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Proclamation recognizing and congratulating Jon Burnett upon the occasion of his retirement from KDKA, and we commend him for his extensive and impressive broadcasting career.
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WHEREAS, after thirty-seven years on the air, broadcaster Jon Burnett has officially retired from KDKA; and
WHEREAS, with an initial football scholarship to the University of Tennessee, and completing his schooling there with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theater, he was able to flawlessly transfer those theater skills into a unique, and welcoming conversational tone in reporting the news and, eventually, the weather to thousands of viewers every day; and
WHEREAS, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, Mr. Burnett previously worked for stations in Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee, as well as Louisville, Kentucky before coming to Pittsburgh; and
WHEREAS, in 1982, Mr. Burnett was hired by KDKA as the new host of “Evening Magazine,” where he first hosted alongside Liz Miles, and then Mary Robb Jackson; and
WHEREAS, in 1984 he won the Golden Quill Award as well as a National PM Magazine Award in the Outstanding Feature category; and
WHEREAS, in 1985, he co-hosted "Pittsburgh 2 Day,” later getting new life as “Pittsburgh Live Today” and was nominated in 1990 for Pittsburgh’s “Man of the Year in Communications” and has been nominated three times for Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards for his work as a weathercaster and feature reporter; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Burnett eventually shifted over to weather in the 1990’s, where he won an Emmy for Individual Achievement in Weathercasting in 1996; and
WHEREAS, in his retirement, Mr. Burnett is looking forward to spending time with his wife, Debbie, and their two children and three grandchildren, as well as his beloved motorcycle;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Allegheny County Council Member Bob Macey and All Members of Council do hereby recognize and congratulate Jon Burnett upon the occasion of his retirement from KDKA, and we commend him for his extensive and impressive broadcasting career.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto caused the Seal of the County of Allegheny to be affixed this 18th day of June 2019.