TV Q&A: Did KDKA-TV’s Mary Ours change shifts?

Rob Owen | Wednesday, December 13, 2023 7:00 a.m.

Courtesy KDKA

Forecaster Mary Ours currently works weekday afternoons and evenings on KDKA-TV.

Q:I haven’t seen Mary Ours in a while. Is she still working at KDKA-TV?

— Jim, Derry

Q: Why is Mary Ours on “Talk Pittsburgh” with Heather Abraham now?

— Lyle via email

Q: Who at KDKA thinks we want to watch Mary Ours shoot hoops, Irish dance and golf? It’s an insult to our intelligence as viewers. After working hard all day, I want to catch up on the news and get the weather. It’s embarrassing for a Pittsburgh news channel.

— Jen, McCandless

Rob: Ours moved off weekends around the launch of “Talk Pittsburgh” in March, although in the earliest “Talk Pittsburgh” episodes it was Kristin Emery who appeared alongside Abraham on the show. That may have been a function of vacation schedules.

Ours now works noon some days, then “Talk Pittsburgh” followed by 4, 5 and 6 p.m. usually with live weather reporting. My guess would be that because weather is what viewers always say is most important to them in a newscast when TV stations do audience research, that’s likely why KDKA is trying the additional, more featurey weather reports with Ours.

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