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WDVE's studios sit next to Interstate 376 in western Pittsburgh.

WDVE (102.5 FM) is a classic rock/mainstream rock music formatted radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA at 102.5 MHz. It is often referred to by Pittsburghers as simply "DVE." WDVE's transmitter is located on Pittsburgh's North Side. Since 2006, the station has been the highest-rated radio station in the Pittsburgh market, surpassing longtime market leader KDKA.

History[link]

The station has aired rock music since 1969, when it was owned by ABC. Previously, it was known as KQV-FM and simulcasted sister station KQV. The new programming was a tape service of album rock entitled "Love" created by ABC official Allen Shaw designed specifically for airing on the 7 FM stations owned by ABC. Shaw changed the format from automated "Love" format to live "free form" album rock in 1970. The station's current call letters were chosen in 1971 at the height of the "hippie" era. "DVE" was derived from "dove", the bird of peace. In the fall of 1971, Shaw, along with ABC Radio programming executive Bob Henaberry, replaced the "free form" rock programming with the very first album rock "format", playing only the best cuts from the best selling rock albums with minimal disc jockey talk. WDVE was the most successful FM radio station in Pittsburgh throughout the 1970s. In early print marketing the phrase "Rock'n Stereo WDVE 102.5" was set in white text against a black oval background surrounded by vivid rainbow-like colors. Later the logo was rendered in white and yellow with red accents against a black background, generally using the slogan "DVE Rocks."

Starting in the 1980s, the station started playing the Beat Farmers song Happy Boy every Friday around 3PM at the start of the afternoon drive time shift to signal the end of the work week and the start of the weekend. On Fridays at noon, they air a recording of the band KISS saying; "Hey yinz guys! It's FRIDAY!!", immediately followed by "Rock and Roll All Nite".

Radio personality Maxwell (Ben Bornstein), formerly heard on WMMS (and later WNCX) in Cleveland as host of The Maxwell Show, spent time at WDVE in the mid 1990s as Max Logan.^[1]

The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications, and (along with WBGG) serves as the flagship radio station of the Pittsburgh Steelers radio network. For years it was the home for Pittsburgh Penguins hockey (currently WXDX is the flagship), promoting itself with such oddities as a young Jaromir Jagr reading the morning weather forecast in heavily accented English during his suspension from the NHL.

Because of the station having a largely male audience, the station refers to fellow Clear Channel stations WXDX-FM and WPGB as "brother" stations as opposed to the more commonly-used term sister station, since WXDX also has a predominantly male audience and all three having younger listeners. In recent years, the station's format has gradually drifted towards classic rock with current releases rarely incorporated into the playlist, though some recent songs such as Ozzy Osbourne's 2007 hit I Don't Wanna Stop are played on the station (Osbourne himself is a fixture on many classic rock stations). It's still generally a classic rock station per RadioStationWorld.com. For example, Pittsburgh had been without a fulltime classic rock station since the flip of WRRK to adult hits, even though WDVE per the station's parent [[Clear Channel][ is generally considered as a classic rock.

Morning Show[link]

As of January 2012 "The DVE Morning Show" is hosted by local comedian Randy Baumann and airs on weekdays from 6 AM to 10 AM. The rest of the morning show team are newsreader Val Porter, sportscaster Mike Prisuta, "executive contributor" Scott Paulsen,^[2][3] and comedian Bill Crawford.^[4] The show features a variety of comedy skits, musical parodies, and music.

Prior to hosting solo, Baumann was teamed with Jim Krenn starting in early 2000. Prior to that, Krenn hosted the morning show with Scott Paulsen. Paulsen and Krenn replaced "Little Jimmy" Roach and "Big Steve" Hansen of "The DVE Morning Alternative" morning show, which they hosted from 1980 until 1986 when they were not offered a new contract.^[5]

On Monday, 18 January 2010, the morning show returned to the air without Randy Baumann and used the name "DVE Morning Show" (rather than "Jim and Randy and the DVE Morning Show"). Randy Baumann's contract had expired at the beginning of 2010 and he returned to the airwaves on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 after contract negotiations had been settled. The show resumed its previous title "Jim and Randy and the DVE Morning Show".

