KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh, PA)

KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh, PA)

KDKA-TV, also known as channel 2, is a television station located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that broadcasts CBS network programs. It is part of the CBS News and Stations division and is closely linked with the CW station WPCW (channel 19), which is licensed in Jeannette. Both stations operate from shared studios in the Gateway Center situated in downtown Pittsburgh. The transmitter for KDKA-TV is positioned in the Perry North area of the city. Notably, KDKA-TV and its sister station KYW-TV in Philadelphia are the only CBS-affiliated stations east of the Mississippi River that have call signs starting with "K."

Local
English
Television

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Domain Authority
93
Ranking

Global

#878

United States

#192

News and Media

#23

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Monthly visitors

Articles

  • 20 hours ago | cbsnews.com | Jonah Kaplan

    Holocaust Remembrance Day begins on Wednesday night in the Hebrew Calendar. It's being observed around the world, as well as in Minnesota. In St. Paul, a special art gallery is open featuring hundreds of works by Holocaust survivor Lucy Kreisler Smith, who immigrated to the Twin Cities after the war. Smith died three years ago but her son, Daniel Smith, hopes her art keeps her legacy alive forever. "With my mom, there's a triumph," Daniel Smith said.

  • 22 hours ago | cbsnews.com | Chilekasi Adele

    Affordable housing has been one of the issues central to the Democratic primary race for mayor of Pittsburgh. Mayor Ed Gainey is seeking to tout what his administration did to build and restore affordable homes, but his party challenger is pouring water on some of those figures. Democratic challenger Corey O'Connor did not attend Mayor Ed Gainey's affordable housing tour. He declined the invitation, saying it turned into a campaign rally. The tour went on, with five stops, including one in Oakland.

  • 22 hours ago | cbsnews.com | J.R. Duren |Angelica Leicht

    Gold has enjoyed a stellar run so far in 2025. Amid periods of market volatility and an uncertain economic environment, the precious metal has climbed to multiple new price records this year, which has been due, in large part, to investors turning to gold as an inflation hedge and a way to diversify their portfolios.

  • 23 hours ago | cbsnews.com | Melissa Quinn

    Washington — A federal judge on Wednesday sharply criticized the Justice Department over an executive order signed by President Trump that aims to punish the law firm Perkins Coie and appeared sympathetic to the firm's bid to permanently block the administration from enforcing it. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell is considering Perkins Coie's request that she find the executive order issued by Mr. Trump in March unlawful and permanently stop its implementation.

  • 23 hours ago | cbsnews.com | Tom Dougherty

    Police are investigating after they say a man posed as an electrical worker and stole over $6,000 and jewelry from a home in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Philadelphia Police Department responded to a burglary report shortly before 6:30 p.m. on April 22 in the 1900 block of Fulmer Street in the city's Bustleton neighborhood. According to police, a man knocked on the victim's door around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, claiming to be from an electric company.