[Description by Mike Lynch] KQV is one of the oldest radio stations in the world signing on the air as 8ZAE on November 19, 1919. In January, 1921 a legend was born when 8ZAE changed it’s call letters to KQV, “King of the Quaker Valley”. Originally, KQV began broadcasting on 833 Khz on the AM radio dial, then moved to 1090 in 1925, 1110 in 1927, 1380 in 1931 and finally, 1410 Khz in March 29, 1941. By 1944 the station was serving as a “full service” outlet which became known as a “Live and Lively” format and included music, news and various programs from the NBC “blue” network. On Thursday August 29, 1957 the American Broadcasting Company paid $700,000 for the station and after only five months, on January 1, 1958, KQV switched from its “Live and Lively” format to top forty, which lasted for almost two decades. KQV’s original top 40 line-up included Chuck Dougherty at 6 am, Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club at 9, Herb Oscar Anderson at 10, Henry DaBecco at 11, Jim Reeves at 1 pm, Jim Backus at 2 pm, Sam Holman at 3 pm, Merv Griffin at 7:15 pm and Dave Scott 9p to midnight. The ABC parade of stars was cleverly integrated into KQV’s local programing. According to KQV historian Jeff Roteman, “It was an exciting time for radio as the stations did battle; KDKA with 50,000 watts and all the heritage against KQV, the first ABC owned station to make the switch to top 40.” In October 1975, KQV ended the top forty era of its illustrious history and began serving Pittsburgh with an All News format. The last night of the top 40 format on KQV was anchored by disk jockeys George Dart and Billy Soule. Some of KQV’s other outstanding personalities included Dex Allen, Hal Murray, Fred Winston, Joey Reynolds, Chuck Brinkman, Porky Chadwick, Rick Shaw and, Dick Drury, heard here in 1963.