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BILL CARDILLE CELEBRATES 50 YEARS ON-AIR

Gala Celebration November 10th at the Byham Theater

PITTSBURGH (October 30, 2007) Former AFTRA National Vice President and AFTRA Local President, Bill Cardille, Chilly Billy, celebrates fifty years on the air in Pittsburgh at a gala tribute on Saturday November 10th at the Byham Theater.

Bill Cardille
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Many of Cardille's friends from the early days of Studio Wrestling and Chiller Theater will be there along with a long list of entertainers.

Tickets are available for $50, $35, and $25.00 at pgharts.org, or by calling (412) 456-6666. Proceeds benefit Bill's long-time friends at the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Cardille was named AFTRA's TV Personality of the Year and inducted in the AFTRA's Hall of Fame in 1979, and Bill was inducted into the Pennsylvania Broadcaster Hall of Fame in 1997. The salute to Cardille, is a star-studded event with the following scheduled to appear:

  • Jimmy Beaumont and The Skyliners
  • Walt Maddox & The Marcels
  • The Holidays
  • Jimmy Sapienza
  • Jan Peters
  • Bill Dell and Wee Jams
  • Bruno Sammartino
  • The Chiller Theater Gang
  • Judi Figel
  • Bernadette DeVault
  • Jamie Wright
  • Antoinette
  • The Groove Doctors
  • Joe Garuccio
  • Chris Pangekis
  • David Crisci
  • and many others…with some surprises!
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