Patty Satalia
Senior Producer / HostPatty Satalia was a senior producer/host for WPSU-TV and FM from 1987 to 2017. Prior to joining Penn State Public Broadcasting, she worked in commercial television in Pittsburgh, first as a film editor and fill-in capsule news anchor for WPGH-TV, and later, for WPTT-TV as public affairs director and co-host of the talk-show, People, Places and Things.
In her 30 years at WPSU, Patty conducted around 6,000 interviews and hosted a variety of programs, including Take Note, Pennsylvania Inside Out, and the Lobby Talk series, which was recorded before a live audience in the lobby of the Outreach Building. For eight seasons, Patty produced the Emmy award-winning game show, The Pennsylvania Game, as well as a number of award-winning documentaries, including: Children and Autism: Time is Brain; Creating Health: Childhood Obesity; and Farming from the Heart, to name a few. She was co-producer/host of the half-hour public affairs program, Conversations from Penn State, and a reporter for WPSU-FM.
Patty graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1980. She and her husband, Ed Satalia, a building contractor, have two grown sons.
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