11 Facts About KDKA-TV

KDKA-TV is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, airing programming from the CBS network.

KDKA-TV is available on cable in parts of the Johnstown–Altoona, Wheeling–Steubenville and Youngstown areas, as well as several other out-of-market cable systems in northwestern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, northeastern and east-central Ohio, and north-central West Virginia.

That station, which signed on after KDKA-TV adopted its current callsign, adopted those calls "in honor" of KDKA-TV.

KDKA-TV retained secondary affiliations with NBC until WIIC-TV signed on in 1957, and ABC until WTAE-TV signed on in 1958.

KDKA-TV became the flagship station of Westinghouse's broadcasting arm, Group W During the late 1950s, KDKA-TV was briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network, sharing the affiliation with WTAE-TV, WIIC-TV, and WQED.

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KDKA-TV preempted the daytime game shows and reruns from CBS at various points during the 1970s.

KDKA-TV was one of four CBS affiliates to preempt the 1974 film Death Wish on its television debut despite the network's 30+ cuts to its violent content; these affiliates objected not only to the remaining amount of violence in the film, but to the apparent endorsement by the film of vigilante violence.

In 1993, KDKA-TV stopped running CBS This Morning and instead ran Disney's syndicated cartoon block.

KDKA-TV aired The Rosie O'Donnell Show during its entire six-year run at the 4 p m time slot.

KDKA-TV began its relationship with the Steelers in 1962, when CBS first started the leaguewide television package.

Under Westinghouse ownership, KDKA-TV used the Eyewitness News branding for its newscasts, pioneered by sister station KYW-TV.