Bob Kudzma
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In this file photo, KDKA-TV metereologist Bob Kudzma (left) chats with floor manager Patty Cobb (center) and news co-anchor Susan Barnett during a commercial break in 2002.
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In this file photo, KDKA-TV metereologist Bob Kudzma presents the weather during a noon broadcast in May 2002.
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Former KDKA-TV meteorologist Bob Kudzma, who retired from the station in 2002 after 34 years on the air, died from cancer Thursday at age 81.
A New Hampshire native, Kudzma earned a degree in mathematics from the University of New Hampshire and entered the Air Force, which sent him to Texas A&M University to study meteorology. Kudzma served in Vietnam, forecasting the weather in advance of bombing missions.
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There are a lot of reasons why viewers turn to TV for weather forecasts. One is some viewers like to get that weather forecast from a familiar source, someone they trust after years of listening to that meteorologist deliver weather reports.
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Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review.
Q: With the weather being a top headline lately, why do the local broadcasts tease us with “forecast and snow accumulations coming up”? Weather is available with the press of a button, why not just give us the forecast instead of these archaic news teases?
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‘Resident Alien,” a new Syfy series that caught the attention of veteran TV critic Rob Owen and approving viewers, is evidence that inventive shows exist outside premium cable and streaming services. “It’s been a while since there’s been a cable show, a basic cable show on USA or Syfy or another one of those channels, that’s struck me as something I would go back and give another look,” Owen, a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist, said of the comic book-inspired series that arrived in January.
This image released by Syfy shows Judah Prehn, (left), and Alien Harry in the new series ‘Resident Alien.’ (AP)
LOS ANGELES - “Resident Alien,” a new Syfy series that caught the attention of veteran TV critic Rob Owen and approving viewers, is evidence that invent.
Resident Alien, a new Syfy series that caught the attention of veteran TV critic Rob Owen and approving viewers, is evidence that inventive shows exist outside premium cable and streaming services.