Eleanor Schano, a pioneering broadcaster in Pittsburgh, was the first female commercial announcer, the first television “weather girl” and the first female news reporter, mainly working on WDTV before ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Eleanor Schano, one of Pittsburgh's pioneering female broadcasters, has died. Schano's daughter says her mother died of complications from COVID-19. Eleanor Schano began her career ...

A Pittsburgh broadcasting icon and pioneer has passed away. Eleanor Schano was Pittsburgh’s first female solo news anchor at WPXI, back when it was known as WIIC. She was also the city’s first female ...

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FIRST HE HAD A LONG LIST OF FIRST IN THE BROADCAST IN JOURNALISM INDUSTRY 62 YEARS AGO IN 1958 THROUGH THIS VERY DOOR AND DOWN THE HALLWAYS HERE AT WTAE.COM NOR CHE NO BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE REPORTER ...

Ms. Schano rose from “weather girl” to reporter to anchor in a series of firsts for the city, hiding three pregnancies along the way. She died of Covid-19. By Glenn Rifkin This obituary is part of a ...

PITTSBURGH — Words like "trailblazer" and "pioneer" get used to describe Pittsburgh news anchor Eleanor Schano. The first woman to solo anchor a TV news show in Pittsburgh, Schano died from COVID-19, ...