Notable Former On-air Staff
- Susan Barnett - anchor (1999–2003); now at KYW in Philadelphia.
- Bill Burns - anchor (1953–1989); died in 1997.
- Patti Burns - anchor/reporter (1974–1997); died in 2001.
- Don Cannon - anchor/reporter (1999–2008)
- Bill Currie - sports reporter (1971-1985), died February 11, 2008
- Donna Hanover - hosted Evening Magazine (1977–1980) and her first major market television experience. She later hosted the news in New York and married Rudy Giuliani, becoming First Lady of New York City, when Giuliani was twice elected as the city's mayor. She and Giuliani divorced and both remarried.
- Patrice King Brown - anchor and former Pittsburgh 2Day host (1978–2011); retired on January 28, 2011.
- Ron Klink - weekend anchor/reporter (1977–1991). Was elected as a United States Representative (D-PA), but lost his bid for the U.S. Senate. Now running a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C.
- Bob Kudzma - weatherman (1968-2002)
- Jim Lokay - Traffic and Transportation Reporter (2005-2011), now at WCVB in Boston.
- Vic Miles - weekend anchor/reporter (1966–1971), later worked at WCBS-TV (NYC); died October 12, 2011.
- Dennis Miller - contributor and guest host of Evening Magazine, got his first on air experience with KDKA.
- Paul Moyer - anchor/reporter (1971); later worked in Los Angeles at KNBC.
- Ron Olsen - reporter/talk show host (1976-1979) Later went to KTLA, Los Angeles, where he was awarded a Peabody for coverage of the Rodney King beating story; reported internationally on the O.J. Simpson trial for KTLA & Sky TV.
- Jay Scott - anchor (1976-1978); later went on to anchor at KTTV/L.A.
- Paul Steigerwald - sports reporter (1987–1998), later the play-by-play announcer for the Penguins on FSN Pittsburgh.
- Dick Stockton - sports reporter (1967–1971), play-by-play man for NFL on FOX.
- Brian Sussman - weatherman.
- Marie Torre - anchor/reporter (1962–1977); died January 3, 1997.
- Yvonne Zanos - long-time correspondent from the 1970s whose last position was as KDKA-TV's consumer reporter; died January 12, 2010, aged 60, from ovarian cancer.
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