TV Talk: Paul Martino leaving KDKA-TV

Paul Martino, a veteran KDKA-TV reporter/anchor, will retire from the station July 1.

Martino has been with the station since 1984 and until recently anchored weekend evening newscasts. He was replaced in that role by younger reporters and reassigned to weekday general assignment reporting.

KDKA-TV news director Kathy Hostetter did not respond to a request for comment.

Martino, a Chicago native, is the latest in a stream of station veterans who have exited Channel 2 in recent years, including Ralph Ianotti, Harold Hayes and Brenda Waters.

While some of KDKA’s departures have been true retirements, others have not. Waters departed KDKA in May 2020. Like Martino, she left after being removed from her role as a long-time weekend anchor at KDKA. Waters relocated from Pittsburgh to Atlanta in January to work for Georgia Public Broadcasting where she covered the Georgia legislative session earlier this year.