KDKA names new weekday evening host
Pittsburgh:KDKA-AM (1020) announced today that Robert Mangino has been named weeknight talk host beginning Monday, February 15. Mangino is a resident of New Castle and is the current weekday morning host on WKBN-AM (570) in Youngstown where he's been since 1996. He has also hosted an afternoon talk show on WKST-AM (1200) in New Castle.
"As a teenager in New Castle, I would dream of what it would be like to work at KDKA in Pittsburgh," said Mangino. "Now - to be following the great talk show hosts like John Cigna and Fred Honsberger - and to work with Larry Richert, John Shumway, Marty Griffin and Mike Pintek - the dream has come true."
Mr Mangino will be on the air from 6-10 p.m. taking over for Mike Pintek who was named the new Noon - 3 p.m. host this week.
Readers’ Forum
I like Mangino well enough, but I was really hoping Mike Romigh would get his old spot back . . . shucks!!!
Congrats to Mangino!!!
Troy - January 29, 2010 at 3:56 pm
What a kick in the pants to all the part-time hosts who have put in years with KDKA (and please don’t include Rob Pratte) to have KDKA go outside the local people and hire a semi-local person.
msg - January 29, 2010 at 9:31 pm
I wonder if he will give up his morning show on WKBN? I’ve listened to him there from time to time.
Charles D. Mandus - January 30, 2010 at 09:39 am
in response to “msg,” why is is a kick in the pants, when Mangino IS a KDKA part-timer? He has been filling in as a sub for a while now.
Troy - January 30, 2010 at 10:30 am
Probably because it’s keeping in line with KDKA’s “ideological purity”, with no diversity of opinion in regular rotation on weekdays. I think it may be time for Romigh and Chris Moore to give KDKA the finger for the way they make them “separate but equal”.
Joshua - February 02, 2010 at 10:53 am
Chris Moore would be great, but he’s kind of type casted. Unfortunately when he gets on the air it always turns into a Black Horizons format. Everything is either about Black history or racism. If he can get beyond that, I think he would be wonderful…!
Bob - February 02, 2010 at 3:50 pm
We have a Stephanie Mangino, who is the Business Page editor of the Winchester (Va.) Star. Don’t suppose they are any relation.
Al McGilvray - February 06, 2010 at 4:35 pm
I listened to Mike Romigh when he was on KDKA replacing someone. I no longer listen now that he isn’t on and usually don’t listen in the evening now that Mike Romigh is no longer there from 9-12. I guess he isn’t a republican. I only listen to Marty Griffin and then I shut the radio off. Fred H. wife and son was on one night and they were disgusting just like Fred.
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