Someone took the chance...would you have been able to choose the top-20 Pgh. Celebs?
Pittsburgh:Scott Tady of the Beaver County Times checked in with PBRTV to point out the June issue of the paper's Go Magazine. Someone has dared to choose a top-20 of the Pittsburgh Media Celebrities. All are mentioned in a unique way. Some have received the distinction posthumously while others can still be heard - for instance #5 even though the mention makes it sound like he's not on the air. #13's name is spelled wrong...and the duo in the #16 slot "go together like traffic and weather" because one came after the other one retired. But we're not here to critique the article...
After reading the article, PBRTV would like to hear what YOUR top 20 might look like and why. Short entries can post a response to this blurb, while longer ones can email us.
Readers’ Forum
I certainly would have put Hoerth on the list. Best interviewer on radio, bar none!!
Tom - June 05, 2007 at 09:55 am
I would have mentioned the guy who runs that radio and TV website. What’s his name? Larry O’Brien?
Jason Togyer (URL) - June 05, 2007 at 2:34 pm
This is supposed to be an all-time list? Please! The author of this article must be quite young because the obvious choice for number one, without any question, is the late Bob Prince. Seriously, Madden, Savran and Cope on the list but not Prince? With all due respect, this cannot be taken seriously. And for every kid who grew up in Pittsburgh in the 50’s and 60’s, the omission of Paul Shannon is breathtaking. And Krenn gets just honorable mention? I think not —among the living, he’s number one.
Judge Rufus Peckham (URL) - June 07, 2007 at 4:49 pm
I thought that his name was Conan O’ Brien.
Tom Lavery - June 09, 2007 at 1:38 pm
If I had a top 20 list of Pgh media people, I’d put WPXI’s Kevin Benson at the top of my top 20 list.
J. P. - December 08, 2007 at 12:47 pm