The stakes are raised in Pittsburgh’s local TV battle for meteorological marketing supremacy: KDKA-TV hired Falicia Woody, most recently of WKBN-TV in Youngstown, Ohio, to join Channel 2’s weather team. Assuming none of the four current KDKA weather staffers – Kristine Emery, Mary Ours, Ray Petelin and Ron Smiley –
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. The Pittsburgh channel of Hearst’s Very Local streaming service, available via Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Android TV and Roku devices, lives up to its name with its latest original, local production titled “Plate It, Pittsburgh.”
A “Get Out of the Allegheny Jail Free” card? The newest Monopoly game could include that saying as well as other Pittsburghese references. And you, Steel City residents, can help decide. Pittsburghers are encouraged to submit their suggestions for the upcoming board game. Hasbro, the makers of Monopoly, has partnered
Imagine the Carnegie Museums instead of the railroads. Heinz Field replacing Boardwalk. Randyland instead of Baltic Avenue. Makers of a new Pittsburgh-themed Monopoly game are.