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Regis Cordic

Actor · 1926 – 1999 · Hazelwood, Pennsylvania, USA

Cordic was born in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh and attended Central Catholic High School. He started in radio as a staff announcer and substitute sportscaster at WWSW-AM.[1] When morning host Davey Tyson left the station in 1948, Cordic was one of a number of staffers given the opportunity to replace him. At first a straightforward announcer, Cordic began introducing comedy to his program—first in subtle ways, such as reading a sports score for "East Overshoe University" along with the real scores, and later by adding a repertory company of supporting comic characters. The morning show, renamed Cordic & Company, became the most popular in Pittsburgh. In 1954, Cordic & Company moved to KDKA (AM) on Labor Day, one of the first times that an American radio station had hired a major personality directly from a local competitor. Popular Bette Smiley had decided to retire from her full-time KDKA wake-up show Radio Gift Shoppe of the Air and move to a Sunday-only condensed version on WCAE in August 1954 in order to raise her young son Robbie. Cordic's immediate predecessor in the morning slot was the Ed and Rainbow show, featuring Ed Schaughency with Elmer Waltman cast in the role of Rainbow, the janitor. Waltman was dropped, and Schaughency was moved to the afternoon with a show called Schaughency's Record Cabinet. Schaughency lasted less than two years in that role before he was replaced by Art Pallan, who also came over from WWSW. Schaughency took on a new role as a news reader and moved back to mornings, delivering the newscasts during Cordic & Company. The show's ratings continued to grow until, at some points, it had an 85 share—meaning that 85% of all radios in Pittsburgh were tuned to Cordic & Company while it was on. By the end of his tenure in Pittsburgh, Cordic was reportedly earning $100,000 a year, a huge sum for a radio host at the time.

Series24

  • TV8.1

    Columbo

    1971 · 860 votes

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV6.9

    Mannix

    1967 · 57 votes

  • TV7.5

    Quincy, M.E.

    1976 · 123 votes

  • TV8.0

    Get Smart

    1965 · 448 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Waltons

    1972 · 106 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Rockford Files

    1974 · 133 votes

  • TV7.3
  • TV8.0

    Emergency!

    1972 · 53 votes

  • TV6.7

    Cannon

    1971 · 42 votes

  • TV5.6

    The F.B.I.

    1965 · 25 votes

  • TV7.7
  • TV7.0

    The Name of the Game

    1968 · 13 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Incredible Hulk

    1977 · 516 votes

  • TV7.9

    The Transformers

    1984 · 454 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • TV6.4

    Medical Center

    1969 · 14 votes

  • TV7.8

    Night Gallery

    1970 · 112 votes

  • TV7.2

    McCloud

    1970 · 53 votes

  • TV7.1
  • TV6.6

    Switch

    1975 · 11 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Monkees

    1966 · 56 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Bionic Woman

    1976 · 283 votes

  • TV7.1

Movies23

  • Movie6.9

    Sleeper

    1973 · 864 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Obsession

    1976 · 334 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Mouse and His Child

    1977 · 15 votes

  • Movie4.0
  • Movie8.4
  • Movie5.4

    Panic in Echo Park

    1977 · 9 votes

  • Movie3.6

    Americathon

    1979 · 15 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Man with the Power

    1977 · 4 votes

  • Movie5.9

    The Face of Fear

    1971 · 7 votes

  • Movie4.9

    Death Takes a Holiday

    1971 · 7 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Intimate Strangers

    1977 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Travis Logan, D.A.

    1971 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Newman's Law

    1974 · 9 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Woman of the Year

    1976 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Puff, the Magic Dragon

    1978 · 14 votes

  • Movie9.0

    John Hus

    1977 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Detroit 9000

    1973 · 29 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Indict and Convict

    1974 · 2 votes

  • Movie4.9

    The Wild Party

    1975 · 22 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Standing Tall

    1978 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Death Squad

    1974 · 8 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Ritual of Evil

    1970 · 10 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Target Risk

    1975 · 1 votes