Stacy Smith is a retired news anchor at CBS owned and operated

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, a local

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based out of

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. He was also a contributor to ''OnQ'', a

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program that aired on

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Education and career

Smith attended Marian College in Indiana and graduated in 1971, majoring in theatre and drama. Also in 1971, his broadcasting career began at WLBC-AM/FM in

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. Then, he worked at WHAS-AM/FM/ TV in

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and WIFE-AM in

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. Stacy anchored the evening newscasts at

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, for six years before joining KDKA-TV,

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in July 1983 as a

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and anchor. While working at the station, he covered political conventions in 1984, 1988, and 1996 in depth. Smith has earned many awards as a news anchorman. Among these are a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award, along with Patrice King Brown, also of KDKA, for their coverage of the 1994 crash of US Air Flight 427 near

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. He has also earned several other Emmy awards for news broadcasting. Smith assisted with several Emmy Award-winning special reports including "After the Miracle" (a report on life after

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) and "Generation X" (a report on the 30 and under age group). Smith has been honored as a co-anchor with awards from the ''

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'' and ''

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'', and for reports on

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and on

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. Smith won the Bill Burns Award at the 2009 Art Rooney Award Dinner. Among Smith's major assignments while working as a reporter was his visit to the

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where he briefly spoke with

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. He anchored for "KDKA-TV News" at 4 and 6 P.M. after turning over his noon anchoring duties to Kristine Sorensen in 2019. He retired on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at the age of 72.

Personal

At the age of six months, Smith was diagnosed with

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, and started his elementary school education in special schools for children recovering from the disease. He is rarely seen walking on camera. Smith serves on the board of directors of the Harmarville Rehabilitations Center and is also active in the Three Rivers Council for Independent Living. He has previously served as the chairman of the board of directors of Family House of Pittsburgh.

References

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