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Former WTAE Anchor Wendy Bell, Fired For Comments Following Shooting, Gets New Broadcasting Job

KDKA-AM Newsradio 1020
Former WTAE anchor Wendy Bell will join KDKA-AM Radio.

A Pittsburgh newscaster who was previously fired for comments deemed racially insensitive about a shooting has a new job in broadcasting.

KDKA-AM News Radio 1020 announced Thursday that it hired former WTAE-TV anchor Wendy Bell as part of its on-air team for 2019. Bell will serve as a mid-day host alongside Marty Griffin.

Bell said in a statement that she is looking forward to the job.

WTAE-TV fired Bell in 2016 after she made comments on Facebook about a shooting of five people in a Pittsburgh suburb, speculating the gunmen were black men with multiple siblings and from multiple fathers.

She later filed a lawsuit against the station, alleging the station violated her civil rights by firing her. The lawsuit was settled earlier this year, and terms were not disclosed.

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