Veteran Pittsburgh TV-Radio Personality Dies

PITTSBURGH, PA — Stanley Alan Boal, whose career in Pittsburgh broadcasting spanned five decades across multiple TV and radio stations, died Sunday.

Boal, of Upper St. Clair, was 95.

The Rochester native was a 1951 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Boal launched his broadcasting career while in college by working as a staff announcer for WBVP-AM in Beaver Falls. After being drafted into the Army during the Korean War, he was an announcer for Armed Forces Radio and Blue Danube Network.

After his military service, he became a well-known figure in the Pittsburgh area and across the country. He worked at WDTV (later KDKA-TV), WKBN TV/radio, KQV-AM, WIIC (later WPXI-TV) and WTAE TV/radio.

He also served as Latin American bureau chief for ABC in Miami, where he hosted ABC's "Caribbean Listening Post" and interpreted Cuban News broadcast for the network.

See Boal's complete obituary here.