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>Wow, there were a lot of names I had forgotten. Great >post. Two more sports names from the '80s. Randy >Waters and Jim Brinson. They were both the No. 2 guy >behind Sam Nover. > > > >>In the 70’s and 80’s, Channel 11 seemed to struggle >>the most(especially whent there's no Burns, Long or >>DeNardo at your station). Newscast titles would >>include “News/Watch,” “Instant News,” “Steel City >>News,” “Newscenter 11,” and finally “Channel 11 News.” >> The station’s call sign would change from WIIC to >>WPXI in 1981. >> >>Some iconic personalities would anchor the news from >>Television Hill. Starting in the early 70’s to late >>70’s, they would include Adam Lynch, Ray Tannehill, >>Eleanor Schano, Pat Kiley, Bob Cochran, Beverly Byer, >>Hank Baughman and Alan Frio just to name a few. >>Weather would also tend to have plenty of turnovers >>with such personalities around the same time such as >>Ralph Fallert, Don Riggs, Russ Montgomery, Ken >>Phillips, PJ Maloney, Pat Finn and Pat Shingleton. >>Sports was about the only stability Channel 11 had. >>Sam Nover lasted from about 1970 to 1979, left for >>NBC, then came back after Bill Currie, Dave Sullivan >>and Rocky Blier all held the sports anchor chair for >>about two years. By the 80’s when Channel 11 launched >>a 5:30 newscast, Baughman, Jane Crawford, Roxanne >>Stein and Jim Scott (who would go back to Channel 4) >>became the main anchors, Shingleton (who like Phillips >>was a meteorologist) would leave and be replaced by >>Barry Lillis who really never caught on with viewers. >>Finn would replace Lillis, then would be replaced by >>Tim Earl, who would be switched with weekend weather >>forecaster Dennis Bowman. Baughman and Stein would be >>the main anchor team until 1985 when Mike Hambrick >>would replace Baughman who’d go back to weekends and >>anchor with Della Crews. Stein would be replaced by >>Kelley Mitchell who was interim for Edye Tarbox. >>Channel 11 brought back a 5:30 newscast to replace the >>one as mentioned that was cancelled in 1984. Mitchell >>would anchor with Ron Jaye and John Fedko would do >>sports. David Johnson would replace Hambrick in >>early 1989. Later that same year, Peggy Finnegan >>would replace Tarbox. >> >>My apologies if I left anybody off the list. Thank >>you for remembering Barry Judge. I knew there was a >>guy named Barry who co-anchored 11's 6PM news with Ray >>Tannehill. I do remember Barry Judge when I was in >>Seattle when he was KING-TV 5's anchor in the early >>'90's.

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