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Janelle Hall Moves From Weekends to Weekdays at Pittsburgh’s WTAE

By Merrill Knox on Apr. 26, 2012 - 11:26 AM

Janelle Hall has been added to the WTAE morning newscast as a traffic and breaking news anchor. Hall, who has worked at the Pittsburgh ABC-affiliate since 2004, has been the weekend morning anchor for five years. Her replacement w ...

Reporting | ShopTalk

Gas From Overturned WTAJ News Van Could Have Set State College Ablaze

By Andrew Gauthier on Nov. 10, 2011 - 6:13 PM

Last night’s riot at Penn State could have erupted into a massive bonfire after demonstrators overturned a WTAJ news van. According to WTAE sports anchor John Meyer, who covered the riot last night, a stream of gasoline leak ...

Reporting | ShopTalk

Media Quickly Became Target of Penn State Rioters

By Andrew Gauthier on Nov. 10, 2011 - 4:44 PM

As thousands of students crowded the streets around the Penn State campus on Wednesday night, protesting the University’s decision to fire beloved football coach Joe Paterno, the mob quickly chose a common enemy: the media. ...

ShopTalk | Sports

WTAE Anchors (Sort Of) Wear Purple After Losing Steelers-Ravens Bet to WBAL

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 8, 2011 - 4:58 PM

When Hearst-owned stations WTAE in Pittsburgh and WBAL in Baltimore bet on who would win Sunday night’s Steelers vs. Ravens NFL matchup, the two stations probably didn’t assume many aspects of the wager would be open t ...

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