WTAE journalist Bob Mayo said he would retire on December 31.
TribLive highlights this that this is the “third significant exit of Pittsburgh television stations this quarter, following the departures of KDKA-TV stations.” Jon Delano and WPXI David Johnson.”
“I am grateful for my years at WTAE, a station I have watched since I was a child growing up in Carrick. I remember staying up to watch what was then called ‘4 Star News,’” Mayo wrote. on social networks.
“It’s like jumping off a moving train: You have to decide at some point to do it,” Mayo told TribLive.
He began his career as a teenager, volunteering on the WQED show The Place. He was a radio reporter/coordinator for WWSW-AM/FM before joining WTAE-AM. He started working at WTAE TV in 1994.
Mayo also reflected on moving away from beat reporting on local television.
“While I was on general assignment, I was always the person who most often ended up covering government and political stories,” Mayo said. “We had specialists, like medical editor Marilyn Brooks. We don’t have that now. I hope that other journalists, not just here on television but in general, will have the opportunity to hone these particular areas of expertise and skills. I think viewers are well served and the reporting experience is better.
