Ashley DiParlo joined WTAE Channel 4 Action News in April 2006 as the station's first-ever Web/TV Reporter. You can watch all of her reports on www.ThePittsburghChannel.com. Prior to reporting, Ashley was an intern and then an Associate Producer at WTAE-TV Channel 4. She's a native of Williamsport, Pa., and a graduate of Point Park University, right here in Pittsburgh. Ashley's beat is called Plugged In. She's a technology buff who enjoys reporting and blogging about the latest Web sites, new media and tech gadgets. Cafe DeJour, Palomino, Redbeard's and Olive or Twist (with their Black and Gold martini) are among the places where Ashley likes to dine outn her free time, she likes to travel, exercise, hang with friends and family, and explore new things that Pittsburgh has to offer.

Half of Pittsburgh’s Longest Running Morning Team: “Gary & Beth in The Morning” on Pittsburgh’s Lite Rock 92.9, WLTJ. (Gary & Beth have been a team for so long that The Pirates had a winning season that year). Beth is a Communications graduate of Cal U. Her favorite hobbies include traveling, cooking, and as she puts it "sort-of golfing." Some other fun facts about Beth is that she is currently learning Spanish and is excited to soon be a downtown Pittsburgh resident. And the most important fun fact yet...she has never – NEVER – had a dance lesson in her entire life! (but is looking forward to learning).

Audiences laugh out loud, as David Kaye shares side-splitting tales of his dysfunctional family affairs, and blue-collar upbringing in Pittsburgh, PA. As the last child born to a Polish steel mill worker and a Ho Jo's waitress, his wry recollections of life as the "baby brother" are candidly funny. "I grew up believing that my parents were not prejudice people. However, looking back at all the beatings I took as a child, I now realize my parents hated white children."

David's tongue-in-cheek observations have continued to set off boisterous laughter and applause in corporate boardrooms, college rathskellers, and smoky nightclubs throughout the country for over fifteen years. A former mechanical engineer and more recently, trained thespian, Kaye smartly lampoons life with countless comical vignettes. Acting as narrator and cast, he morphs into a one man comedy troupe using manic mannerisms, outlandish dialects, and contorted facial expressions to convey vividly funny living snapshots of his many off-the-wall characters.

David Kaye's many credits include performances with Weird Al Yankovic, Richard Jeni, David Brenner, and Drew Carey. Along with television appearances on ABC, Comedy Central, dozens of commercials and industrial films, and a starring role in the independent film,"Creep".

The perfect headline performer for any occasion, David Kaye always delivers huge laughs with his original wit, a rock solid act, and genuine comedic talent.

Flick was the first on-air member of the new B94 team after the station resurfaced in October of '07.

After graduating High School he immediately went to the Ohio Center for Broadcasting in Cleveland, OH and landed an internship at the Top 40 station in his hometown of Youngstown, OH. He worked his way from cutting contest registration forms to doing weekend overnight shifts on the station within six months and hired before he graduated from broadcasting school. Luckily, got to learn from some great minds in the radio business. Shortly there after he took over the Night Show, doing 6PM to midnight. After nearly two years of pulling the late-day shift he went to Pittsburgh's legendary and dearly missed B94.

Donning the new call letters of WBZW on B94, the first jocks hit the air on December 10th, 2007. Kobe in the afternoon and, for the first time, Flick@Nyte.

Flick has been able to interview such artists as Fallout Boy, Daughtry, All American Rejects, Omarion and Hinder, as well as host parties for SuperBowl Champions, welcome the crowd at WWE events, ring announce cage fights for local mixed martial arts groups, and is constantly participating in local charities and college events.

You can currently hear him 7PM-Mid on Pittsburgh's Hottest Hits - 93.7FM - B94.

Gino Chiodo began his career at the Pittsburgh Beauty Academy and "learned the ropes" under Arnold Zegarelli in the early '90s. With over 20 years in the beauty industry, Gino has earned national distinction as one of the nations foremost hair designers. With an education from Vidal Sassoon Academy in Los Angeles and the L'Oreal International Institute, Gino inspired many stylists with his expertise ranging from salon customer service to being a renowned motivational speaker.

In 1995, Gino was inducted into the Pittsburgh Beauty Academy's "Hall of Fame." He's often featured in magazines and on television and has established himself as a trendsetter in the hair industry. His ability to cut, colour and style hair is evident in his well-traveled and experienced background.

September 11th, 2000, Gino Chiodo and best friend Emilio Cornacchione opened Izzazu Salon. Since then, they have been featured on HSN, TLC's "A Makeover Story" and FOX's "Ambush Makeover." Izzazu has become a word associated with "wow" throughout the greater Pittsburgh area.

Janelle Hall joined WTAE Channel 4 Action News as a general assignment reporter in September 2004. Two years later, she was promoted to weekend morning anchor.

Prior to joining WTAE, this Oil City, Pa., native was a reporter at WNDU in South Bend, Ind. Before reporting at WJET in Erie, she served as an anchor for a health show on a Cleveland cable station and also anchored an educational show on PBS 45/49 in Ohio.

Hall's reporting career began at two radio stations in her hometown, WFRA-FM and WRJS-FM, at the age of 16.

The Indiana Society of Professional Journalists honored Hall with an award for "Best Investigative Reporting" for her undercover look into pirated products like illegal DVDs and CDs sold on the streets. She also won SPJ awards for her spot news, feature reporting and coverage of minority issues.

Hall's award-winning investigation into the delay in DNA processing in Indiana state crime labs helped uncover the backlog in unsolved cases.

She also earned a national William Randolph Hearst journalism award for feature writing.

