Anchors | FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk Longtime Anchor Barry Bernson Bids Farewell to WDRB Morning Show By Andrew Gauthier on Aug. 15, 2011 - 10:49 AM “Someone decided about 20 years ago that a quirky feature reporter could put on a suit and necktie, and anchor morning news,” longtime WHAS and WDRB anchor Barry Bernson said in bidding farewell to Louisville viewers. ...
Anchors | ShopTalk WDRB Morning Anchor Barry Bernson To Retire By Merrill Knox on Jul. 8, 2011 - 4:04 PM After four decades in the television business, WDRB‘s Barry Bernson announced today that he will retire in October. Bernson has been the morning anchor at the Louisville Fox affiliate since 2003. According to WDRB, the morni ...
ShopTalk Louisville’s WHAS and WAVE Start Chopper Partnership By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 29, 2011 - 11:29 AM In an arrangement that is becoming more prevalent across the country, Louisville’s WHAS and WAVE are set to begin sharing a news helicopter this week. Starting Friday, WHAS, a Belo-owned ABC-affiliate and WAVE, a Raycom Medi ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Ken Selvaggi Picked to Succeed Langford as WAVE VP-GM By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 8, 2011 - 11:06 AM Ken Selvaggi, the vice president and general manager of WSFA in Montgomery, AL, has been tapped to succeed Steve Langford atop Louisville’s WAVE. Langford, 58, announced to staff last week that he would be retiring after 32 ...
Reporting | ShopTalk | Viral WHAS Reporter Mike Colombo Winds Up on Charlie Sheen Edition of ’20/20′ By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 2, 2011 - 1:59 PM As viewers in Louisville watched last night’s top-rated, all-Charlie Sheen edition of “20/20,” they were treated to an unintentional sneak-peek of WHAS‘s 11 p.m. newscast. When the ABC-affiliate went into i ...
ShopTalk Influential Broadcast Executive Jon Petrovich Dies By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 11, 2011 - 4:46 PM Jon Petrovich, a highly regarded broadcast executive who began his career as a reporter for Louisville’s WHAS, died on Thursday at the age of 63. According to the Associated Press, Petrovich passed away following a battle wi ...