Chris Moore: 50 Years of Beloved Broadcasting 🫶📺
Over on our YouTube (youtube.com/@WQED ), WQED producer and host Minette Seate takes a deep dive with local broadcast legend Chris Moore, who retired in 2026 after five decades in journalism. Chris shares highlights, both professional and personal, of his career as a radio talk show host at KDKA @cbspittsburgh , award-winning documentary producer and long-time host of WQED’s Black Horizons series. Link in bio has the link to our YouTube channel or you can find it in our Story as well.
Where’s the best burger in the ‘Burgh? 🤔🍔 Fire up those grills ‘cuz it’s time for Showdahn Round 4! 🔥
@nebbynick ’s back with another installment of Showdahn and this time, in honor of America’s 250th birthday, we’re seeking out Pittsburgh’s best burger and want YOU to tell us where we should go. 🗣️
Tag the Pittsburgh/southwestern PA restaurant with your favorite burger down in the comments or head to our Story to submit your pick!
Remembering Pittsburgh’s Chinatown 🐉 | Now streaming on WQED+!
It was a thriving part of downtown Pittsburgh, but not everyone knows the history of this tiny Chinese immigrant community once located between Grant and Ross Streets. The 1920s ushered in the beginning of its disappearance largely because of the construction of the Boulevard of the Allies and today the popular Chinatown Inn is the only significant remnant of a bygone era.
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, this documentary (along with many other Asian American local Pittsburgh stories) are now available to stream on WQED+ (wqed.org/plus)!
Studebaker Metals’ Traditional, Hand-Forged Treasures 💍
Within the old Myers Roofing building in Pittsburgh, @studebakermetals is hand-crafting gorgeous metal pieces using tools spanning three centuries to evoke the quality typical of days past. 🛠️
Rick Sebak's People From Everywhere: May Is AAPI Heritage Month ❤️
Since 1996 @ricksebak 's been traveling across the country to cover the stories of small businesses and the people behind them for @PBS . In honor of Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage month, he put together this special clip show of some of our favorite stories from over the years. It's up on our YouTube channel (YouTube.com/@WQED ) for you all to enjoy. 🫶
We were extremely saddened to hear of the passing of @pamelasdiner co-founder Gail Klingensmith this week.
Gail was a beloved figure of a beloved Pittsburgh institution; her fellow co-founder Pam Cohen put it best:
“Gail was the soul of P&G Pamelas diners. She was the one the Obamas loved. She was the one the employees loved. She was the one most of you loved. We would often tease her... ‘Everybody loves Gail.’ It would make her mad but it was the truth. I will miss my soulmate everyday until the day I die. We started the diners together 46 years ago , a lot of hard dirty work for many years but we did it together so it could be fun. Our number one rule, when we disagreed, was to defer to the other if it was important to them. Nothing was more important than our friendship. We made one complete businesswoman together. I would hide in the kitchen and she was the charm and personality. ‘Everybody loves Gail!’…and so do I.”
Gail, thank you for helping bring your wonderful restaurants to Pittsburgh and for the even more wonderful memories we all made there. ❤️
Mark Cuban and Bill Cowher on the Importance of Losing 📈
Conversations with Coach Cowher 🏈 Tonight at 8:00PM right here on WQED!
Join Hall of Fame coach @cowhercbs for an unforgettable series of one-on-one conversations with Pittsburgh’s finest—artists, innovators, and athletes who’ve carried the city’s grit, passion, and heart into every arena of their lives.
Tonight, Coach and @mcuban chat about the lessons they’ve learned along the way, including how they’ve learned and grown from their setbacks. 💪
Six Stories. One Steel City. Endless Inspiration.
Coach and Mark sit down tonight at 8:00PM on WQED and WQED’s YouTube Channel! Episodes will also be available on WQED+ to stream.
And a big thank you to our sponsors at @upmchealthbeat for helping us to bring “Conversations with Coach Cowher” to viewers like you. 🫶
Silk Sounds 🎶
Do any of you recall this 2013 performance from Silk Sounds on Horizons? 👀 They were an Asian American jazz fusion orchestra organized by Silk Screen and stopped on by the studio to perform!
This performance and many other Asian American local Pittsburgh stories are now available to stream on WQED+ (wqed.org/plus) in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
We were extremely saddened to hear of the passing of our and @cbspittsburgh KDKA’s colleague, Dave Forstate.
Dave was an amazingly talented photojournalist who had a hand in many of the works you’ve seen on WQED. He won an Emmy for 2024’s documentary “Equity on Ice: The Willie O’Ree Academy”, that he co-produced with Beth Dolinar; he also worked as videographer on “Violins of Hope: The Documentary”, was videographer on the WQED short documentary “The Aurora Reading Club,” and was an essential part of the studio team during tapings of several of the WQED Cooks programs hosted by Chris Fennimore.
He will be sorely missed but his legacy will carry on through the amazing pieces he crafted throughout the years.
Dave, thank you for all the wonderful stories and the even more wonderful memories. ❤️
Mark Cuban and Bill Cowher Reminisce About Forbes Field 🏟️
Conversations with Coach Cowher 🏈 Thursday at 8:00PM right here on WQED and on our YouTube channel (youtube.com/@wqed )!
Join Hall of Fame coach @cowhercbs for an unforgettable series of one-on-one conversations with Pittsburgh’s finest—artists, innovators, and athletes who’ve carried the city’s grit, passion, and heart into every arena of their lives.
This week, Coach chats with @mcuban and discuss their favorite memories’ from the @pittsburghpirates ’ old stomping grounds. 🏴☠️
Six Stories. One Steel City. Endless Inspiration.
Coach and Mark sit down Thursday 05/14 at 8:00PM on WQED and WQED’s YouTube Channel! Episodes will also be available on WQED+ to stream.
And a big thank you to our sponsors at @upmchealthbeat for helping us to bring “Conversations with Coach Cowher” to viewers like you. 🫶
Rick Sebak at the Solange Film Festival 🎞️
The @solangefilmfestival is BACK at @rowhouse_lawrenceville ! 🙌 With over 37 films and 9 screenings, it’s going to be a weekend to remember for a multitude of reasons but we’ve got something we think you’ll be extra excited about: a very special screening of @ricksebak ’s documentary “The Strip Show” with a Q&A with Rick after the screening to celebrate its 30th anniversary! 🖤💛
On most Saturday mornings, the Strip is one of the best places on earth, full of hungry people, crunchy fruits, snappy vegetables, world-class street food, cool characters, and tasty surprises of all sorts. This 1996 documentary is a tour of the Strip, including big breakfasts, shopping along Penn Avenue and Smallman Street, warehouses, churches, and nightclubs, along with some amazing history.
It’s all happening this Thursday 5/14 at 7:00PM at Row House Cinema Lawrenceville; grab your tickets today at solangeff.com/festival!
THE DEETS:
📅: Thu 5/14
🕖: 7:00PM
📍: Row House Cinema Lawrenceville, PA
More Weird Pennsylvania Place Names 🤯 | New @noles.exploring on WQED+!
Did you hear? We just added 5 new episodes of Noles Explores & Explains to WQED+! Join our good buddy Noles as he travels around exploring Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania’s wonderfully weird and expansive history, including this latest installation of his fan favorite series exploring the more “out there” origin stories of how places in PA got their names.
Head on over to WQED+ (wqed.org/plus) for the full ep and even more Noles! 🗺️
