The Personalities...
Some of the biggest names in radio worked in the Showcase Studios at the corner of Seventh and Smithfield. The Corner of Walk and Don't Walk. KQV was the home of great disk jockeys and news people. From 'Jolly Charlie Brinkman' to 'Your Leader Jim Quinn' to 'Jeff Christie - Star DJ' (Rush Limbaugh !!!), KQV was Pittsburgh On Parade. |
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HERE THEY ARE. THE FUN-LOVIN' FIVE. ALWAYS ON THE GO. PITTSBURGH'S BIGGEST SHOW !' They were the KQVIP's, Pittsburgh's Fabulous Five Plus One ... |
Timothy G. Adams | Larry Aiken * | Dex Allen* |
Ira Apple (n) * | Ron Asbury # (n) | Ed Barrett |
Dennis Benson | Keeve Berman * (n) | Dick Blanchard * |
Alan Boal (n) # | Al Brenick (n) | |
Chuck Brinkman * | Bill Bruun | |
Jin Carnegie * (pd) | Todd Chase# | Porky Chedwick * |
Jeff Christie (Rush Limbaugh) | Bill Clark (n) | Larry Clark * |
Bob Cochran (n) * | Beano Cook (sp)* | Alton Crouch (n) |
Chuck Dougherty (pd)* | Jay Davis * | Henry DaBecco * |
Tall Paul Dean | Bob DeCarlo In D'Morning # | Allen Dennis * |
Dick Drury * | Carl Eckels (n) # | Roy Elwell # |
Joe Fenn# | Kevin Fennessy* | |
Mayor Peter F. Flaherty * | Kasey Forbes (Marsha Kniceley) | Franklin B. Forbes# |
Jim Gearhart # | Gary Gears * | Bill Gill (n) |
Walt Golden (n)# | Bill Green (n) | Bobby Harper |
George Hart * | Phil Hayes (n) | 'Captain Bob' Harvey (n) * |
Mel Hall (pd) * | Derek Hill (n) | Ken Hildebrand * (nd) |
Lynn Hinds (n) * | Sam Holman (pd) * | Don Howard |
Jim Hunter (n) | Lew Irwin (n) | Peter Jackson (Dick Grimes) (n) * |
Bill James (n) | Dave James (n) # | Lou Janis |
Bill Jennings (n) * | Al Julius (n) * | Bob Kopler (n) # |
Don Kobiela # | Esther Lapiduss * | Tom Lee * |
Elaine Leaphart (n) | Anderson Little * | John Lloyd (n) * |
Steve Lohle (n) * | Hank Mann (Baughman) # | Perry Marshall * |
Glen Martin (n) | Len Martin (n) | Steve Martin (n) |
Tom Martin (n) | Greg Mason (n) | Bob McKay (n) * |
Bob McKee (n) | Johnny McKinney # | "Jolly Jim" McLaughlin # |
Rex Miller * | Bobby Mitchell
(Ron Edwards & Ron Hughes) |
Johnny Mitchell * |
Mead Mulvihill (n)* | Emperor Hal Murray * | Dr. Oscar W. Nestor |
Al Nobel * | John O'Malley (n) | "Weird Beard" Charley Peterson# |
Bob Prince * | Jim 'Your Leader' Quinn | Paul Randall |
Bill Reese (n) | Joey Reynolds | 'Big Steve' Rizen * |
Rod Roddy * | Joel Rose (n)* | Mark Schaefer (n) * |
Charles Scott (n) | 'Daddy' Dave Scott * | Gregg Scott * |
Don Shafer | Rick Shaw * | Ed Sherlock |
Carolyn Smith (n) # | Billy Soule# | Ed Spencer (n) |
Bob Stevens | Kris Erik Stevens | Ken Still (n) |
Richard Stone (n) | Jon Summers | Pie Traynor * |
Rev. Charles Upshur | Lee Vogel * | Gary Waite * |
Lee Walters | Harry West * | Bill Western |
Jim Westover (n) | Bill Williams (n)# | Wendy Williams # |
Bob Wilson * | Fred Winston # | Bob Wood |
Byron B.Z. ZintBob Wilson * # | World
Famous
(Gerald Jeffrey Kristafer Jr) |
Peggy the
Talking
Time-Telling Pig |
John Rook * (PD) | Mike McCormick * (PD) | John D Gibbs * (VP/GM) |
Mel Phillips (PD) # | John Borders * (PD) | Steve Berger # (GM) |
Larry Garrett * (GM) | Ralph Beaudin * (GM) | Neil McIntyre * (MD) |
Bob Harper (PD) # | Gerry Spinn * (PD) |
1962 - 1963 |
1964 - 1966 |
1971 - 1975 |
1969 - 1971 |
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1960 - 1972 |
1967 - 1973 |
1958 - 1963 |
1968 - 1969 |
Jim
