josh Elliot was abruptly fired by CBS News on Monday and escorted out of the building by security. Joe Arena's career in broadcast journalism began in the Big Apple and took him everywhere from Bluefield, W.Va., to Shreveport, La . This isnt the first instance of local TV reporters from rival stations marrying but it isnt particularly common either. View anchors, reporter and more WTAE staff on the News Team page. Locally, WPXI's Scott Harbaugh served as the main meteorologist on the station's Weather Plus service. I never thought Id live in Rochester, Hudak said. TV Q&A: Is a Pittsburgher writing for CBSs East New York? WPXI's current look uses the circle 11 logo with a stylized "WPXI" below it. In 2000, Cox Enterprises purchased WTOV in Steubenville, Ohio and WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania from Sunrise Television. It started as a one-hour show, but was then expanded to 90 minutes because of its popularity. Team KDKA Heather Abraham Hot mom check in. Today, WPXI's syndicated programming focuses on hard-hitting news and lifestyle platforms. The show is about Eureka (voice of Ruth Righi), a young inventor in a fictional prehistoric world who creates contraptions. WPXI.com News Staff Latest Headlines by 1 taken to hospital after fire in Greensburg mobile home One person was transported to an area hospital after a fire at a mobile home in Greensburg early. 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