Arts & Entertainment
Longtime Pittsburgh Broadcaster Retiring After 40-Year Career
After four decades on the air, this familiar voice to Pittsburghers has decided to step away from the microphone.
PITTSBURGH, PA — After a career that saw him work at several prominent Pittsburgh radio stations over the past four decades, veteran radio news anchor Joe DeStio is retiring. DeStio made the announcement Thursday on the KDKA-AM morning show with Larry Richert and Kevin Battle.
DeStio has been a news reporter at KDKA for the past nine years.
According to his Linked In profile, DeStio's career in Pittsburgh began in 1980 at KQV-AM. He briefly left Pittsburgh in 1987 to work for WRC in Washington, D.C. before returning to Pittsburgh in 1988 to take a job at WTAE-AM. He remained with the station when it became ESPN Radio in 2000 and stayed there until 2010.
Find out what's happening in Pittsburghfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
DeStio's voice also is familiar to University of Pittsburgh sports fans. Since 2001, he has served as the public address announcer for Pitt football games at Heinz Field and for Pitt basketball games at the Petersen Events Center.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
