Rick Dayton

 Physician Dr. Thomas Kessler is a family medicine doctor in Pittsburgh. He joined Rick to describe heat islands, suburbs vs. cities, and much more. Dr. Kessler notes how the heat can effect people and the importance of being safe in the summertime. 

Pittsburgh native and skateboarder Joe Conklin is a Skatepark Hero competitor and a finalist in the competition. The winner earns the chance to meet and skate with Tony Hawk! You can vote on his social media pages @joeconklinreal to help Joe meet the legendary skateboarder!

Norm Mitry, CEO of Allegheny health Network, joins the show to talk about easily accessible on-demand health care.

Dr. Val Ivanova joins the show to give some tips for staying heart-healthy in the dog days of summer.

It's the Drive at Five for Monday, July 10. The Drive at Five is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh.

How to save your money and where to put it. Balancing retirement savings with personal savings. How do we fix the issue of what people do with their savings? People are taking from retirement a long time before they retire. What will it look like for them way down the road?

Callers weigh in on citizenship test questions and changes. How should your ability to speak English affect your case to be a U.S. citizen:?

Axias Wealth Advisors founder Chris Pfanstiel talks to Rick about student loan forgiveness and how people can pay back their debts.

More callers try to see if they can pass the US Citizenship Test.

It's Rick Dayton's Drive at Five for July 5th. The Drive at Five is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh. 

Our KDKA callers answer questions from a practice citizenship test live on the air with Rick!

It's the Drive at Five for Monday, July 3rd. The Drive at five is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh.

Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Dan Delbianco joins Rick to discuss the upcoming Vintage Grand Prix! What types of cars might be there?

It's the final Drive at Five of June, presented by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh.

Music historian and author of brand new book All the Leaves Are Brown: How the Mamas & Papas Came Together and Broke Apart

Rick discusses why students need to pay back their debts and the Supreme Court got their ruling right. 

Andy Amrhein of Evey True Value Hardware in Bethel Park joins Rick. Andy is having his big tent sale from Friday to Monday! He is always willing to help and answer your home-improvement needs. Check out everything he has to offer. 

Eric Calciano of New City Insurance is a Lead Benefits Consultant for the company. Rick and Eric discuss how healthcare costs are up 7% next year and what that couple mean for hospitals and patients. 

Chief Medical Officer at UPMC Dr. Don Yealy joins Rick to discuss the smoky skies in Pittsburgh from Canadian fires. He explains how to treat someone with irritation in their throat or nose. People should try to limit their exposure outside.

The US Senate recognized June 27th as National PTSD Awareness Day at the urging of Senator Kent Conrad.  Conrad wanted to honor a North Dakota National Guard member who had committed suicide after two tours of duty in Iraq. That designation came in 2014. Today on KDKA, Jill Lamar from Thriveworks was a guest on the Rick Dayton Show talking about PTSD, what it is, how counselors recognize it, and w...

Pittsburgh is one of only four large metropolitan cities where the rate of income has gone up faster than the rate of rent. Clever Real Estate looked at income and rent numbers for the 50 largest population areas of the United States.  It crunched income numbers from the US Census Bureau and rent statistics come from the St. Louis Federal Reserve.  Jamie Seale is a Strategist with Clever. She join...

The PA House of Representatives passed a bill that will increase the state minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026. It also will raise the tipped minimum wage to $9 per hour.  However, there are many other things in the bill that could cost Pennsylvania 86,000 jobs if the bill becomes law. Rebekah Paxton is the director of research at the Employment Policies Institute, a non-profit research organizat...

It's Rick Dayton's Drive at Five for Wednesday, June 21st. The Drive at Five is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh. 

It's Rick Dayton's Drive at Five on Tuesday, June 20th. The Drive at Five is brought to you by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh. 

President and CEO of the Heritage Valley Health System Norm Mitry stops by for his weekly visit! Norm tells us about various subjects including work in Washington County.