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2 Pittsburgh TV Stations 'Trade' News Reporters
Two familiar faces on Pittsburgh newscasts essentially are replacing each other on the stations each is leaving.
PITTSBURGH, PA — In what amounts to a broadcasting trade, WPXI-TV reporter Shelley Bortz is headed to KDKA-TV a week after WPXI poached reporter Nicole Ford from KDKA. Both were working as freelancers at the stations they are leaving and will be full-time at their new ones.
Bortz, who has worked part-time at WPXI since 2015, confirmed her move Tuesday to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She will begin her new job the first week of October.
Ford announced last week "the call letters will be different" for her as she started at WPXI.
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Because Bortz and Ford were not full-time reporters before the switch, they do not have non-compete clauses common in the contracts of station staff members that prevent them from working at rival stations for extended periods.
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