View Post ShopTalk | Social Media WDRB Hires Columnist John David Dyche By Merrill Knox on Apr. 4, 2013 - 5:17 PM John David Dyche, a former columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, is joining Louisville Fox affiliate WDRB as an opinion columnist for the station’s website. He will also occasionally deliver commentary on WDRB newsca ...
View Post ShopTalk | Viral Local Newsrooms Celebrate April Fools’ Day By Merrill Knox on Apr. 1, 2013 - 4:19 PM The April Fools’ Day pranks are out in full force in newsrooms around the country today. At KVUE in Austin, the morning news team pranked staffers by putting an empty donut box in the newsroom and shot video of staffers open ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Sports | Top 10 Sports Anchor Pat Doney Joins KXAS By Merrill Knox on Mar. 5, 2013 - 11:37 AM Pat Doney is joining the NBC-owned station in Dallas as weekend sports anchor, according to Dallas media blogger Ed Bark. Doney comes to KXAS after more than two years at WDRB, the Fox affiliate in Louisville. He began his broadca ...
View Post FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk Emily Mieure to Join WDRB By Kevin Eck on Feb. 25, 2013 - 11:41 AM Emily Mieure has announced she will be leaving Evansville, IN, NBC Affiliate WFIE for a reporting job with Louisville, KY, FOX affiliate WDRB. Mieure wrote on her facebook wall, “Thanks to my friends and family who are helpi ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk Katie Delaune Resigns From KVAL in Eugene By Merrill Knox on Dec. 3, 2012 - 2:26 PM Katie Delaune has left KVAL, the CBS affiliate in Eugene, Ore. “Katie has resigned her position with KVAL,” general manager Greg Raschio told TVSpy in an email. Delaune joined the station earlier this year from WDRB, t ...
FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk WDRB Expands to Include Weekend Morning News By Kevin Eck on Oct. 30, 2012 - 3:31 PM WDRB, the FOX affiliate for Louisville, KY will be adding a weekend morning news show to its lineup. Beginning Saturday January 19, WDRB will include a Saturday and Sunday regular newscast from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. “This is the next ...
FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk DUI Charge Against Former WDRB Sports Anchor John Lewis Dismissed By Merrill Knox on Jul. 13, 2012 - 4:11 PM A Jefferson County District Court judge has dismissed a DUI charge against former WDRB sports anchor John Lewis. Lewis’ May 2011 arrest occurred while he was driving a station vehicle. He resigned from the Louisville Fox-aff ...
ShopTalk | TVBiz WDRB-WMYO to Provide Services for WBKI By Merrill Knox on Jun. 25, 2012 - 5:41 PM Block Communications’ WDRB-WMYO in Louisville have entered into a shared service agreement with WBKI, the market’s CW-affiliate. WBKI is in the process of being sold to LM Communications Television of Lexington. Under ...
ShopTalk | Sports WDRB’s Eric Crawford on Transitioning to TV By Merrill Knox on Jun. 7, 2012 - 5:18 PM Louisville’s WDRB recently announced two new hires in the sports department, Eric Crawford and Rick Bozich. The pair joined the station from the Courier-Journal, where both have made a long career in the print medium. “ ...
FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz WDRB Ends Time Warner Blackout By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 7, 2012 - 9:49 AM Louisville Fox-affiliate WDRB, along with its MyNetworkTV sister station, WMYO, is back on Insight Cable, which is owned by Time Warner Cable. WDRB’s owner, Block Communications, reached a new carriage agreement with Time Wa ...