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Winter 2006 |
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| 1 | WDVE | 9.0 |
| 2 | KDKA | 8.2 |
| 3 | WSHH | 5.9 |
| 4 | WDSY | 5.3 |
| 5 | WPGB | 5.1 |
| 6 | WWSW | 5.0 |
| 7 | WKST | 4.3 |
| 8 | WJAS | 3.9 (t) |
| 8 | WRRK | 3.9 (t) |
| 9 | WAMO | 3.8 (t) |
| 9 | WXDX | 3.8 (t) |
Winter 2007 |
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| 1 | WDVE | 9.0 |
| 2 | KDKA | 7.5 |
| 3 | WDSY | 6.8 |
| 4 | WPGB | 5.6 |
| 5 | WRRK | 4.8 (t) |
| 5 | WJAS | 4.8 (t) |
| 7 | WSHH | 4.7 |
| 8 | WWSW | 4.5 (t) |
| 8 | WKST | 4.5 (t) |
| 10 | WAMO | 4.1 |
The 2008 Winter Arbitron ratings showed little change compared with 2007.
Adult contemporary WSHH-FM moved up into the No. 3 spot. Oldies WWSW-FM also moved up on the charts.
At the lower end of the top 10 it was a very close race, with four stations in a two-way tie.
Contemporary hits WBZW-FM, which switched format last fall, gained a little ground and moved to 14th place, up from 18th a year ago.
Radio vets in business
Two local radio veterans -- Chris DeCarlo and Charlie Mitchell -- are launching a new business.
Radio personality DeCarlo left country station WDSY-FM's (107.9) morning team last fall. DeCarlo joined the station in 1987 as midday host and music director. She left in 1996 to work with record labels A&M and RCA and returned to WDSY in 2002.
Charlie Mitchell, another former on-air personality, was air talent/production and creative services director at WDSY until 2004.
DeCarlo-Mitchell Productions (www.decarlo-mitchellproductions.com) will offer voice-over and imaging services for all radio formats. The new venture launches Monday. (Adrian McCoy, Post-Gazette staff writer)
Matt DelSignore is joining the KDKA-AM (1020) news department later this month, reporting for the 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts and anchoring during the John Steigerwald evening talk show. KDKA also is expanding its evening local newscasts to 10 p.m. The last one is currently heard at 8 p.m.
DelSignore, a Watertown, N.Y., native, comes to Pittsburgh from news/talk WGY-AM in Schenectady, N.Y., where he's an anchor and reporter. Before that, he worked at WSY-AM in Syracuse, N.Y., and WTNY in Watertown. (A.M.)
Chris Shovlin is back as the voice of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds soccer broadcasts on WPIT-AM (730) and MSA Sports with the team's return this season. Shovlin has been announcer for the team since 2000.
Shovlin, who's news/sports anchor on the WJAS-AM (1320) morning show with Jack Bogut, also does play-by-play for Robert Morris Colonials basketball games and Comcast's high school sports telecasts. (A.M.)