Bill Cardille

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Bill Cardille (William Robert Cardille) is a broadcast personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally from Sharon, Pennsylvania, Cardille was long a fixture on the former WIIC Channel 11, the NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh, and was the first voice heard when the station signed on the air. Cardille is probably best known as Chilly Billy, the host of Chiller Theatre, a late night Saturday program that showed horror and science fiction films. Cardille also hosted other programs including Studio Wrestling, and a combination game show - movie program that ran in the late afternoon. He hosted a teen dance show, the "Four O'Clock Money Movie", and "Movies to Laugh By" for WIIC. He remains the local host for the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. Cardille appeared in both the 1968 original version and the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead, in the television movie, The Assassination File, and in the documentary American Scary. From 1969 to 1974, Cardille was also the commentator on the World Wide Wrestling Federation's weekly syndicated show. He replaced Ray Morgan in that role, and was replaced by Vince McMahon. Cardille also called the play-by-play of western Pennsylvania high school basketball playoff games for many years on WQED-TV, the Pittsburgh PBS affiliate. Cardille also hosted morning radio shows on Pittsburgh radio stations WWSW and WIXZ. Currently he can be heard on radio station WJAS AM 1320 in the mid-day slot.