In December 2011, I got a chance to visit KDKA-TV studio and office in downtown Pittsburgh, locating on No. 1020. 420 Fort Duquesne Blvd. It’s an interesting and memorable tour because I learned something new, fooled by something deceiving, and lost something beautiful.
Something new: the TV hosts are not just gorgeous or handsome people who can read from chi chi screen beautifully and be understood by audience from different geographic locations at the same time, but also they are very hardworking and talented people who would be very involved in the entire program production process. One example, anchor +Kimberly Gill who was introduced to us during the tour and then a new face on KDKA can do everything from anchoring, reporting, photography, to editing. She used to be a FedEx truck driver for 7 years! Never forget her passion and dream, worked hard, pushed limits, and finally arrived at the stage she desired the most.
Something deceiving: Weather forecast hosts don’t have a map at their fingertips, instead it’s only a blank blue backdrop! So it takes practice to match the space on the blank blue backdrop precisely to the right location on the Map that is watched by audience. Nobody has an easy job. Even it’s not easy to do a lousy job!(with all respect to weather forecasting hosts)
Something beautiful: Lost the belt for one of my favorite suit coat. Interesting, I found myself like the belt even more after I lost it. It seems that remembering or having something on your mind is the highest form of allowing yourself being controlled by that matter. So I try my best to not lose those things I know I would prefer to hold, such as temper.
Beer winning trivia @ KDKA
1. KDKA-TV, virtual Channel 2, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station located in Pittsburgh. The station was originally aired on January 11, 1949, as WDTV then owned by Dumont. Westinghouse purchased it at 9.75 billion in 1954. After the deal was closed in 1955, Westinghouse changed the call letters to KDKA-TV. KDKA-FM 93.7 KDKA-AM 1020 are two radio stations licensed to Pittsburgh. Westinghouse’s fighting against FCC (Federal Communications Commission) for a public television in home market in Pittsburgh later would directly result in the birth of WQED.
2. TV or Radio Stations have Call Letters, a sequence of letters used by a television or radio station as an identifying code. All call letters start with letter K or W. Stations starting with a “K” are west of the Mississippi, and stations that begin with a “W” are east of the Mississippi. Pittsburgh KDKA-TV is one of the few stations east of the Mississippi River with a "K" call sign.
3. As CBS holds the broadcast contract with the NFL to show games involving AFC teams, KDKA-TV has been the official broadcaster of most Pittsburgh Steelers games since 1998, and serves as the team's flagship station. The team's preseason games that are not nationally televised are also shown on KDKA. KDKA began its relationship with the Steelers in 1962, when CBS first started the league wide television package.
Your ID @ KDKA
Who is the gentleman in the picture showing the group around in the KDKA office?
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