4 days ago · Jon Burnett, beloved former KDKA-TV personality, has died at the age of 71 06:43. Many words come to mind when remembering former KDKA-TV talk show host and weather forecaster Jon Burnett.

4 days ago · A Knoxville, Tennessee, native, Burnett came to Pittsburgh in 1982 as the host of its “Evening Magazine” program. He soon added co-hosting duties on “Pittsburgh 2Day,” a distant predecessor of the modern “Pittsburgh Today Live” — which he would also eventually co-host, spending 11 years on the show with co-host Kristine Sorensen.

4 days ago · John Poister, news director of WPGH-TV in the early 2000s and the current afternoon drive news anchor on WHJB-FM (107.1), said, at one point, he tried to hire Burnett as a forecaster at Channel 53.

3 days ago · TV journalist Jon Burnett, a longtime weather forecaster for CBS Pittsburgh, has died. He was 71. He was 71. The Pittsburgh station, also known as KDKA-TV, confirmed Burnett's death in an obituary ...

3 days ago · CBS Pittsburgh weather forecaster Jon Burnett died from complications of CTE, Dr. Joseph Malone, a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cognitive Neurologist, said. The beloved KDKA broadcaster ...

4 days ago · Burnett, who spent 36 years on the air, died due to complications from suspected CTE, per his family.

Jon Burnett, one of Pittsburgh beloved on-air personalities has died. During his 36 years at KDKA-TV, Jon Burnett co-hosted Evening Magazine, Pittsburgh Today, and anchored the weather desk.

3 days ago · After struggling for years, Dr. Malone diagnosed Jon Burnett with suspected chronic traumatic encephalopathy, aka CTE, after ruling out other possible causes. Jon Burnett was a football player during his youth and even represented the University of Tennessee as a college athlete. Burnett told CBS News in his interview from February 2024 that he ...

3 days ago · Jon Burnett, a fixture of Pittsburgh news for nearly 40 years, died Thursday, Feb. 20, of suspected complications due to illness. His longtime broadcast home, KDKA-TV, broke the news Thursday afternoon that Burnett had died due to suspected complications from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to his neurologist.

3 days ago · Longtime CBS Pittsburgh news anchor and weather forecaster Jon Burnett has died. Pittsburgh news station KDKA-TV confirmed on Thursday, Feb. 20 that the beloved TV journalist passed away of complications of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). He was 71. His date of death was not disclosed. “Beloved former KDKA-TV …