Quinn
1967-68, 1969-72 |
Jay
Davis *
1968-7, 1974-75 |
Daddy
Dave Scott *
1958 - 1968 |
Henry
DaBecco *
1958 - 1964 |
Don
Shafer
1964 - 1965 |
Anderson
Little *
1972 - 1973 |
"Weird
Beard"
Charley Peterson * 1964 - 1966 |
Jon
Summers
1970 - 1973 |
Bob
Wood
1970 - 1972 |
Franklin
B Forbes #
1968 |
Allen Dennis *
1967 |
Big
Steve Rizen *
1964 - 1967 |
Jeff
Christie
1972 - 1973 |
Harry
West *
1969 - 1970 |
Gary
Gears *
1968 - 1970 |
Dex
Allen*
1964 - 1965 |
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1958 - 1959 |
1971 - 1972 |
1973-1974 |
Todd
Chase #
1968 - 1969 |
Alton R Crouch
1961-1963 |
Keeve
Berman *
1963 - 1965 |
Lew Irwin
1975 |
Mayor
Peter F Flaherty *
1975 |
Bill Jennings *
1959 - 1969 |
Mark
Schaefer *
1966 - |
Perry
Marshall *
1972 - 1974 |
George
Hart *
1974 - 1975 |
Capt.
Bob Harvey *
1964 - 1974 |
Pie Traynor * | Rex
Miller *
1968 |
Hank
Mann #
1965 - 1966 |
Sam
Holman *
1958 - 1959 |
Rick
Shaw *
1974 |
Wendy Williams #
1968 |
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1967 - 1968 |
1966 - 1968 |
1972 |
1961 - 1962 |
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1964 - 1967 |
1965 - 1966 |
1961 - 1962 |
1967 - 1970 |
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1972 |
1958 - 1959 |
1960 - 1961 |
1958 - 1964 |
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1958 - 1960 |
1958 - 1961 |
1959 - 1962 |
1960 - 1961 |
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1960 |
1959 - 1960 |
1945 - 1974 |
1973-74, 1974-75 |
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Gerald Jeffrey Kristafer Jr 1977 (from WCDQ) |
1970-1973 |
1975 |
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1966-71 (KDKA Picture) |
1964 - 1968 |
1975 (WOR Picture) |
(KDKA Picture) |
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1970-1973 |
(WTAE-radio Picture) |
1965 |
1961 |
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1960 |
(WDRR Picture) |
1971-1975 |
(2003 Photo) |
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1971-1974 |
KQV.com 2008) |
1962-1963 |
1971-1974 |
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1973 (courtesy wrko.org) |
1975 |
1974-1975 |
1973-1974 |
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1964 |
(taken in 1977) 1974 |
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(KQV.com 2008) |
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(WPIX 1974) |
1975 (2009 photo) |
(1959 - 1961) |
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(1959 - 1960) |
(1974) |
(1968) |
1975 |
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1968-1969 |
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If you've got copies of old Finest Forty or Hit Parade Surveys and would be interested in sending me clean copies that I could scan to add more pictures to this page, please get in touch with me. All pictures and surveys will be returned. |
The
Programmers...
We shouldn't forget some of the people behind the scenes either. As with the on-air talent, some of radio's greatest minds programmed KQV.
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If you know of anyone I've missed, whether it be one of the KQV-IP's, the news people or even the programmers , pass the info on to me. If you know where any of these people are today and what they're doing now, pass that along as well. Any changes, corrections, or additions will be gratefully accepted. |