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P-G TV editor Rob Owen blogs about television and the TV industry.

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'Cold Case' takes on WWII murder; the mystery of Jeff Dunham, 'Dexter' twist

Can't say I've watched much of CBS's "Cold Case" (10 p.m. Sunday, KDKA), but this week's episode sparked my interest because the cold case investigated is from World War II, an era I've had a fondness for since my beloved...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2009 12:17 AM by Rob Owen

Filed under: TV, Rob Owen, WTAE, Jeff Dunham, Dexter, Cold Case
WTAE tests its repeater

WTAE has been testing its long-in-the-works DTV repeater this week from 8-11:30 p.m. The repeater, located on the WQED tower in Oakland, is designed to serve the East End and may also help some WTAE viewers with reception issues on the South Side. Director...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2009 12:20 PM by Rob Owen

Filed under: TV, Rob Owen, WTAE, repeater
WTAE drops weather channel, adds movie channel

At 5 a.m. Monday WTAE will drop its weather/traffic digital subchannel (Channel 4.2) in favor of This-TV Pittsburgh, a free movie channel of films from the MGM, United Artists and Orion vaults. Hearst Television, WTAE's owner, signed an affiliation...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2009 11:58 AM by Rob Owen

Filed under: Rob Owen, WTAE, local TV
KDKA report = lame

KDKA's Trina Orlando must have drawn the showt straw. Or maybe it was just her proximity to the story as Westmoreland County bureau reporter. Either way, her interview with the ex-Mrs. Joe "84 Lumber" Hardy just aired, including the question...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2009 5:47 PM by Rob Owen

Filed under: Rob Owen, WTAE, local TV, KDKA, Trina Orlando, sweeps, Andrew Stockey
WTAE shuts down analog

A couple of stations in town continued to broadcast in analog 30 days beyond June 12's conversion to digital television. WTAE was among them, airing information on analog Channel 4 about how to make the conversion to DTV. WTAE's analog broadcasts...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2009 1:46 PM by Rob Owen

Filed under: TV, Rob Owen, WTAE, analog
'Unusuals' series finale rescheduled

UPDATED BELOW: WTAE blew out ABC prime time last night with weather coverage, pre-empting the series finale of canceled cop drama "The Unusuals." That program will now air at 2:05 a.m. Friday, so set your DVR/VCR before bed tonight if you're...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2009 11:58 AM by Rob Owen

Filed under: TV, Rob Owen, WTAE, The Unusuals
WTAE names sports anchor, makes hire

WTAE has named Guy Junker its weekday sports anchor. Junker has been filling in since the station parted company with Jon Burton in December. Junker has been the station's weekend sports anchor since 2006 and occupied the same position from 1984-1990...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 6:09 PM by Rob Owen

Filed under: Rob Owen, WTAE, local TV, Guy Junker
Terrible news tease of the week

Tomorrow's column actually gives some praise to local stations for their improvement in sweeps reports over the 11 years that I've been watching them, but I was half-tempted to pull the column back after hearing this WTAE promo: ANNOUNCER: "Find...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2009 12:55 PM by Rob Owen

Filed under: Rob Owen, WTAE, local TV news
TV coverage: Officers shot in Stanton Heights

I've only seen intermittent local news coverage of the shooting of several police officers outside the home of a domestic dispute in Stanton Heights. The news seemed to break while I was at the gym and CNN carried coverage from WTAE featuring Andrew...

Published Sat, Apr 04 2009 10:09 AM by Rob Owen

Filed under: TV, Rob Owen, WTAE, WPXI, local TV, KDKA
WTAE hires news director

UPDATED BELOW (6 p.m., 2-18-09) WTAE has found its replacement for departed news director Bob Longo, who took the job as news director at sister-station WESH in Orlando. Alex Bongiorno will join Channel 4 from WSPA, the Media General-owned CBS affiliate...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2009 9:58 AM by Rob Owen

Filed under: TV, Rob Owen, WTAE, news director

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