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While Chuck Brinkman was
on vacation (December 13 - 17, 1965, WABC sent Bob Lewis to Pittsburgh
for a week.It's on the KQV Aircheck page.
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Former KQV News
Director Carl Eckels has sent us a group of pictures from his days at KQV
from around 1971. Included are a picture of Carl in the KQV News Bureau,
as well as pictures of Bob DeCarlo and Jon Summers in the studio. There
are other pictures including an outside shot, a staff picture and a picture
of KQV's receptionist Claudia Jarvis. Thanks Carl for your kindness.
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Click on Lawrence Welk for details |
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TV Radio Mirror Article |
TV Radio Mirror Article |
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January 23, 1968 |
July 12, 1973 |
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article on Larry Aiken and Rod Roddy. Click on the picture
Check out the Larry AIken Page ! |
Larry Aiken |
Arnold Zeitlin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sat in with Larry Aiken on Music Day in 1960. |
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One
of the biggest songs of early 1972 was Don McLean's American Pie. Everybody
had their own opinion of what Don McLean was singing about. KQV made their
own interpretation of the meaning of the song.
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articles on KQV's switch to Top 40 in 1958 KQV Preview Call Letters |
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wrote articles on the building of KQV's Showcase Studios |
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Post Gazette wrote a story on this website. |
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Carlisle Sentinel wrote a story on this website. |
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September 14, 1964 Complete Team Coverage of The Beatles Historic Pittsburgh on theJohn Rook Page. |
Chuck Brinkman, Dexter Allen and Bill Clark. Keeve Berman in the KQV Studio. plus Introductions from the Civic Arena Stage Click above for this survey back |
KQV Premiered The Beatles' Rubber Soul Album on November 30, 1965 Airchecks from Aaron Mintz. |
The KQVehicle |
Dave Scott Page Pictures from Jane Scott, Dave Scott's Widow |
Click on picture above for full size view 1962 KQV Studio Courtesy Bob Mayben KQV Studios Page |
Click on picture above for full size view 1962 KQV Master Control KQV Studios Page |
Convention '72 record as The Delegates R&R Article on Bob DeCarlo from August 1974 |
Click above to read the Tribune Review article ! |
John provided us with this special interview with former KQVIP Chuck Brinkman that due to space limitations, was not available in the Tribune. Read it here |
Richard Fatherly |
Read and hear how former members of the Storz Broadcasting family helped ABC and KQV convert to top 40 in 1958. Thanks to Richard Fatherly for this audio exhibit. |
It's here in streaming
Video. Thanks to Rick Sebak and WQED 13
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Thanks to Uncle Ricky for opening the Jeff Roteman Collection in the Reel Radio Top 40 Archives ! The 1975 KQV History of Radio in Real Audio as well as a montage of KQV Jingles 1985 - 1975 was on the site. Richard Irwin passed away June 7, 2018. |
KQV Aircheck Page. It is very large and will take a long time to download. |
The Family of Jay Davis is looking for items you may have kept from Jay's KQV days. If anyone has any tape of Jay on the air, or pictures taken with Jay at an event, please contact me. I will see that copies of your items are forwarded to his family. *** see the KQV memories section for more on this. |
Relive KQV's Golden Era. Listen to KQV Jingles. Meet the KQVIPs. Learn the History Of KQV. Check out some other KQV and Radio web sites. Go to Photo Gallery 2 to learn how the KQV format was executed in the 70's. |
KQV was owned by ABC during most of it's heyday and aired news from ABC Radio. On January 8, 1969, ABC News split into 4 separate demographic networks. KQV became part of the new American Contemporary Radio Network. |
American Contemporary Radio |