Fedko announces retirement

By Eric O Brien

Pittsburgh:

After 23 years on WPXI, Sports Director John Fedko has announced his retirement. Fedko started his sportscasting career at Channel 11 in October, 1987 and he soon introduced a new coverage of high school football called "Skylights". Although he will not retain his 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. anchoring duties, he will return each fall with his "Skylights" coverage.

Fedko had some other gimmicks on WPXI over the years including "The Fedko Zone" - a look at the gaffes in the sporting world from the prior week. 

John Fedko was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and raised near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Before coming to WPXI, he worked in Odessa, Amarillo and Corpus Christi, Texas and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

No word on the date the retirement takes place.

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Can’t say I will miss him.
Rick - November 29, 2010 at 2:37 pm

You had to wonder how long an almost 50 year old could pretend to be so hyper over high school sports. When you’ve got a child old enough to be a cheerleader and you’re still playing around like you’re a young person—you have to to wonder.
Maybe NOW the players will actually be featured on the show and not John’s yelling.
msg - November 29, 2010 at 10:02 pm

I can’t believe he has lasted this long. Then again, he worked for WPXI where shameless self promotion trumps news and sports always. There are a lot of people in the Pittsburgh Area who won’t miss him one bit.
FrankB - December 08, 2010 at 8:41 pm

Does the hair retire, too?
Chauncey - December 11, 2010 at 12:43 am

John, Congrats! You are entering into the sports area that you should stick with, grade school and high school. You did a lot for those sports and made a very good cheerleader but did not understand professional athletics. By the way did you see that 69% voted to start there NHL team with Sidney Crosby. Didn’t see any votes for Malkin. Wish you would have left by correcting your mis-statement on that topic.
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