On Saturday, 31 December 2011, Clear Channel announced that Jim Krenn would no longer be part of the DVE Morning show but is still employed at the station. According to a statement made by Dennis Lamme, President and Market Manager of Clear Channel Media & Entertainment-Pittsburgh, "We are currently in discussion with Jim about his role with the station moving forward.".^[6] They are again using the name "DVE Morning Show".^[7] Krenn's official departure from Clear Channel was announced on 19 January 2012.^[8] As of February 23, 2012, WDVE has branded the morning show "Randy Baumann and the DVE Morning Show".

On Thursday January 19, 2012 It was announced that Scott Paulsen was returning to the WDVE Morning Show.

Other media[link]

• Staff at WDVE provided voices for the segment Action League Now! on Nickelodeon's KaBlam!.^[9]
• An extra in the 1986 movie Gung Ho wore a WDVE t-shirt on-screen. The movie, starring Coraopolis native Michael Keaton, was largely shot in Beaver County, just a short drive up Interstate 376 from WDVE's studios.
• Bumper stickers for the station appear in the Mark Wahlberg movie, "Rock Star", set in Pittsburgh.

WDVE HD2[link]

WDVE broadcasts on its HD2 subchannel dates back to 2006, when the subchannel launched a format focusing on Blues music. In August 2011, HD2 became a 24-hour channel devoted to Steelers coverage, billed as "Steelers Nation Radio."

References[link]

External links[link]

• WDVE official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WDVE
• Radio-Locator information on WDVE
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WDVE
• List of "grandfathered" FM radio stations in the U.S.

Coordinates: 40°29′38″N 80°01′08″W / 40.4940°N 80.0190°W / 40.4940; -80.0190

Jim Krenn
Website	http://www.JimKrenn.com

Jim Krenn is a radio personality, best known for his work as one half of "Jim and Randy and the DVE Morning Show" on WDVE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[1] Krenn and former partner Scott Paulsen provided most of the voices for the Nickelodeon Stop Motion animation series, Action League NOW!

See also[link]

• Scott Paulsen
• Randy Baumann

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jim Krenn's Website

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Ian Patrick Moran (born August 24, 1972 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a professional ice hockey defenceman, who currently is a free agent.

Early years[link]

Moran grew up in Acton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He attended the Belmont Hill School.

Career[link]

He was drafted 107th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and made his debut for the Penguins during their playoff run in the 1993-94 NHL season. He stayed as a Penguin until 2003 where he was traded to the Boston Bruins. During the NHL lockout, Moran had spells in the Sweden's HockeyAllsvenskan for Bofors IK and the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League for the Nottingham Panthers.

His return to Boston after the lockout was short-lived having been sidelined for most of the season with a knee injury. In 2006, he signed with the Anaheim Ducks but only managed to play one game for them as he also spent the season with spells in the American Hockey League with the Portland Pirates and in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for Eisbären Berlin. Moran signed with the New Jersey Devils in 2007, but never played for the team, he played for the Lowell Devils until another knee injury ended his season prematurely. This injury ended his career.^{[citation needed]}

External links[link]

• Ian Moran's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Boston.com article about Ian Moran

Myron Cope (January 23, 1929 – February 27, 2008), born Myron Sidney Kopelman,^[1] was an American sports journalist, radio personality, and sportscaster who is best known for being "the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers."^[2]

Cope was a color commentator for the Steelers' radio broadcasts for 35 years. He was known for his distinctive, nasally voice with an identifiable Pittsburgh accent, idiosyncratic speech pattern, and a level of excitement rarely exhibited in the broadcast booth. Cope's most notable catch phrase was "yoi"^[3] (pronounced /ˈjɔɪ/). Cope was the first football announcer inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.^[4] Cope's autobiography, Double Yoi!, was published in 2002.^[5] Legislation honoring Cope is currently pending before the United States House of Representatives,^[2] having already passed in the United States Senate.^[6]

Education and early career[link]

