Filmmaker Scott Galloway looked back on his coming of age in Pittsburgh for his latest project, “Children in Crisis: The Story of CHIP,” premiering at 9 tonight on WQED’s WORLD Channel (Channel 13.3 over the air, Channel 1013 on Comcast Xfinity and Channel 473 on Verizon’s FiOS TV) and already
On Monday, Pittsburgh’s first 8 p.m. newscast launches on WPKD-TV, Channel 19, also known as KDKA+. KDKA news director Shawn Hoder has a ready response to anyone wondering why they’d put on another newscast when there’s already local news that airs on KDKA from 4-7 p.m. and again at 7:30
WPGH-TV, Channel 53, will launch a 7 to 8 a.m. weekday newscast on Jan. 8, per promos that are airing and TV listings. As reported last month, this 7 a.m. newscast, like the 10 p.m. news on WPGH, will be produced and staffed by personnel from WPXI-TV. Channel 11’s morning
WPKD-TV, known in branding as KDKA+ on Channel 19, will begin broadcasting a one-hour 8 p.m. newscast Jan. 8 with Jessica Guay as anchor, relocating from her current weekend morning anchor position on KDKA-TV. Ray Petelin will provide weather forecasts on “Primetime News on KDKA+.” Recent hire Megan Shinn will