KDKA-TV Information

KDKA-TV History

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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KDKA News Team

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Jobs & Internships at KDKA

KDKA-TV News

KDKA, an equal opportunity employer, is dedicated to providing broad outreach regarding employment opportunties at the station.

Program Guide

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WPCW-TV Channel Guide

KDKA/WPCW Station Information

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?  Click here for a WPCW Channel Guide

KDKA Community Calendar

View & Submit Events

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 

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KDKA/WPCW

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

Your Official Steelers Station

KDKA is your Steelers station... We are the only station in town with a different player live in our studio each weekday in the Steelers Playbook