Pittsburgh's First 8 P.M. Newscast Launching Soon

PITTSBURGH, PA — The region's first 8 p.m. newscast will debut next month on WPKD-TV, which is branded as KDKA+. The one-hour newscast will debut Jan. 8 and feature newscasters from KDKA+ sister station KDKA-TV.

"Primetime News on KDKA+" at 8 p.m. will be anchored by Jessica Guay, who moves into the role from her weekend anchor position. Meteorologist Ray Petelin will anchor the weather coverage.

Plans for the new newscast were announced in September, when WPCW-TV ended its affiliation with The CW Network, obtained its new call letters and became KDKA+.

Since its transition to a fully independent TV station, KDKA+ has focused on local content, including WPIAL high school playoff football, political debates for the Allegheny County chief executive and district attorney races, Friday night high school football games, Saturday afternoon college football games and Penguins preseason hockey games.

KDKA+ also carries a KDKA-produced newscast at 10 p.m. as well as the "Nightly Sports Call" hosted by KDKA sportscasters.