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Jewish parents of Lithuanian ancestry, Cope graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School^[7] and the University of Pittsburgh.^[8] He was originally a journalist before becoming a broadcaster. His first job was in Erie, Pennsylvania, with the Daily Times,^[9] and by the summer of 1951, he was working for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.^[10] Cope then became a freelance journalist, most notably for Sports Illustrated,^[1] the Saturday Evening Post,^[9] and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.^[4] In 1963, Cope received the E.P. Dutton Prize for "Best Magazine Sportswriting in the Nation," for a portrayal of Cassius Clay.^[11] Cope spent the 1983 college football season as a color analyst for the Pittsburgh Panthers.^[8] In 1987, he was named by the Hearst Corporation as a noted literary achiever, along with Mark Twain, Jack London, Frederic Remington, Walter Winchell, and Sidney Sheldon.^[11] At its 50th Anniversary, Sports Illustrated selected Cope’s profile of Howard Cosell as one of the 50 best written works ever published in the magazine.^[4]

Family life[link]

Cope married Mildred Lindberg of Charleston in 1965, and the couple moved to Mt. Lebanon.^[12] In 1972, the Copes moved to nearby Upper St. Clair.^[13] Mildred died on September 20, 1994.^[10] In 1999, Cope moved back to Mt. Lebanon, to a condo in the Woodridge neighborhood.^[13] He remained there until his final days, when he entered a Mt. Lebanon nursing home,^[9] and is claimed by Mt. Lebanon as a "native."^[2]

Cope had three children, Elizabeth, Martha Ann, and Daniel.^[10] Martha Ann died shortly after her birth.^[14] His son, Daniel, was born with severe autism; he has lived most of his life at the Allegheny Valley School, an institution specializing in intellectual developmental disabilities.^[15] Cope devoted much of his time and energy to Pittsburgh causes addressing autism, and spoke candidly about his experiences as the parent of an autistic child and his efforts to better educate the public at large about autism.^[15]

Steelers broadcasting[link]

Cope waves a Terrible Towel at Heinz Field - October 31, 2005

In 1968, Cope began a talk show on what was then WTAE-AM radio in Pittsburgh.^[16] His unique nasal voice, with a distinctive Pittsburgh area accent, was noticed by the Steelers' brass, and he made his debut as a member of the Steelers' radio team in 1970.^[17]

During Cope's 35-year broadcasting career with the Steelers—the longest term with a single team in NFL history—he was accompanied by only two play-by-play announcers: the late Jack Fleming, with whom he broadcast until 1994, followed by Bill Hillgrove, who still fills this broadcast role today.^[9][14]

In keeping with his comic personality, a series of television commentaries on WTAE-TV saw Cope calling himself "Doctor Cope" and wearing a white lab coat while pretending to examine the opposing team's strengths and weaknesses. His predictor was known as the "Cope-ra-scope."^[18]

Catchphrases and Nicknames[link]

Like other sports announcers in Pittsburgh, particularly Penguins commentator Mike Lange and the late Pirates announcer Bob Prince, Cope had a repertoire of unique catchphrases employed in his broadcasts, such as "Mmm-Hah!" and "Okel Dokel" (his version of "okey dokey").^[9] Cope often used Yiddish expressions, especially "Feh!" and "Yoi!" (sometimes multiplied as "Double Yoi" or rarely "Triple Yoi").

Cope also created nicknames for many players and opposing teams. It was Cope who popularized "The Bus" as a nickname for former Steelers running back Jerome Bettis, "Jack Splat" for Jack Lambert, and he gave Kordell Stewart the nickname "Slash."^[19]

Cope also used the term "Cincinnati Bungles" to describe their division rivals, who had a string of bad seasons during the 1990s.

Terrible Towel[link]

"I said, what we need is something that everybody already has, so it doesn't cost a dime. So I says, 'We'll urge people to bring out to the game gold or black towels,' then I'll tell people if you don't have a yellow, black or gold towel, buy one. And if you don't want to buy one, dye one. We'll call this the Terrible Towel."

— Myron Cope on the invention of the Terrible Towel^[20]

Cope played a large role in the invention of the Terrible Towel.^[21] Needing a way to excite the fans during a 1975 playoff game against the Baltimore Colts, Cope urged fans to take yellow dish towels to the game and wave them throughout.^[20] Originally, Cope wanted to sell rubber Jack Lambert masks, but realizing the high costs for the masks, opted for the inexpensive option for the Terrible Towel. The Terrible Towel has gained much popularity since its invention and "is arguably the best-known fan symbol of any major pro sports team".^[21]

In 1996, Cope gave the rights to The Terrible Towel to the Allegheny Valley School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.^[15] The school provides care for more than 900 people^[22] with mental retardation and physical disabilities, including Cope's autistic son.^[3] Proceeds from the Terrible Towel have helped raise $3 million for the school.^[23]

