KDKA-TV is the CBS owned & operated television station for Pittsburgh.
KDKA-TV signed on the air on January 11, 1949 as WDTV, Channel 3. WDTV was a DuMont television station. In 1952, WDTV switched to Channel 2.
A few years later, the station became owned by Westinghouse and changed to the call letters KDKA-TV. It was also then that KDKA-TV became a CBS affiliate.
In 1995, KDKA-TV became a CBS owned and operated station. Viacom merged with CBS in the year 2000, which made KDKA a sister station with UPN affiliate WNPA-TV.
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Due to special programming circumstances, KDKA-TV will occasionally broadcast CBS shows on WPCW-TV. Not sure where to find Pittsburgh's CW on your television?
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Looking for something to do in your area? Find local events & submit your group's upcoming charity event or fundraiser to the KDKA Community Calender.
Visit KDKA.com/Calendar
KDKA/WPCW is part of the CBS Television Stations Group, which reaches 35% of the U.S. TV households with stations in 8 of the top 10 markets. Our stations deliver advertisers' messages to more than 38 million homes. The "CBS is Always On" initiative extends KDKA/WPCW's local market reach beyond TV to broadband Web and wireless content distribution 24/7.
For information about advertising on KDKA-TV or on KDKA.com, visit KDKA.com/Advertise
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Why I Became A Journalist: I've always loved writing and performing in dance and theater, so broadcast journalism was a natural blend of both of these loves
First TV Appearance: In high school, I was selected to be a reporter for a program for the Boy Scouts, taped at the CBS station in Orlando. That's when I first got the TV news bug
Favorite Story: Flying at 9 times the force of gravity in an F-16 fighter jet with the Airforce's Thunderbirds
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