Hall graduated from Kent State University with a major in broadcast news and a minor in criminal justice. She and her husband live in the Pittsburgh area. Following in her father's footsteps, Janelle volunteers as a mentor for a local teenager in the Big Brothers and Big Sisters program. She's also a member of the St. Anthony Charitable Foundation Board, which aims to help students with developmental disabilities find scholarships for schooling.

Her favorite part of the job is being able to connect with people in the area and to help share their story. “I also thrive on breaking news,” she says.

Vice President, Activate Pittsburgh & Executive Director, Downtown YMCA

John became District Vice President and Executive Director of the Downtown YMCA in February of 2004. His YMCA experience includes the position of Executive Director & District Vice President YMCA of South Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA.

John's diverse background in health and wellness includes program development and plan implementation, marketing, corporate wellness initiatives, community and corporate partnerships, sustaining funding, budget management, and membership growth. Most recently, corporate and community wellness facilities and programming have been the focus in his roles with the Downtown YMCA and Activate Pittsburgh and he was appointed Vice President of Activate Pittsburgh, the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh's community health and wellness initiative.

For several years, as Major Accounts Business Development at FitLinxx, John devoted a significant amount of time to business development of one of the nation's leaders in technology for tracking personal exercise progress over time. He also played a significant role in the retailing, manufacturing and the strategic growth of the technology.

John attended Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and earned a B.S. in Speech Communications / Public Relations. He and his wife Tracy reside in Hampton with their three daughters.

Keith joined KDKA-TV in September of 2005 as KDKA's morning anchor alongside Sonni Abatta. Keith comes to KDKA from WOWK-TV Charleston/Huntington where he anchored the 5, 5:30, 6, 7, and 11 news. Previously, Keith was the weekend Anchor/Reporter for WPXI in Pittsburgh. A little bit of "The Burgh" stayed with him which made returning an easy decision. The first taste of broadcast journalism presented itself at Barry University in Miami, Florida where Keith also played NCAA baseball. It was during an impromptu speech class that a professor helped Keith realize he had the gift of gab and story telling. From there, he discovered the power of word and creative writing which lent itself to the start of a career in broadcast journalism. Keith brings 10-plus years of anchoring and reporting experience to KDKA. His career began as a reporter at WPBF in West Palm Beach, Florida where he covered several national stories including the President and the crash of ValueJet in the Everglades. From there, Keith moved to WTVG Toledo, Ohio as an anchor. Then it was on to WPXI in Pittsburgh where he covered the tragedy of 9/11's United Flight 93, Quecreek Mine Rescue, and numerous other national stories. At WOWK TV in Charleston, Keith field anchored national stories including Private Jessica Lynch's return home and several Presidential visits. Along the way, Keith has earned journalism awards, some of which include Emmy Nominations, Pennsylvania AP 1st Place for feature reporting, Cleveland Press Club 1st Place for spot news, and a Crystal Award. When Keith's not at work, he spends all of his free time with his family. Keith has 2-little girls who he adores: Madeline 9-years and Mary Margaret 8-years old. They do everything together. Baseball, football, golf, tennis, skiing, anything outdoors, and reading are huge interests for Keith. Happy to offer his time, Keith is involved organizations including: The American Heart Association, Children's Miracle Network, Children's Hospital, and anything involving kids.

Laura Penrod Kronk

Sheldon Ingram is from Atlantic City, N.J. He is a proud graduate of Atlantic City High School. Sheldon went on to study journalism at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, where he continued to play football, sang in the gospel choir, taught adult literacy and served as Student Government president and vice president. Sheldon joined WTAE-TV Channel 4 in May 1992. Before that, Sheldon served as an intern-reporter for CNN in Atlanta. He moved on to his first reporting and anchoring job with WRCB-TV in Chattanooga, Tenn. After 11 months, Sheldon moved on to become a reporter and fill-in anchor at WVEC-TV in Norfolk, Va. Sheldon spent four years in Norfolk before coming to WTAE. Since then, Sheldon has covered a wide variety of high-profile stories that magnified Pittsburgh's growth, weaknesses and strengths, from race relations to Pittsburgh's evolving industry structure and politics. Some of Sheldon's high-impact stories include a three-part series on juvenile boot camps, the controversial Jonny Gammage death while in police custody, the fiercely controversial stadium issue behind Heinz Field and PNC Park, the impeachment of former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen and the drastic changes of US Airways. He was also the talk show host of "Inside Pittsburgh. Sheldon strongly believes that WTAE Channel 4 Action News is, hands down, among the elite news operations in the country. "I believe we possess the best news minds anywhere," he says. "From top to bottom, we are very deep and focused in our approach to news, aggressive but sensitive too. We believe in the interest of our viewers and we want our viewers to believe in our devotion to news." Sheldon embraces diversity and community involvement. He is currently on the board of advisors for The Homeless Children Defense Fund, Every Child Adoption Agency. He is a member of the Community Council For Big Brothers Big Sisters and chairs their annual Bowling For Kids Sake fund raising project. Sheldon also volunteers at the Children's Institute. Sheldon is extremely proud of his son, Sheldon Lamark Ingram Jr. Sheldon affectionately calls him "Little Shel," although he's as big as his dad. As a born-again Christian, Sheldon is devoted to good health and fitness. He is active with weightlifting, aerobics, spinning, salsa dancing, roller blades, skiing, flag football, cooking and Spanish lessons. Sheldon also has two exotic Bengal cats, Diego and Cezar (say-zar). They are five generations removed from the Asian Wild Leopard Cat.

Sonni Abatta

Tracy Malone

Massimo Trucco, M.D. Hillman Professor of Pediatric Immunology

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