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>Wow...that is really great. I remember nearly all of >that. > >After noticing one name, a question came to mind, if >anyone knows or not. Trish Beatty, after an impressive >15 years at KDKA, never moved to another station after >KD went all-talk in '91. She just quit radio. > >How come? > >>I found a bunch of old AFTRA newsletters, which always >>included a section on the movement of personnel at >>stations. This was the September-October 1981 edition, >>which would cover things that happened since late >>summer: >> >>WJOI is now WBZZ, WKTQ changed to WJAS and WIIC is now >>WPXI...Barbara Boylan moves from WJAS to >>KDKA...Roxanne Stein from WGAL-TV/Lancaster is new at >>WPXI, as is Midge Hill from KDKA...Ron Asbury and Jay >>Herda leave WJOI for WJAS....Ken Allen moves from WAMO >>to WJAS....Susie Barbour moves down the hall from WXKX >>to WTAE....Don Bombard resigns from WJAS to try his >>hand in New York...Rose Ryan shifts from WXKX to >>WFFM...New at Channel 11: Jim Scott returns to town >>from WRC-TV/Washington and Barry Lillis from >>WGR-TV/Buffalo...Kathy Kerestes calls it quits at >>WTAE, and Steve Garrett leaves WXKX...Frank Ryan moves >>WJAS to WFFM...The new WBZZ staff includes Rich Anton, >>Jeff Ballentine, Paul DiMiere, Joe DiDonato, Mark >>Fullerton, Guy Junker, Ken Siburt and Chuck Tyler...Al >>Julius returns to Channel 2 from KABC-TV/Los Angeles. >> >>The newsletter also had a look back at past years: >> >>Five years earlier (1976): Trish Beatty moved from >>Johnstown to KDKA, while Ted Payne left KD to "rest >>and travel."...Steve Hansen left WDVE for >>Minneapolis...Charles Bosworth from New Orleans >>signed on as Channel 2's investigative >>reporter....Hank Baughmann moved from KQV to Channel >>11...Ken Kirk had recently passed away...Steve Smith >>left Channel 2 to return to Houston...Bob Dickey was >>named GM of KQV/WDVE. >> >>10 years earler (1971): Pat Emory left KDKA-TV for >>KNTX-TV/Los Angeles...Dave James moved from KQV to >>KDKA...Jim Bosh came home to work at KDKA-TV while >>Larry Schmidt left for Minneapolis. >> >>15 years earlier (1966): KDKA picked up the option on >>the "Pallan & Trow" morning show...Herb Koster and Pat >>Kiely launched a noon news show on Channel 11...WRYT >>became WTAE and WWSW-FM celebrated its 25th >>anniversary.

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