David Highfield KDKA-TV

David's days start early (his alarm rings at 2 a.m.!) He anchors the KDKA-TV Morning News.

He also hosts " Pittsburgh Today Live ," our very popular daily lifestyle/talk show, with Heather Abraham.

In his 30 years in television, he's won 12 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards, for both hosting and reporting. He's also won two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards: One for his report on a possible connection between Marcellus Shale drilling and earthquakes, and one for an examination of how smoke detectors often don't wake up children.

In 2025, the readers of the Pittsburgh City Paper voted David "Best TV Personality." The year before, the readers of Pittsburgh Magazine voted David the "Best News Personality" on Pittsburgh TV.

In addition, he's won Golden Quills for feature

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