Honsberger to celebrate 30 years
Pittsburgh:KDKA-AM (1020) host Fred Honsberger will be celebrating 30 years with the station this Thursday, February 26. There will be a special edition of "The Fred Honsberger Show" from noon-3pm hosted by Mike Pintek and John Cigna.
The show will feature special, surprise guests and some rare airchecks - including one from Honsberger's early days in radio as Harrisburg radio DJ "Big Fred".
Honsberger joined KDKA in 1979 as a news anchor and served as news director from 1984-1989 prior to hosting his own show and replacing Mike Levine.
This year marks the fifth consecutive year that he has been listed in Talkers magazine on the list of the industry's 250 most important talk show hosts. This year he was number 73.
Readers’ Forum
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Rick - February 22, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Well, 30 years on the air is no small feat, and Fred is certainly to be congratulated on reaching this milestone. I do have to opine that it does, however, say at least a little bit about KDKA’s inertia.
Bruce - February 23, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Congratulations to Fred! What an asset to this area. What a joy to listen to each day. What a talent! Many more years of success and better health to you Fred. God Bless You!
Casey - February 24, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Great “Talk Show” Fred…!
Keep the good work up….!
Bob - Greentree - February 25, 2009 at 1:29 pm