Rick Dayton

Its the Drive at 5 for Thursday, November 2nd 2023. The Drive at 5 is presented by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh.

Approximately 100,000 cases of Lyme Disease are diagnosed in Pennsylvania each year, the most in the country. Tick-borne illnesses like Lyme's Disease cost the healthcare industry 1 billion dollars each year. Dr. Jill Henning is a professor of Biology at the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown. She and a team of researchers at Pitt have received money to develop a tick repellent. Dr. Henning tells...

Nearly sixty percent of employees say they will be looking for a different job in the next year. Julie Bauke, president of The Bauke Group, is a career counselor. She is not surprised by those numbers because she says loyalty to a company has changed over the years -- as has loyalty to employees. She also tells Rick Dayton many workers realize that money is not the most important factor when consi...

It's the Drive at 5 for Wednesday, November 1, 2023. The Drive at 5 is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh.

In southwestern PA, more than 3,100 school-aged kids are homeless and that is a challenge for families, school districts and teachers, too. Enter the Homeless Children's Education Fund and its brand new Winnie's Wagon. The portable classroom will allow the HCEF to go to where the kids are to help bridge the learning loss. It is the only mobile classroom of its type in the country. AJ Jefferson, th...

How do you inspire kids who are surrounded by technology all the time?  Teachers are doing all they can to make their classroom interactions more meaningful. That's where a company like SMART Technologies steps in with large SMART boards to replace the old-fashioned chalkboards and erasers.  Kris Astle is an Education Strategist who is talking tech on The Rick Dayton Show -- and how it is changing...

John Gismondi joins the show to talk about the University of Pittsburgh's community outreach programs.

It's the Drive at 5 for Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The Drive at 5 is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh.

Norm Mitry joins for his weekly segment to talk about the power of health insurers.

Allyson Kaye Daniel and Maya Bowles join the show to talk about the upcoming performance of the musical "The Wiz" in Pittsburgh

It's the Drive at 5 for Wednesday, October 25, 2023. The Drive at 5 is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh.

Dr. Thomas Kessler is a family practice physician with MedExpress. He is a frequent contributor to The Rick Dayton Show. On Thursday afternoon, he joined the show to talk about how to lessen the chance of something happening that puts a damper on one of the favorite holidays for kids. He addressed issues of physical safety, food safety (1 in 13 kids have food allergy issues,) and contact dermatiti...

It's the Drive at 5 for Wednesday, October 25, 2023. The Drive at 5 is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh

McAuley Ministries, the foundation arm of Pittsburgh Mercy, is donating $2.3 million to 18 non-profit organizations in Pittsburgh. The organizations concentrate their efforts in the Hill District, Uptown Pittsburgh, and West Oakland -- three areas that are very important to Pittsburgh Mercy which was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in those sections of Pittsburgh. Marisol Valentin, the executive d...

It's the Drive at Five for Tuesday, October 24th. The Drive at Five is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh. 

Norm Mitry, the CEO/President of Heritage Valley Health System, was a guest on The Rick Dayton Show Tuesday afternoon. He and Rick talked about the number of times insurance companies deny coverage -- and how patients can and should appeal that decision. Mitry says some insurers have a target of denying 40% of all claims. The uncertainty of whether that bill is covered then trickles down to the pr...

Child care centers are not spreading COVID-19 at significant rates to caregivers or other children at the center. That is part of the findings of Dr. Timothy Shope, MD, MPH, a professor of pediatrics at the Pitt School of Medicine and a pediatrician at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. The findings from Dr. Shope's team of researchers were published today  in JAMA Network Open. Among other t...

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It's the Drive at five for Thursday, October 19th. The Drive at Five is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded Allegheny County $14.5 million for its fight against opioid addiction. Many wonder where that money will go, so Rick Dayton asked Brooke McKenzie, the Chief of Clinical Services at DreamLife Recovery in Donegal what it means for them. She says the money will make a huge difference in the fight against overdoses by providing holistic r...

Lewie Pugh is the Executive Vice President of the OOIDA, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Foundation.  In 25 years behind the wheel of big rigs, Pugh logged more than 2.5 million miles. Today, he was a guest on The Rick Dayton Show talking about how Pennsylvania mirrored California legislation relating to the environmental restrictions placed on truckers. Pugh says this puts coun...

Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania wants to show the world that there are some amazing things being done by teens (and younger kids too.)  That's why they have backed a program called their 18 Under 18. It highlights 18 students under the age of 18 who are demonstrating remarkable leadership in their communities and schools and churches. Patrice Matamoros, the CEO of JA of Western PA , was...

Thousands of runners will be signing up to run races this fall. Matt Imhof is Director of Race Development for GCXC, a Pittsburgh company that runs and times many of those races around the region. He was a guest on The Rick Dayton Show Thursday talking about places and races that you can run this fall -- and even is offering a special discount to KDKA Radio listeners.

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Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald joins the show to talk about the new landside terminal at Pittsburgh International.