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.

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)

 * passed away                        # now retired

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including pictures,  jingles, and airchecks. Where are they today ... Click Here

Jim Gearhart # 1962 - 1963	Emperor Hal Murray * 1964 - 1966	Bob DeCarlo # 1971 - 1975	Fred Winston # 1969 - 1971
Chuck Brinkman * 1960 - 1972	Bob Wilson * 1967 - 1973	Jolly Jim McLaughlin # 1958 - 1963	Kris Erik Stevens 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
Carl Eckels (nd)# 1970-1973	Roy Elwell # 1958 - 1959	Bob Harper (pd) # 1971 - 1972	Tom Martin 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
Johnny Mitchell * 1967 - 1968	Tom Lee  * 1966 - 1968	Rev. Charles Upshur 1972	Bill Western 1961 - 1962
John Rook  * (pd) 1964 - 1967	Gregg Scott * 1965 - 1966	Mel Hall  * (pd) 1961 - 1962	Mike McCormick * (pd) 1967 - 1970
Porky Chedwick * 1972	Lee Vogel # 1958 - 1959	Rod Roddy * 1960 - 1961	Alan Boal # 1958 - 1964
Chuck Dougherty * 1958 - 1960	Ken Hildebrand * 1958 - 1961	Larry Aiken  * 1959 - 1962	Dick Drury * 1960 - 1961
Byron BZ Zint # 1960	Johnny McKinney # 1959 - 1960	John D. Gibbs * 1945 - 1974	Larry Clark * 1973-74, 1974-75
Dennis Benson	World Famous Gerald Jeffrey Kristafer Jr 1977 (from WCDQ)	Carolyn Smith # 1970-1973	Esther Lapiduss * 1975
Bob Kopler # 1966-71 (KDKA Picture)	Al Julius * 1964 - 1968	Joey Reynolds 1975 (WOR Picture)	Dave James # (KDKA Picture)
Dr Oscar W. Nestor 1970-1973	Lynn Hinds * (WTAE-radio Picture)	Bill Clark 1965	Dick Blanchard 1961
Lou Janis 1960	Bill Bruun (WDRR Picture)	Steve Berger # 1971-1975	Bill Green (2003 Photo)
John O'Malley 1971-1974	Joe Fenn #  KQV.com 2008)	John Borders * 1962-1963	Jim Carnegie * 1971-1974
Mel Phillips 1973 (courtesy wrko.org)	Ed Sherlock 1975	Billy Soule# 1974-1975	Timothy G. Adams 1973-1974
Al Brenick 1964	Marsha Kniceley / Kasey Forbes (taken in 1977) 1974	Walt Golden # (KQV.com 2008)	Steve Lohl * (KQV.com 2008)
Elaine Leaphart (KQV.com 2008)	Neil McIntyre (md) * (WPIX 1974)	Kevin Fennessy * 1975 (2009 photo)	Bob McKee (1959 - 1961)
Jim Hunter (1959 - 1960)	Ira Apple * (1974)	Paul Randall (1968)	Don Kobiela # 1975
Bill Williamss 1968-1969	Joel Rose *	Bobby Mitchell (1974-1975)

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. Ralph Beaudin * (gm) 1958-59 Steve Berger # (gm) 1969-74 John Borders (pd) 1967 Jim Carnegie *(pd) 1974 Chuck Dougherty # (pd) 1958-60 Dick Drury * (pd) 1960-61 John D. Gibbs * (gm) 1961-74 Mel Hall * (pd) 1961-62 Bob Harper (pd)# 1970-73 Sam Holman * (pd) 1958 Mike McCormick * (pd) 1968-70 Neil McIntyre * (md) 1963 Charley Peterson * (apd)  1965 Mel Phillips (pd) 1973-74 Joey Reynolds (pd) 1975 John Rook * (pd) 1963-67 Gerry Spinn * (pd) 1962-63 John Llloyd * (interim pd) 1973*74     were some of the many talented individuals who guided The Big 14 over the years.

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.

This page updated on October 10, 2020