Retirement and death[link]

Cope announced his retirement from broadcasting on June 20, 2005, citing health concerns.^[24] Eight days later, it was announced that Cope was the recipient of the Pete Rozelle Award for "long-time exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football."^[25] Upon his retirement, the Steelers did not replace Cope, opting instead to downsize to a two-man broadcast team.^[14]

On October 31, 2005, Cope was honored for his lifetime accomplishments at halftime of the contest between the Steelers and the Ravens.^[26] In addition, the Steelers produced a special commemorative edition Terrible Towel with his familiar expressions printed on it. As seen on the towel, production was limited to 35,000 towels, representing 35 years of service to the Steelers. Later that season when the team advanced to Super Bowl XL, many Steeler fans wanted Cope to come out of retirement just to call "The one for the thumb." Cope declined partially for health reasons and partially to enjoy retirement.

Cope died of respiratory failure at a Mt. Lebanon nursing home on the morning of February 27, 2008.^[14][27] In the days following his death, many ceremonies were held in his honor, including the local sporting events of the Pittsburgh Panthers college basketball team.^[28] Two days after his death, hundreds of people gathered in heavy snow in front of thePittsburgh City Hall to honor Cope; included in the ceremony was one minute of silent Terrible Towel waving.^[29] His funeral, which was held on February 29, 2008, was private.^[30] Due to Cope's large impact on the Pittsburgh area, Bob Smizik, a local sportswriter wrote,

List of awards and honors[link]

Cope received many awards and honors, including:

• 1963 - E.P. Dutton Prize for "Best Magazine Sportswriting in the Nation" for his portrayal of Cassius Clay^[4]
• 1987 - Named as a noted literary achiever by Hearst Corporation^[4]
• 2004 - His profile of Howard Cosell was selected as one of 50 all-time classic articles by Sports Illustrated^[4]
• 2005 - Became the first pro football announcer elected to the Radio Hall of Fame^[4]
• 2005 - Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award for long-time exceptional contributions to pro football in television and radio^[25]
• Held the title of "special contributor" at Sports Illustrated^[4]
• Served as a board member of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Autism Society of America and the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix^[4]
• Co-founded the Myron Cope/Foge Fazio Golf Tournament for Autistic Children^[4]
• The only broadcaster appointed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Board of Selectors, serving for 10 years^[4]
• The asteroid 7835 Myroncope was named in his honor in 2008.^[31][32]

Bibliography[link]

• Brown, Jim; Myron Cope (1964). Off My Chest. Doubleday. pp. 230.  (Jim Brown's autobiography)
• Cope, Myron (1968). Broken Cigars. Prentice-Hall. pp. 275.  (collection of articles)
• Cope, Myron (1970). The Game that was: The Early Days of Pro Football (edition 1 ed.). World Publishing Company. pp. 294. 
• Cope, Myron (1974). The Game that was: An Illustrated Account of the Tumultuous Early Days of Pro Football (edition 2 ed.). Crowell. pp. 253. ISBN 0-690-00586-5. 
• Cope, Myron (2002). Double Yoi! (edition 1 ed.). Sports Publishing, L.L.C.. pp. 229. ISBN 1-58261-548-9. (autobiography)
• Cope, Myron (2006). Double Yoi! (edition 2 ed.). Sports Publishing, L.L.C.. pp. 229. ISBN 1-59670-069-6. (autobiography)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Myron Cope at the National Radio Hall of Fame
• "Myron Cope / 1929 - 2008: An index to Post-Gazette coverage". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2008-02-27. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08058/860991-66.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 
• Fan site with a collection of Myron Cope soundbites
• Myron Cope Biography, Penn State University
• "Allegheny Valley School, Myron Cope, and The Terrible Towel"

Randy Baumann is a radio personality, best known for his work as one half of "Jim and Randy and the DVE Morning Show" on WDVE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[1][2][3]

Prior to joining the DVE Morning Show in 2000, Baumann was an announcer for Rocket 101, WRKT in Erie, Pennsylvania using the on-air name "Buckethead". Baumann's brother Charlie Baumann was a kicker at WVU and for the Patriots.

See also[link]

• Scott Paulsen
• Jim Krenn

References[link]

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